Moving
Jacksonville
Forward
The weekly brief on the projects, deals, and decisions building this city.
What We Cover
Downtown & the Riverfront
The towers, the stadium district, the Shipyards, and everything between the bridges.
Housing & Neighborhoods
Subdivisions, infill, and the rezonings deciding where Jacksonville grows next.
City Hall & the Boards
DDRB, the Planning Commission, and City Council land use — every agenda, read so you don't have to.
Deals & Dollars
Incentives, acquisitions, financing, and who's betting on JAX.
The People Moving It
The developers, attorneys, and builders behind the filings.
Getting There
The roads, rails, river and runways carrying the city's growth — JTA, the airport, the port, and the Emerald Trail.
Why This Exists
Jacksonville is in the middle of the biggest building boom in its history — but the story is scattered across board agendas, permit filings, and hearing minutes. Moving Jacksonville Forward reads all of it, every week, and sends you the ten minutes that matter.
Pearl Street District rising downtown
Homes approved in West Jax this year
Boards monitored, every agenda
Once a week, that's it
Joe Murphy
Founder, bizooma · Editor, Moving Jacksonville Forward
Joe has spent more than twenty years in digital marketing and web development — and more hours reading Jacksonville's board agendas, permit filings, and hearing minutes than he'd like to admit.
"I started this brief because the story of Jacksonville's growth was scattered across a hundred agendas and filings nobody had time to read. Now it's ten minutes, once a week. That's the whole promise."
— Joe
See something moving? Send tips: joe@bizooma.com
The Latest
Issue No. 1 — EverBank stays, 478 homes, and the best land deal in town
The first issue: a summer of big moves — an anchor employer chooses downtown, West Jax adds 478 homes, and a stadium rises from a one-dollar land deal.
Read the issue →
Keeping EverBank Downtown
How a $9.8M incentive fight ended with the bank renewing on Bay Street anyway.
Jacksonville Daily Record · July 2026
New Life for Lost Blocks
The 'bombed-out parking garage' and the plan to rebuild everything around it.
Jacksonville Daily Record · January 2025
A Stadium for the Armada
6.56 acres, one dollar, and a soccer stadium for the Sports & Entertainment District.
Jacksonville Daily Record · December 2024
The Pearl Street District
Gateway Jax's $2B+ bet on downtown's North Core, block by block.
Jacksonville Daily Record · October 2023
Ten minutes.
Once a week.
The projects, the approvals, the money, the people — delivered before your Monday starts.