Lauren Hopkins

1 week ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

Since he was a young boy, retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Lovejoy, Jr., 86, has appreciated the values of thrift and reuse. “My mother was a contractor and she built our home in the 1940s,” he reminisced while sitting in the living room of that same San Jose home he still lives in today with his wife of 58 years, Harriet. “She discovered a school that had closed and was selling its building materials. My job was to straighten out the used nails and clean the bricks.

1 month ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

“A homebuyer’s love for historic neighborhoods has never been stronger,” said Lee B. Norville, president of Norville Realty in Ortega. According to the Northeast Florida Association of REALTORs (NEFAR), there’s a continuing rise in local inventory and homes are selling a little faster, with a median of only 36 days on the market in Duval County. Looking to buy or to sell a home this spring?

2 months ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

March is the season of New Beginnings and Growth. We are enjoying weather perfect days – not too hot and not too cold – it’s the best time in Jax to be outside. Flowers are blooming and Spring is here. Did you know that Jacksonville has the largest urban park system in the U.S., with over 80,000 acres of parks? We are blessed by many local natural resources including the St. Johns River and our beaches, we should do our part to preserve them for future generations.

Nov 26, 2024 | jacksonvillemag.com | Lauren Hopkins

By Lauren Weedon HopkinsPhotos by Polina Pigulevsky Photography“It’s worth the 21-year wait,” exclaims Caryn Karinshak of her “dream home,” Cedar Shake Retreat in St. Augustine. Cary grew up in Atlanta and attended Florida State University. After graduating, she and her best friend decided to move to the Jacksonville area. She began work in St. Johns County Schools and met her husband Tom, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, at that same best friend’s wedding.

Feb 23, 2024 | fiercehealthcare.com | Sarah Bell |Lauren Hopkins |Saurabh Chandra

Major staffing shortages, rising costs, and strained bed capacity are punctuating the post-covid reality – the old way isn’t working! Patients are suffering. Staff are suffering. The bottom line is suffering. To drive better results hospital executives, care teams, and clinical innovators alike must re-imagine how, when, and where care is being delivered.