JREDC and Partners Submit Video to HGTV's "Hometown Takeover"

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4 Feb 2020


In collaboration with the Jacksonville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce and Jacksonville Main Street, the Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corporation recently submitted a video to HGTV's "Hometown Takeover" renovation contest. Ben and Erin Napier of the hit series "Home Town" will hit the road to help a community under 40,000 revitalize their aspects of their town. The four local organizations banded together to submit Jacksonville as a worthy community that would greatly benefit from the renovation of historic homes and businesses.

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