Marina Khoury and her DPZ CoDesign team have no idea what will happen at today’s Committee of the Whole. The commissioners are scheduled to review the proposed hybrid master plan for Outlying…
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What did community tell DPZ CoDesign that it wanted at OLF-8
Inweekly has tried to find out what the community and stakeholders  told DPZ CoDesign that they wanted at Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8). DPZ sent neighborhood surveys to residents of  surrounding subdivisions…
DPZ Committee of the Whole recap
I’ve hit you with a lot of information about DPZ CoDesign’s presentation last week and the commissioners’ reaction. Here’s the recap: The County Project manager’s overview of DPZ presentation on Feb. 11…
DPZ: Timeline… may be decided on Feb. 18
Is the proposed project timeline acceptable? Commissioner Bender opened, “I think one, we’d like to see this move forward in some respect and to get to where we can start to sell…
DPZ: Type of jobs for OLF-8
What are the desired job types? Commissioner Barry said, “As Commissioner Bergosh mentioned, outside of anything with smokestacks, anything contained within a building, in my opinion, any of those would be great….
DPZ Market Study mystery solved
The emails released by DPZ last week showed that News Journal and Bill Pearson, Navy Federal’s public affairs manager, had the OLF-8 market study weeks before it was presented to the Board…
DPZ: Fireworks over public input
How will public input be incorporated in the final plan? “The public input should be the driving force of the overall plan,†said Commissioner Underhill. “The idea though, that the citizen of…
Some history on Perdido Key Master Plan and DPZ
In the recent release of DPZ emails, Marina Khoury, DPZ’s partner, objected to how PNJ reporter Emma Kennedy referenced how her firm was fired by the county when it worked on the…
DPZ Question: Housing on OLF-8
What, if any, housing types would you consider? DPZ partner Marina Khoury stared the discussion: “What we are proposing for this site is not the single family housing typologies that predominantly have…
DPZ question 2: how much land for commerce?
How much land should be devoted to commerce use only? Commissioner Jeff Bergosh didn’t hesitate—“The maximum available.†“It looks like we’ve got 537 acres left,†he said. “I’m not going to waver…
What did DPZ present at the COW
Here is DPZ’s presentation to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners at the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 11: Marina Khoury: “Thank you. So we appreciate the time and this project,…
The County Project manager’s overview of DPZ presentation on Feb. 11
The entire Committee of the Whole meeting was devoted to the Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8) master plan. The meeting lasted over three hours, and I thought it would be informative to…