San Marco Preservation Society

STORYTIME IS SATURDAY 📚!! Please join us in the Balis Park Gazebo on Saturday, June 6th, for a reading adventure with . This monthly FREE event for kids includes reading some of the best books on the market for early readers, provided by San Marco Bookstore. 🌳✨ No RSVP necessary. 😄

Learn more about our special guests from P.A.C.K. Fitness here: https://www.packfitnessclub.com/
📍10 a.m.
📍45 MINUTES
📍JUNE 6
📍BALIS PARK GAZEBO
📍BLANKETS, CHAIRS, SNACKS, PETS & STROLLERS WELCOME!

CONGRATS to San Marco Beautification Award winner: the LaSalle Pump Station, along with John Hendrix with , the City's Public Works Department, and Joe Carlucci - City Council - District 5. We applaud this massive joint effort to protect and preserve Historic San Marco.

The San Marco Drainage & Flood Mitigation Project is a significant investment by the City of Jacksonville to alleviate chronic flooding in the San Marco neighborhood. This partnership with Haskell as the project’s design-builder is a $42.5 million undertaking. The Station will have a capacity to mitigate nearly 70,000 gallons per minute. We're so thankful to Haskell and the City of Jacksonville, for keeping the project on track.

CONGRATS to Residential Beautification Award winners: Jackie Sanicola, Natasha Husein, Kitty Gundlefinger, and Lauren Elise Claxton. All lovely ladies making their historic neighborhood lovely, too!

We're so excited about your recent improvement and restoration efforts and applaud your part in keeping San Marco a beautiful place to live and play!

CONGRATS to , a Commercial Beautification Award winner, and a round of applause to Scott and Gabrielle Alters! We love how you've enhanced Historic San Marco's south entry point. 🏅

CONGRATS to Craig Kobrin and family, a Residential Beautification Award winner, and a round of applause for , , and Nate Labagh of ! Thank you for your thoughtful and elegant approach to home improvement and restoration in Historic San Marco. 🏅🏠

CONGRATS to , a Commercial Beautification Award winner, and a round of applause to Culivino, Chef Tom Gray, and Sarah Marie Johnston! We deeply appreciate your thoughtful reimagination of one of the Historic San Marco's favorite hangouts, reviving what was once lost. 🏅

CONGRATS to Residential Beautification Award winners: the Kobrins, Gulleys, and Silvers. We're so excited about your recent improvement and restoration efforts and applaud your part in keeping San Marco a beautiful place to live and play!

🌼TOMORROW, May 28th, is San Marco Preservation Society's Annual Member Meeting & Beautification Awards. Join us at 5 pm for complimentary drinks, and at 5:30 for announcements, awards, and . Help us cheer on this year's beautification champs! Please RSVP. 🌺

🕔 Thurs., May 28, 5-7 p.m.
📍 San Marco Preservation Hall, 1652 Atlantic Blvd.
🚗 Limited parking behind the Hall, on Arcadia Pl., and the Wells Fargo lot
💲 FREE EVENT
✔️RSVP below

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-smps-annual-beautification-awards-and-member-meeting

🌼NEXT THURSDAY, May 28th, is San Marco Preservation Society's Annual Member Meeting & Beautification Awards. Join us at 5 pm for complimentary drinks, and at 5:30 for announcements, awards, and . This is a FREE EVENT open to all SMPS members, award recipients, and interested neighbors. Please RSVP. 🌺
🕔 Thurs., May 28, 5-7 p.m.
📍 San Marco Preservation Hall, 1652 Atlantic Blvd.
🚗 Limited parking behind the Hall, on Arcadia Pl., and the Wells Fargo lot
💲 FREE EVENT
✔️RSVP below
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-smps-annual-beautification-awards-and-member-meeting

HEARTFELT THANKS 💕 to our amazing volunteers and the SMPS Board of Directors for a successful cleanup at Fletcher Park and Preservation Hall this past Saturday! Without the help of volunteers, San Marco's historic parks would not remain the iconic and welcoming spaces they are today. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Special thanks to Matt Little, Matt Stupski, Linzee Ott, Logan Cross, Pat Andrews, Fred Lambrou, Jonoah Franklin, and David Paulk. LEARN MORE about becoming an SMPS volunteer.
https://smpsjax.com/get-involved/