William Peyton Scott, Sr, originally from New Orleans was known to everyone as Uncle Bill. From mid-2020 to early 2023, he and his niece, Denise Scott, visited James Weldon Johnson Park in the heart of downtown especially on Wednesdays. “Uncle Bill loved the Park and the people, and because of his personality, he drew people

Co-founder of Social Beans, a digital marketing agency primarily focused on the restaurant and hospitality industry“In October of 2023 for Viva La Fiesta I wore my Belizean flag shirt. I was on my way out of the Park, actually I was leaving. I didn’t think anything else was gonna happen and I’m crossing the street,

A Jacksonville native, recently retired from FAU, remembers coming to the Park with her Grandmother “Saturday mornings, she would get me all dressed up, and this is in the 70’s, and we’d take the bus, she didn't drive, to downtown Jacksonville. Everybody took the bus. It dropped us off right at the Park. We’d head

Owner of Big Baby Trucking, Inc.“I came to Jacksonville to attend Edward Waters University. I graduated 2006, and I've been here ever since.I play Bit Whist. It's a card game similar to spades. And a buddy of mine told me they play it down in the Park. He introduced me to the guys about six

Owner of Jag Boilers Food Truck"I'm from Louisiana, born and raised in Baton Rouge. In 2019, I started in a little pop up tent, at a gas station in Jacksonville. I only had two items, crawfish and shrimp and then, you know, the sides, the potatoes, the corn. It was successful so in 2020 I

Musician and Co-Founder of Nuera Marketing produced a David Bowie Festival to honor his brilliance 10 years ago on February 16th, 2016.“The event was called ‘Let's Dance: A Tribute to the Man Who Changed the World’. We had about 20 bands involved. We set up two stages in the Park, one right here under the

Eileen Seuter, a native Jacksonvillian, is the regional director for Catholic Charities in Jacksonville.“I was in a band, Painting the Attic, and my friends and I also liked to do open mic nights. There was a club right over here on Monroe called Metropolis. It would get hot in there so we’d spill out into

Senior Park Ambassador for Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park“I had just come down from Chicago. A relationship, a marriage, had ended. I was living in a shelter. I had to walk through the Park to the library, so I turned back around and noticed the Park office. I spoke with Damien Lamar, told him

Associate Director of Activations for Downtown Vision, Inc. Phoebe is responsible for ArtWalk, held the first Wednesday of every month. “A lot of the reason why I love working downtown is because my mom was the Executive Chef of Café Nola, the restaurant inside MOCA. My grandma would get off work, race to come pick

Folio Staffers Carmen Macri, Social Media Manager and Lead Writer, and Ambar Ramirez, Creative Director recall some of their favorite moments at James Weldon Johnson Park.CARMEN: Me and Ambar, we work together at Folio, whenever we were in the Laura Street office. When we first started, Amber was really shy, and I kept asking her