{"id":492741,"date":"2026-01-04T22:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/492741\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:43:37","slug":"alexandria-rudnick-resident-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/492741\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Rudnick \u2013 Resident News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight years ago, Alexandria Rudnick moved to the neighborhood sight unseen. Originally from Jupiter, she\u2019d just spent a decade after college working across the country with nonprofit Teach for America. She decided to return to Florida, but knew she wanted to settle in North Florida, drawn by its rich history and character.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that you get a little bit of everything here,\u201d said Rudnick. \u201cIt\u2019s got historic elements, it\u2019s got the beach, it\u2019s got Downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n

She accepted a teaching job in Jacksonville and landed near the confluence of Riverside and Avondale after asking around for walkable neighborhoods. Locals pointed her toward Park and King, and she took a leap \u2013 renting a carriage house apartment without ever stepping foot inside.<\/p>\n

After a few years of living in the mother-in-law suite, she bought the entire home when the owners decided to move. She lives very close to Willowbranch Park, which she says feels like an \u201cextension of her home.\u201d That proximity sparked her involvement with Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP). She joined the parks committee, then the board, and will become RAP\u2019s board chair in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Her passion for public spaces is mirrored by her commitment to public education. She cites her grandfather, a teacher, as a personal inspiration of hers. Rudnick is the executive director of Genesys Works, a national nonprofit that launched its Jacksonville chapter in 2025. The program partners with Duval County Public Schools to prepare high school students for college and careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents leave school early and go to internships for half a day,\u201d Rudnick explains. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty in-depth, a lot to manage, but we really love it because it can make a really big difference in a student\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first cohort of students began in June and now includes students working 20 hours a week in professional settings across the city. Rudnick says the program is designed to give young people both technical skills and confidence, helping them see themselves as capable of thriving in professional environments.<\/p>\n

Rudnick also holds a master\u2019s degree in history. She works with 904ward and co-chairs the Duval Community Remembrance Project, which partners with the Montgomery, Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative to commemorate victims of racial violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really feel passionately about history and history education,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I realized that that work was happening locally, I reached out to get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AlexandriaAlexandria enjoys horseback riding in Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not working or volunteering her time, Rudnick can be found walking her dog through the park, grabbing ice cream at Screaming Cat, or riding horses on her friend\u2019s property in Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Rudnick is engaged to be married in the spring to her fianc\u00e9; their first date was at Fishweir Brewing in Murray Hill. Along with her fianc\u00e9\u2019s two sons, they enjoy camping adventures and trying new neighborhood restaurants. Rudnick says those everyday rhythms \u2013 walking to Boone Park or simply cooking dinner \u2013 are what make life in Riverside and Avondale feel so special.<\/p>\n

\"AlexandriaAlexandria and her fianc\u00e9, Jordan. | Photo: CWP Photography<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I walk around the neighborhood, I think, \u2018I love it here.\u2019 I don\u2019t want to leave,\u201d Rudnick said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight years ago, Alexandria Rudnick moved to the neighborhood sight unseen. Originally from Jupiter, she\u2019d just spent a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":492742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-492741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115839251806196491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}