Cuppa Jax - Nicole Hamm, Blue Zones Jacksonville

Cost $15 -- Breakfast provided by The Fresh Fork

Wednesday, July 10

8:00 - 9:00 am

Riverplace Tower Skyline Room

Nicole Hamm is the Executive Director for Blue Zones Project Jacksonville. Nicole oversees the overall development and execution of the project and works alongside community partners and stakeholders to achieve success. Nicole attended Howard University studying supply chain management and Daytona State College in accounting management studies. With a passion for service Nicole serves as the senior vice president of Jacksonville Urban League Young Professionals, past president of the Rotoract Club of Jacksonville Beaches, and serves on the board of nonprofit Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (BEAM). Nicole is also a graduate of Leadership Jacksonville Class of 2022 and the JAX Chamber Hightower Emerging Leaders Fellowship class of 2021. In her spare time she can be found reading, exercising, cooking, spending time with friends, and exploring the city with her dog. Nicole is passionate about the future of Jacksonville and looks forward to being a part of it.

Residents of the original Blue Zones areas make healthy choices because those choices are easy —even avoidable —in their surroundings. That's why BlueZones Project focuses on influencing the life radius, the area close to home in which people spend 90% of their lives. In Blue Zones community transformations, we optimize the built environment, municipal policies and ordinances, restaurants, schools, grocery stores, faith based organizations, and workplaces, social networks, habitat, and inner selves.

Our work is rooted in lessons learned from the world's longest lived cultures. We translated these lessons into environmental changes that strengthen social ties, reshape places, and sharpen policies to support healthy choices. We are a community wide project with a strategic focus on zip codes 32206, 32208, 32209, 32210, and 32244.

We meet at Riverplace Tower, also known as the Ameris Bank building. This is a walkable location along the Southbank Riverwalk and also convenient to the First Coast Flyer and the Skyway Riverplace Station.

There is limited free street parking, and paid parking is also available in a neighboring surface lot and garage.

Entering from the Riverwalk: take the stairs or elevator next to The Fresh Fork up to the Skyline Room.

Entering from Riverplace Blvd: take the escalators and walk toward the back of the building, behind the Ameris Bank offices.

Entering from the garage: make a right at the first bank of elevators and another right into the hallway between the Ameris Bank offices.

Entering from the driveway between Riverplace Tower and the Doubletree: Walk down the hallway to the left, and make another left toward The Fresh Fork. Take the elevator or stairs near The Fresh Fork to the meeting space.

Cuppa Jax holds gatherings for neighborhood and community leaders that are open to everyone in Jacksonville. Join us on Wednesday mornings in the Skyline Room in the Riverplace Tower on the Southbank to discuss important issues facing our city.

Scheduled speakers will talk for 10-15 minutes. The rest of the time is spent with Q&A and discussion of relevant issues brought up by participants. We also encourage attendees to make community announcements at the beginning of the program.

No membership fee. Unlike many other discussion forums in Jacksonville, there is no membership fee to attend or participate in Cuppa Jax. We do ask attendees to cover the cost of coffee and breakfast provided by Village Bread Cafe. If you cannot attend due to the cost of the event, please email [email protected] and we will be glad to cover your ticket.

Topical and timely. We are seeking local thought leaders who can discuss and educate about important community issues to speak at future dates. We don’t accept offers to speak about or pitch organizations. Cuppa Jax is non-partisan, and does not endorse candidates or issues. An offer to speak does not constitute an endorsement. It is simply an opportunity for the community to have a meaningful discussion.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Skyline Room, Riverplace Tower, 1301 Riverplace Boulevard, Jacksonville, United States