By Kelly Gibbs | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When I moved to St. Augustine from Gainesville two years ago, I never dreamed I’d one day sit on a sidewalk shooting the breeze with two older black men taking pictures of a former slave cabin and sharing neighborhood gossip.
I was excited to find my own cheap apartment down the street from campus in Lincolnville in August 2009. I was told I was moving into a “mixed neighborhood” by my landlady, but didn’t understand the phrase.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
We got a chance to talk to Rev. Ron Rawls the pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lincolnville about the founding of the St. Paul School of Excellence
By Gargoyle Online News| gargoyle@flagler.edu
Adam Hunt asked citizens, the chief of police and a local business owner on their thoughts about the future of the M&M Market in Lincolnville.
By Cal Colgan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The parking lot in front of M&M Market has been mostly bare for the past few months, save for the patrons of the Chill Grill restaurant next door. But before the St. Augustine Police Department and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office helped to close down the corner store, many Lincolnville residents knew it as a hub for the community’s criminal activity.
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle
PHOTO CAPTION: Chuck Riffenburg created the proposal for a Flagler College Hunger Initiative. The initiative will grow food for the hungry and homeless in St. Augustine.
Riffenburg is First Chair of Student Government Association’s Green Committee. Along with friend Joshua Currie, Riffenburg created the Flagler College Hunger Initiative. He is also an intern for CitySprout and is helping build the garden boxes in Lincolnville.