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This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition

This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition

By: News4Jax and Graham Media Group
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Summary

 This Week in Jacksonville Business Edition is a weekly digital series with News4JAX anchor Kent Justice who talks with the experts about business, economic development, jobs, technology and more.Produced by News4Jax, in cooperation with Graham Media Group. Economics Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Jacksonville city leaders push for practical money skills in schools

    Jacksonville city leaders push for practical money skills in schools
    May 14 2026
    Florida now requires a stand-alone personal financial literacy course for high school graduation - but guests on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition say the real question is whether it changes behavior. Host Kent Justice talks with Dr. Ronetta Wards of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) and Howard Dale of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville about what “financial literacy” should actually mean for 17- and 18-year-olds: credit, debt, taxes, budgeting, savings, investing, and even emerging currency like crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • Former Jags linebacker helps athletes translate sports skills into business moves

    Former Jags linebacker helps athletes translate sports skills into business moves
    May 7 2026
    Kent Justice talks with former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Akin Ayodele, now Gallagher’s market leader for North Texas, about the Gallagher Partnership Internship Program with the Jaguars—designed to help pro athletes translate what they’ve built in sports (resilience, preparation, competition, leadership) into post-playing careers, especially in consultative sales and risk management. Ayodele explains how the program works (typically in the offseason), what interns experience day-to-day inside Gallagher, and why he believes employers should value an athlete’s mindset even if the résumé doesn’t look “traditional.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Riverfront project key in $2.5B downtown developments

    Riverfront project key in $2.5B downtown developments
    Apr 30 2026
    In this episode, Colin Tarbert, the new CEO of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority (DIA), outlines the agency’s dual role as both a community redevelopment agency and the city’s economic development arm for downtown, using tax increment financing to drive growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
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