Waterfront Dreams of Pickleball By Jeremy Morrison Pickleball may well be a part of the Port of Pensacola’s future portfolio, but what exactly is it? “If you haven’t played pickleball, it’s kind…
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Lotus unravels
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly A key component in Pensacola’s plan to increase housing availability in an effort to combat homelessness has been removed from the table. Officials were alerted this month that…
Urban Revitalization Plan turns 10
By Jeremy Morrison When Quint Studer first arrived in Pensacola, something befuddled him. “We were the Wild West when it came to what you could build in Pensacola,” Studer recalled. “When I…
Presser Notes: Pensacola’s ‘Good Problem’ & Sailing with DeSantis
By Jeremy Morrison As Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson enters the final stretch of his time in office, some efforts may be fizzling out or at least need to be rethought. The mayor…
Escambia yanks ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’
by Jeremy Morrison The Escambia County School Board has removed the first title from a list of more than a hundred others that have been marked as potentially inappropriate material for students…
Mayoral Transition Team eyes final report
By Jeremy Morrison With a report and recommendations due in late November, Pensacola Mayor-elect D.C. Reeve’s transition team is busy digging into various areas of focus and assessing how the incoming mayor…
Paddling Trail Study stinks [updated]
Testing Indicates Environmental Issues Along Waterfront by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After testing last year revealed the presence of human waste in the waters along downtown Pensacola’s Bruce Beach, city officials expanded testing…
ECUA finds Mystery E.Coli Hotspots
Downtown Lateral Line Letters Unrelated to Bruce Beach Mission by Jeremy Morrison Some downtown Pensacola property owners have received letters from the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority informing them that they must make…
Baptist: ‘Everything is Bigger’
Baptist Offers Peek of New Healthcare Campus By Jeremy Morrison Next fall, Baptist Healthcare plans to open its new campus, currently being developed off of Brent Lane, taking shape to the side…
Habitat establishes Land Trust
Hopes to ‘Go Back to Roots’ of Affordable Housing Mission By Jeremy Morrison As the dynamics of the economy evolve — particularly rising housing costs — so do the dynamics of Pensacola…
Presser Notes: Wahoos, Ian & a Shooting
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson was joined for his weekly press conference Monday by a celebratory group from the Blue Wahoos organization, as well as a rather large trophy, recently…
‘Bright Light’ killed in cycling accident
Jessica Bibza ‘Instrumental’ in Estuary Program’s Formation: By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola’s environmental advocacy community is mourning the loss of a fellow advocate with local ties that died after being struck by a…
Transition Team Update: ‘This Is Going To Be Fun’
Mayoral Transition Team Wades Into Weeds: By Jeremy Morrison During its second convening, mayor-elect D.C. Reeve’s mayoral transition began to orient itself to the task of formulating a path forward for the…
Green money doled out
Estuary Program Awards New Round of Grants By Jeremy Morrison Local environmental efforts focused on the local watershed have received a fresh infusion of funding, with the Pensacola and Perdido Bay Estuary…
Into Focus: Mayoral Transition Team drills down
By Jeremy Morrison A week after the first meeting, mayor-elect D.C. Reeves’ mayoral transition team members are beginning to dig into their individual focus areas. So far, public meetings are on the…
Presser Notes: Dodging Ian, Sign Struggle & City Hall for Sale?
By Jeremy Morrison Looking ahead to Hurricane Ian’s path through the Gulf of Mexico, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said that Fire Chief Ginny Cranor has performed a dance to keep the storm…
Presser Notes: Camp REAP & Soccer Cheerleading
by Jeremy Morrison Following the Pensacola City Council’s decision last week to audit a local organization serving the homeless community, Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that it looked like Re-entry Alliance Pensacola…
MLK’s ‘Hostile’ Benches are Back
‘Hospitable’ Replacements Removed by Jeremy Morrison Anyone looking to take a load off in MLK, Jr. Plaza on Palafox may have noticed a shifting landscape. For so long, the benches were gone….
Presser Notes: Onboarding & Downloading
by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has some time left in office, but he’s already onboarding mayor-elect D.C. Reeves, who was elected in August as the city’s next mayor. “I’ve gone…
Escambia eyes CORE funds for overdoses
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With more than a million dollars expected to flow into Escambia County from the state of Florida to deal with local overdose deaths, local officials are starting to…
