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Cocodrie is an unincorporated fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, 10 miles south of Chauvin and due south of the city of Houma. [1] It is part of the Houma – Bayou Cane – Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier is a Florida State Park, located on the Duval/Nassau county border of Amelia Island State Park, off A1A. The park is named for George Crady , a local Florida state representative and supporter of the Florida State Park system.
The Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament (GJKT) is a King mackerel fishing contest held over six days in July in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the world's largest kingfish tournament. [1] According to Rick Ryals, a local boat captain, the GJKT is "true competition in its purest form. It doesn’t matter how big your boat is or how much it costs.
The Charter Company of Jacksonville, Florida was a conglomerate with more than 180 subsidiaries that was in the Fortune 500 for 11 years beginning in 1974 and ranked 61st in 1984. [1] The company filed for bankruptcy protection in late 1984, eventually selling off all of its businesses and purchasing Spelling Entertainment Inc. to form Spelling ...
An aerial photo of Jacksonville, Florida with the Trout River in the distance near the top of the picture.. Beginning in northwestern Jacksonville, in Duval County, the river starts out as a creek. 0.03 miles (0.048 km) east of the source, the river is crossed by U.S. 1. 0.4 miles (0.64 km) downstream, the creek passes through the subdivision of River Falls.
There is a public use area for bird-watching, picnicking, fishing, and overnight camping on Trinity Island; any other use of the islands requires a permit from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, which owns the islands and has managed them since 1992, when they were initially leased from the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company.
For the 2022-23 school year the state appropriated $195,768,743 to charter schools; $493,626 has already been designated for Jax Classical this year, a school that opened just three years ago.
In 2008, Jacksonville mayor John Peyton and other parties established the New Town Success Zone, modeled after New York City's Harlem Children's Zone, which provides comprehensive social and educational programs and services to children in the neighborhood.