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4 wrz 2024 · For nearly 100 years, the red brick building at the southwest corner of Florida Avenue and East 5th Street was an important symbol of vitality and life in the Eastside. Built in 1913 by Gullah Geechee contractor Edward D. Mixson, the Debs Store operated as an old fashioned neighborhood grocery market for the Eastside community. During the late ...
4 maj 2022 · A huge piece of local history is being resurrected in downtown’s Eastside neighborhood, just north of TIAA Bank Field. The Debs Store and the Davis Rooming House next door (now razed) were built by Edward D. Mixson in 1913.
4 wrz 2024 · JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One neighborhood on Jacksonville’s Historic Eastside is no longer a food desert as a longtime grocery store opened its doors again. The Corner at Debs store was a ...
3 wrz 2024 · Whether it’s honey from Little Black Box Baked Goods, coffee from Catbird Coffee Roasters; bread from Community Loaves, turkey legs from Azar & Co., or milk from Miami-based dairy Yo Gusto, The Corner at Debs Store will sell locally sourced fresh food in the historically Black Eastside neighborhood as food insecurity is rising across the country.
4 wrz 2024 · Harvey’s and Fresh Market are between one and three miles away from this Eastside neighborhood, making it a food desert. Dozens of people participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
4 wrz 2024 · Witnessed by more than 100 Eastside neighborhood residents, contributors and supporters, The Corner at Debs Store opened for business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 4. The project at 1478 Florida Ave., a few blocks north of the Downtown Sports Complex, includes the revival of a 90-year-old grocery store that closed in 2011 on the ground ...
28 sty 2023 · The community is working to bring back historic businesses like Debs Store while still attracting new businesses to Eastside. First opened in 1921, the Debs Store was a family-owned and -operated grocery store that supplied fresh produce, meats and other groceries.
