Past Meetings
 

The Northside Business Leaders meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month except September, November and December meeting only once the 2nd Tuesday of the month. We meet in the Samburu Room at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens on 370 Zoo Parkway. Lunch is $15 and no reservations are necessary just show up. Networking begins at 11:30 am, lunch is served at 11:45am and the business meeting lasts from 12- 1pm, visitors welcome.

MEETINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

January 22, 2008

"Future Port Expansion".

presented by

Rick Ferrin

Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director

Rick gave the Members & Guests an overview of the upcoming changes at the Port and the challenges these changes bring!  These changes should make JAXPORT #3 in the nation.  The new TraPac Terminal will cost 226 Million dollars and will have two berths which can hold the largest ships in the world.  These big ships will be able to come to us starting in 2015 when the Panama Canal enlarging is completed.  We presently ship and receive goods from cars to chickens, paper to corn syrup and we have a fast growing Cruise Ship business.  Some of the challenges are harbor deepening, 6000 trucks in 12 hours daily and more railroad capacity.  The Future means 75,000 t0 100,000 Jobs and 5-6 Billion Dollars shipped into our economy.  North Jax Look Out and Businesses you need to be ready!

  Click here for a pdf: Summary file about JaxPort Future.

 

Special Guests

Katia Dunn and Linda Wertheimer

National Public Radio Washington, DC

Katia Dunn Recording Rick Ferrin

Katia and Linda came to Jacksonville to record NBL Members about their thoughts about the upcoming Republican Primary.  Patrick Caffrey, Gerri Jones, Jim Fair, Steve Burnett, Warren Alvarez, Tom Braddock, Frank Meyer, Lori Meyer, Ray Turner and Guest Eric Smith stayed after the meeting to participate in the interview.

Katia also as an extra recorded Rick's Presentation.  We do not know when it was to be aired, but it would be nationally.  NBL goes Nationwide.

 

John Allen and Elizabeth

 

Many of us for the first time were able to meet John and his wife Elizabeth.  John was the 1994 Member of the Year and is our oldest Past Presidents (87 Years Young).  We hope we will see more of John and Elizabeth at future meetings.