Jacksonville's Arlington Area Info Blog

Tree Hill Nature Center

jaxarlingtoninfo — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:00:46 +0000

Here is a place for the whole family. It is a place that all school children will go to on a field trip. They have a great website at: http://www.treehill.org/. Sadly, you have missed out on the Butterfly Festival which was held last weekend. The price is pretty reasonable and even better for you and [...]

Castaway Island Preserve

jaxarlingtoninfo — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:56:52 +0000

In between the boundaries for the Southside and Arlington areas just off of San Pablo Road between Atlantic and Beach Boulevards is a somewhat new park or preserve called Castaway Island. My mom says the entrance of the park used to be an old trailer park. Now you can go and walk the nature trails, [...]

Arlington YMCA

jaxarlingtoninfo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:23:47 +0000

Each New Years we think about a resolution to get fit, lose a little weight or just get out and have some fun. Once place that is good for all of these things is your local YMCA. They offer lots of programs for exercise, fitness and fun for the whole family. They have a branch [...]

Be Prepared

jaxarlingtoninfo — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:26:56 +0000

The city of Jacksonville has some great information available for FREE for it’s current and future residents. You start at their website and they have links to the other sites as well. You just need to bookmark or add to your favorites list the ones that you want or all of them. Read through their [...]

Nursing Homes in Arlington

jaxarlingtoninfo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:48:23 +0000

We have finally updated the listing of the Nursing Homes located in the Arlington Area. You can find the list on the Nursing Home Listing at: http://jacksonvillesarlington.info/wordpress/arlington-services/arlington-area-nursing-homes/. This listing was compiled from the website sponsored by the State of Florida and the Agency for Healthcare Administration. They inspect and report on Nursing homes throughout Florida [...]

December in Arlington

jaxarlingtoninfo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:51:14 +0000

First of all, Welcome to all the new members of the Jacksonville’s Arlington Arlington Area Info Blog. We encourage all of our members to participate in any of the discussions or make suggestions on how to improve our blog. You can email me directly at: jolene.macfadden@jacksonvillesarlington.info with your subscriber ID if you want to become [...]

Events for October

jaxarlingtoninfo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:48:37 +0000

Hey folks! I love the fall season. There are lots of things to do, see and experience during the month of October. One website I find that helps me find those events is the www.experiencejax.com/ There search engine is divided by sides of town, day of the month or a series of days and will [...]

Join the Scouts

jaxarlingtoninfo — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:25:49 +0000

For those who have children or would like to volunteer to help children you should look into the Boy and Girl Scouts of America organization. This is a great way for your children to learn about our environment, volunteerism and to have fun while doing. The Boys and Girls Councils of North Florida have lots [...]

Free Stuff in Arlington

jaxarlingtoninfo — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:51:42 +0000

Hey Gang! I was just reading about something you and the family can do for free right here in Jacksonville, Florida’s Arlington Area. You can go to the Ft Caroline National Monument Park for FREE. That’s right on September 26th you and your whole family can go to any of the National Parks for FREE. [...]

New Pics of Arlington Area

jaxarlingtoninfo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:55:23 +0000

We were cruising around the Arlington area recently and took some photos of our ramblings. Mostly, we traveled from the Wonderwood Expressway down Ft. Caroline Road and finished off going down University Boulevard North. The drive was a nice one as the day from bright and sunny and hadn’t gotten too warm yet. Our main [...]