Jimmy Peluso
@JimmyPelusoCD7
Jimmy Peluso, Democrat, is a veteran, a public servant, and City Council Member for Jax District 7.
High school grads: @FSCJ_Official has a Stepping Stone program for those interested in an electrical career. It's a tuition-free program and they will help you find a job upon completion. The deadline to apply is August 16th. Click on the QR code for more information.
Project Boots supports first-time homebuyers through a 10-month training course & down-payments. This is how you build equity & create opportunity. Our aging neighborhoods need balance restored with young professionals and families. Welcome, Dante, and congratulations @LISCJax!
What a milestone! After helping fund several homes through Project Boots with @LISCJax, we just completed our first home as the developer. It’s a big next step in our work to create high-quality housing OutEast. This expanded role is a natural and strategic evolution for us, and…
Happening today ⬇️
The Music Heritage Garden at the Performing Arts Center is coming along! DIA is hosting a workshop next week to get feedback about the artists & lyrics for the interactive art installations envisioned by @TheUrbanConga. Drop-in to the DT Public Library, Weds, July 23, 4 - 6pm.
Every student should start the year with a backpack of all the supplies they need to succeed! Please share this list of giveaways with family and friends who have children in school.
School will be here soon. Here's a list of school supply giveaways in Duval County. buff.ly/bf3rJ1n
The Music Heritage Garden at the Performing Arts Center is coming along! DIA is hosting a workshop next week to get feedback about the artists & lyrics for the interactive art installations envisioned by @TheUrbanConga. Drop-in to the DT Public Library, Weds, July 23, 4 - 6pm.
Excellent turn out tonight. One sentence summary: traffic improvements coming to 1st and Walnut Street, 10th Street and Hubbard St., and Hubbard St. and Ionia St. due to neighborhood support; petitions to be mailed to homeowners shortly.
Join us tonight for a Springfield Community Meeting at 5:30 PM at Tulua Bistro (1705 N Main St). We’ll hear updates from SPAR and guest speakers on traffic calming, demolition by neglect, and the Springfield Cleanup Corps. @SPARJax & @ComTulua
Join us tonight for a Springfield Community Meeting at 5:30 PM at Tulua Bistro (1705 N Main St). We’ll hear updates from SPAR and guest speakers on traffic calming, demolition by neglect, and the Springfield Cleanup Corps. @SPARJax & @ComTulua
My statement regarding this morning's Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee meeting:
Help out, stock up, or connect with your neighbors! Our Community Impact Day is back on the 26th, with the Grocery Giveaway starting at 10 AM sharp! Got a question? Give us a call! 📞 904-470-8899
Join the conversation on public safety. @JSOPIO is hosting town halls in order to share initiatives based on last year’s community feedback. Here are the ones that cover District 7 - they are open to all.
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Attention vets 🇺🇸 Check out this week's events from our Military Affairs & Veterans Department: 7/8: Ask a Lawyer at City Hall 9am-Noon 7/10: VSO at the Charles Webb Wesconnett Library 10-2 7/10: Mayport Food Farmacy 10am-Noon More information here: jacksonville.gov/departments/mi…
Jacksonville’s July 4th Fireworks kick off at 9 PM Friday from Acosta & Main St Bridges. Map attached shows the best viewing areas, including @RAMJacksonville. The Garden Club is welcoming the public this year as well, details on their flyer. Be safe, have fun.
Get out of the house this weekend with a driving tour to see our dozens of murals created by Black artists or celebrating Black excellence catalogued by the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. Find the Google Map here: blackmuralmap.com/mural-map-jax 📸 @jaxdotcom
Let’s get back to doing the good work Jacksonville is asking for us to do: housing affordability, homelessness, economic development, and establishing a neighborhood Bill of Rights. Thank you, @MayorDeegan for vetoing 2025-138.
Attention military members and vets 🇺🇸 Here's the schedule of events this week from our Military Affairs & Veterans Department: 🟥 6/24: Food Farmacy with @FeedingNEFL at NAS Jax (5391 Collins Rd) from 10-Noon. 🟥 6/26: Ask-An-Attorney with @JaxLegalAid at City Hall from 9-Noon.
It is our responsibility to know and pass on our history to future generations. Register and mark the calendar to join Yollie with @ExploreJaxCore on the 5th, or, head to her website to book your own tour. explorejaxcore.com
Ev’ry first Saturday of the month, join Yollie from Explore JAX Core for the Lift Ev’ry Voice Heritage Tour to learn about the legacy of the Johnson brothers. July 5th at 10 AM, walk the same streets they once did and hear the stories that shaped the creators of Lift Ev’ry…
Today is Juneteenth— 160 years since Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation and free the last enslaved Black Americans. We honor the progress made and continue the fight for justice, equity, and the promise of liberty for all.
Interesting conference coming to the Prime Osborn next week with @JTAFLA & @GuidentUSA . If you follow autonomous vehicles and are interested in autonomous transit, regulatory challenges, the inclusion of AI and Smart Corridors, it's free to attend. autonomousvehicleday.com
Juneteenth is often called America’s second Independence Day—it marks June 19, 1865, the day the last enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This year marks the 160th anniversary, and Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing is…