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The iconic Debs Grocery Store has served the Eastside for generations. It is currently under a complete renovation and expansion, set to re-open in 2024. The new and improved Debs Store will include financial services with our partners at VyStar Credit Union, and services to help improve career prospects with Goodwill Industries of North Florida.
The Eastside neighborhood is home to quality educational programming, including John Love Early Learning Center. This school was specially designed for three and four-year-olds with state-of-the-art programming for coding and robotics, literacy skills and more.
LIFT Jax is working to activate parks and green spaces by improving the infrastructure so they can better support activities for families. In addition to that, they are creating more green spaces for the community, starting with placemaking along A Philip Randolph Blvd.
New green spaces like Flossie Brunson Park are being revitalized and reopened everyday, so check out the neighborhood to see what’s new.
Widely considered to be one of Jacksonville’s most important historically African-American neighborhoods, the Eastside was home to noteworthy sites, including the Boylan Haven School for Girls, which served girls from prominent African-American families, Brewster Hospital, the first hospital for African-Americans in the city, and Mother Midway A.M.E. Church which, organized in 1865, is the oldest A.M.E. congregation in Florida.
Several prominent African-Americans also called Eastside home, including:
