Incentive requests to help establish two new restaurants and a salon in Downtown Jacksonville are headed to a Downtown Investment Authority committee for consideration.

On Aug. 14, the DIA Retail Enhancement and Property Disposition Committee is scheduled to discuss the requests for the proposed establishments, two in San Marco and the other in LaVilla.

They are:

• Tavola Trattoria

Carl and Lindie Garrett, owners of Tavola San Marco LLC, are applying for a $135,000 forgivable loan to cover a portion of the estimated $600,000 cost to build-out a 4,500-square-foot building at 1037 Hendricks Ave., former home of Reddi-Arts in San Marco.

The project under consideration is described in the application as an “Upscale yet approachable Italian restaurant blending classic cuisine with modern p

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