Housing based on different income levels built on Eastside [Video]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One of Jacksonville’s oldest neighborhoods is getting a facelift. While the Jacksonville City Council considers a multi-million dollar plan to revitalize the Eastside, a different organization is already doing work “Out East”.

LiftJax and the Historic Eastside Community Development Corporation are behind a mixed-income initiative, which is a strategy believed to be the first of its kind in Jacksonville. The goal is to create multiple tiers of housing options and prices that attract people to the neighborhood, but also keep affordable housing options for people who have always lived on the Eastside, so they can stay there.

Already, signs of revitalization are popping up around the Eastside.

“It would be amazing as we build these new homes, affordable homes, mixed income homes, that …