The Jacksonville Beach Community Redevelopment Agency on Wednesday approved an RD rezoning application for 102 Sixth Avenue North, a mixed‑use project that wraps retail and restaurants around corner storefronts with structured parking above and residential or hotel units on upper floors.

Cindy Trimmer, representing the applicant, said the team met with development services groups since the CRA workshop and that the project remains conceptually unchanged. "We got some really great feedback from public works, from fire safety, from the energy, and we're looking at maybe shifting just some things around internal to the project," Trimmer said, noting utility metering and trash access remain under coordination.

The design includes storefront activation on First, Second and Sixth avenues, an integrated parking structure intended to provide shared public parking, and balconies that project over the sidewalk with public‑works approval. The applicants said the project will maximize lot coverage to the property line and provide pedestrian breezeways from the garage to sidewalks.

Board members praised the design and approved the RD rezoning. "I think it would introduce a new level. It would raise the bar in a great way for the quality of the architecture downtown," CRA board member Sydney said. Questions focused on operational details: whether structured parking would be available to the public and whether balconies that encroach into the public right‑of‑way would require separate approvals. Heather, city staff, confirmed those encroachments are allowed with public‑works approval and that internal layout changes to meet utilities and trash routing are permissible within RD rezoning standards.

The agency voted in favor: Thad Mosley, Gary Paytel, Ron Whittington, Kevin Myers and Megan Edwards voted yes. The applicants said they still are refining parking management and tenant layouts and will coordinate sidewalk‑dining requests as tenants are identified. The CRA told staff to work with public works on encroachment and pedestrian‑safety details as the project advances to permitting and building‑permit review.