Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.
Issue #003 · Friday, September 4, 2026
Hey, Fleming Island 👋
It’s 904 Day, it’s Labor Day weekend, and there is a genuinely ridiculous amount happening around here over the next three days.
There’s also a heat index of 103 and an afternoon storm every single day from now through Labor Day. Green Cove Springs looked at that forecast, shrugged, and told everyone to wear teal anyway. Honestly, respect. 🏈
Coffee up. Here’s what’s good around Fleming Island, and roughly when to do it. 🌴
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91° / 75°
HIGH / LOW
TODAY AROUND THE ISLAND
Storms likely after 3.
Heat index near 103, and a quarter to half an inch of rain when it comes. This morning is the driest stretch of the whole weekend.
It’s 91, it’ll feel like 103, and the party’s still on
Four things are happening outside between now and Sunday, and the weather has an opinion about all of them. Here’s how we’d play it.
Front-load it. Storms hold off until around 3 today and about 1 tomorrow. Sunday holds out until 2, and Labor Day is a 90 percent chance of rain more or less all day. The weekend gets soggier as it goes, so do the outdoor things early and do them now.
It’s 91 today and 93 tomorrow, feeling like 103 and 106. Drink more water than you think you need.
Food Truck Friday is on, rain and all. Teal-out for the Jaguars, 5 to 9 at Spring Park, free raffle at 8:30.
The storms should clear around 9, so 8:30 is the wettest moment of the night. Go early, eat first, stay for it.
Saturday morning still works. The Fleming Island Saturday Market runs 9:30 to 2 at Village Square, and the rain isn’t due until 1. Go in the morning, and you’ll beat it.
What’s happening around town 📅
Friday, September 4
🌴 904 Day
All day · County-wide
🎟️ Homecoming dance tickets close today
MySchoolBucks · $45 · Last day
🌮 Food Truck Friday
5:00–9:00 pm · Spring Park · Green Cove Springs
Teal-out for the Jags. Free community raffle at 8:30 pm. 💙
🤠 Clay County Pro Rodeo opens
Clay County Fairgrounds · Green Cove Springs
Three days this year, after selling out the last two.
Advance tickets: $16.30 adults, $11.20 kids.
🎵 Chilly Rhino
8:00 pm–midnight · Encore, 2015 County Road 220 · 21+
Saturday, September 5
🛍️ Fleming Island Saturday Market
9:30 am–2:00 pm · Village Square · Across from Fleming Island High
First Saturday of the month. Go early — the rain isn’t due until 1.
🤠 Clay County Pro Rodeo
Day two · Clay County Fairgrounds
🎵 Chilly Rhino
8:00 pm–midnight · Encore · 21+
Sunday, September 6
🤠 Clay County Pro Rodeo: Super Bull Sunday
Clay County Fairgrounds
🎵 Soulful Sarah
4:00–8:00 pm · Encore · 21+
Monday, September 7
🇺🇸 Labor Day
No school. County offices, all five Clay County libraries and Animal Services are closed.
Tuesday, September 8
🎉 Homecoming Spirit Week begins at Fleming Island High
Tuesday is Rhyme Without Reason. Creativity, apparently, is not optional.
🐶 Shelly has been waiting since February
Yes, we noticed. No, we’re not going to make it about us.
Shelly is a two-and-a-half-year-old mixed breed at Clay County Animal Services. Black and white, with a white stripe straight down her nose. She came into the shelter on February 18th. That was 198 days ago.
She’s spayed, microchipped, and up to date on her shots, which is how every dog leaves there. And an adult dog costs $20, which is not a typo. That fee goes up to $25 on October 1st.
We don’t know much about her personality, because unlike most of the dogs there, her listing doesn’t have a write-up. So if you’re curious, the best thing to do is call and ask, or just turn up. No appointment needed.
Clay County Animal Services · 3984 State Road 16 West, Green Cove Springs
Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm · (904) 529-4107
Animal ID 60283360. Not in a position to adopt? Fostering frees up a kennel, which is what lets a shelter say yes to the next dog.
One more good thing: a very big maybe on Jacksonville’s Westside 🎪
Someone wants to build a 50,000-seat outdoor concert and festival campus on Jacksonville’s Westside. It’s called The Grounds, it’s a $120 million proposal, and the plans include camping, vendor markets and a workforce training academy.
Worth knowing what this is and isn’t. No site has been picked, negotiations with local government are still going, and Jacksonville is the developer’s first choice rather than a done deal. He’s also in talks with markets in Georgia and Texas.
So: not a thing yet. But if it lands, it lands about forty minutes from here, and we’d all know about it. Here’s the reporting.
Before you go... tell me something good 💛
See a new business opening? Know about an event we should have on the calendar? Got a neighbor doing something wonderful, a kid worth bragging about, a local team having a big season, or just something good happening around Fleming Island?
Send it our way. This only gets better when all of us help find the good stuff.
❤️ Tell Us Something Good — A neighbor doing something kind. A kid doing something awesome. Something new going in around town. Anything that makes you think, “people around here should know about this.”
📅 Submit an Event — Live music at a local restaurant, a fundraiser, festival, market, school activity, Food Truck Friday. Anything locals can put on their calendar.
⭐ Get Featured — Own a local business? Tell us your story through a short interview and give the community a chance to meet the people behind it.
Stay hydrated out there,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.