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Jacksonville Beach, the oldest beach community in the city of Jacksonville and with a population of about 17,839, is the largest of the beach communities in Duval County, is an upscale area bordered by Ponte Vedra and Neptune Beach. Jacksonville Beach hosts the longest river sailboat race anywhere on the planet, The Annual Mug Race, running 42 miles from Palatka to Jacksonville along the St. Johns River each year in the Spring.
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Jacksonville Beach Employment
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Jacksonville Beach is a stable business, resort, and residential community, popular with internationally savvy professionals who enjoy access to a variety of employment options. Jacksonville Beach's prime waterfront location is a major factor in the Jacksonville economy. Still many Jacksonville Beach homeowners find employment opportunities in Jacksonville, where the third largest naval concentration in the world, the central downtown business district and thriving commercial areas are located and where many national and international corporations have made established headquarters and other major employers exist, including: AOL, Bellsouth, Bank of America, Cecil Commerce Center, Citibank, Convergys, CSX Transportation, Jacksonville Landing, Johnson & Johnson Vistakon, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville and Merrill Lynch.
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Jacksonville Beach Housing
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Jacksonville Beach is primarily a residential community, however is also attractive to tourists. The reason is it's close proximity to the ocean and the beachfront dining at First Street Grille and Island Grille. The keeps Real Estate Property values in the range of $200,000 to $2 million or more. Most single family homes in Jacksonville Beach range in size, between 1,200 and 5,000 square feet. Larger luxury homes and beachfront estates are also available, and include waterfront options such as beachfront properties, Intracoastal communities. The more affordable waterfront homes are also available a variety of styles and property types in neighborhoods on lake, and on natural marshes, and in inland beach neighborhoods.
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Jacksonville Beach Nature
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Jacksonville Beach's sea oat covered sand dunes and beaches stretch five miles along the Atlantic Ocean through wetland preserves. The St. Johns River, one of the 12 rivers in North America that flows north, is designated an American Heritage River.
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Jacksonville Beach News
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Search for "Jacksonville Beach FL" - Vince Gill assembles major US tour - LiveDaily
| Before the country star dives into his extensive US tour, he'll celebrate Independence Day with tomorrow's "Red, White and Bluegrass Night" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and then join his wife, Amy Grant, for ... |
- Independence Day - The Florida Times-Union
| Visitors enjoyed fun and festivities all along the north and south riverbanks.Fireworks were set off from buildings and barges along the St.Johns River from Metropolitan Park to the Acosta Bridge. |
- /C O R R E C T I O N -- Pmi Mortgage Insurance Co./ - Earth Times
| WALNUT CREEK, Calif., July 1 CA-PMI-Home-Price-Gro In the news release, PMI Summer 2008 Risk Index Indicates Risk Intensifying in Areas With Previous Rapid Home Price Growth, issued Tuesday, July 1 , by PMI ... |
- obituaries - The Florida Times-Union
| Daniel P. DeWeese, 65, of Orange Park, died Friday. He is survived by his wife, Mary DeWeese; three sons, Tony DeWeese, Chris DeWeese and Matt DeWeese; and three grandchildren. |
- Shivam Properties Opens Jacksonville Holiday Inn Express - Hotel Business
| Shivam Properties has opened a new 82-room Holiday Inn Express in Jacksonville Beach, FL. |
- Raising a stink: What city sweats the most? - WBZL-TV Hollywood
| Excuse me while I raise a stink. Phoenix just won the title as Sweatiest City in the country in an Old Spice deodorant marketing gimmick....I mean contest. |
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Jacksonville Beach Recreation
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Jacksonville Beach homeowners and beach loving visitors enjoy relaxing barefoot walks along any of the area's miles of sparkling clean white sand beaches. Residents also love Jacksonville Beach's coastline, for it's excellent fishing, swimming, surfing and shelling and the scenery along the Scenic and Historic A1A Coastal Highway. Jacksonville Beach also hosts a variety of volleyball tournaments, festivals, carnivals, fairs featuring live bands.
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Jacksonville Beach Weather
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