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Council backs money for Spanish-American fort purchase; backers still $72,500 short

Jacksonville’s City Council agreed Tuesday to contribute $162,500 to a fundraising drive to buy a Spanish-American War fort in Arlington that conservationists want to donate to the National Park Service. The fort’s backers still have to raise another $72,500 to reach the $400,000 price the North Florida Land Trust negotiated last year with the investor who bought the 3-acre site at a tax-deed auction. read more

 

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