Putting the spotlight on local businesses with “904 Day”

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – From Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Jaguars to the Gate River Run, there’s a batch to observe astir Jacksonville. There are besides galore large section businesses. Saturday, September 4th, volition besides beryllium known arsenic “904 Day”. A time specially dedicated to celebrating them.

According to the Small Business Administration, Florida has much than 2.7 cardinal tiny businesses, representing 99.8% of concern maturation crossed the state. As Northeast Florida grows, these autarkic ventures are captious to creating jobs connected the First Coast.

At Manifest Distilling successful downtown Jacksonville, organically made spirits are churned retired each day. Manifest’s president, David Cohen, says the institution volition observe its 5th anniversary.

“We marque vodkas, gins, we marque aggregate types of whiskey, rum,” Cohen said. “All that is made connected site. This is our warehouse wherever everything is made.”

Cohen says with 904 Day happening this weekend, the distillery is not lone moving the bars astatine this year’s Taco Fest, it’s launching its run wherever a information of each proceeds spell to a charity. Cohen says not lone tin you springiness back, you tin observe businesses you ne'er knew were here.

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“We person truthful galore large businesses and guides for radical doing innovative worldly originative stuff,” Cohen said. “It ne'er ceases to amaze maine the magnitude of endowment that is here.”

And crossed the stream astatine Bold Bean Coffee Roasters successful Jacksonville’s Riverside neighborhood, the adjacent cupful of joe is ever served fresh.

For its “904 Day” celebration, Bold Bean is offering up 3 caller blends, aptly named “nine”, “zero”, and “four” for each of September. 20% of those proceeds spell to foundation too.

For Bold Bean’s president, Zack Burnett, making up a tiny portion of the city’s cloth is everything.

“We privation Jacksonville to consciousness antithetic than Savannah, Orlando oregon anyplace else,” Burnett said. “And, really, what gives Jacksonville that quality is the section business.”

If you’re connected societal media, there’s thing amusive you tin bash with this erstwhile you’re retired and about. Make a station with the hashtag #904Day.

Whether your beverage is brewed oregon is champion served with a toast, some businesses rise a solid to Jacksonville and each its aboriginal concern owners.

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“If you person a bully conception and you travel successful the metropolis and you bash a bully occupation with it, radical conscionable emotion to enactment your business,” Burnett said. “People successful Jacksonville are truly large connected local, homegrown businesses.”

Cohen agrees. He besides shared his connection to anyone funny successful starting a concern successful the River City.

“The civilization of the metropolis is truly cool,” Cohen said. “I deliberation downtown particularly is truthful ripe for concern accidental due to the fact that of the availability of what’s here.”

The wealth they’re giving backmost from income this period is going to the aforesaid place. “Lift Jax”, which works to combat poorness successful the city.

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