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Meet Mike Burns

   June 17, 2024

Mike BurnsThe Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) Board finalized the contract to hire local attorney Mike Burns as its new Executive Director during a special Board meeting Wednesday night, June 12.

“They called me the non-conventional candidate. And so when they’re going to call you something, you might as well own it and just be it, ” Burns said. “I am a surfer. I’m the guy from here. This is my beach. I’ve grown up on this beach. I want to take care of this beach. I take a lot of pride in this beach and the things that go on out there and I look forward to enhancing the beach.”

He continued, “We have a wonderful beach. We have opportunities and challenges and let’s take advantage of this wonderful beach that we have and take advantage of these opportunities and challenges and get everybody to work together, whether it’s the resident leaseholders, the non-resident, leaseholders, the businesses, the visitors, and the people all over Escambia County, to come and enjoy the beach.”

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