Sandalwood

Sandalwood

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May 11, 1999

About Sandalwood Neighbors

Our volunteer group was started in February, 1999 as an idea of neighbors getting to know one another and work together to educate and improve the community. We are a middle class working community which is almost forty years old and needs some attention to keep it from declining.

Volunteers participated in JaxPride Week, February 27 - March 7, 1999, by having two Sandalwood Clean-up Days at which eight truckloads and 50 bags of trash and clippings were collected. On April 28th we held our first meeting at Brookview Elementary School with 32 volunteers in attendance. The following Saturday we conducted a Neighborhood Inspection for Visual Pollution together with JaxPride volunteers. We hope this endeavor will lead to a more beautiful neighborhood.

On May 6, 1999, at the Mayor's Environmental Luncheon, Sandalwood Community Volunteers received a JaxPride Week 1999 Award of Merit for their work and continued interest in the improvement and beautification of their community. Mayor John A. Delaney and WTLV's Tim Deegan congratulated Maureen Wilson who accepted on behalf of the volunteers.

History of Sandalwood

The community of Sandalwood, halfway between downtown Jacksonville, FL and the beaches, was advertised in 1960-61 as "On the Southside - halfway between business and pleasure!" The builder-developer (Pearce-Uible) was located at 3850 Beach Blvd. and built four communities in Jacksonville: Sandalwood, Normandy Village, Harbor View and Rolling Hills. Homes were priced from $11,400 to $16,000, with monthly payments as low as $67. The original Sandalwood consisted of approximately 500 homes. The names of the streeets were Hawaiian and the six model homes were called "Personality Homes", named after girls: Laura, Olivia, Marie, Georgia, Ruby, Louise. Free airplane rides over Sandalwood were offered during the grand opening! The entrance and sales office located on Sandalwood Drive boasted a winding, palm lined street, and adjacent play area for the children. Many navy personnel moved into the homes and raised their families.

Our neighborhood now consists of homeowners and renters, many ethnic groups, new families and "empty nesters".

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