Category: Business
Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair, May 21
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host a job fair Thursday, May 21 for service members, veterans and military spouses at the Lou Ross…
Gaetz: ‘Continuation budgets; that’s Washington talk’
State Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) mocked Governor Rick Scott’s efforts to force Florida hospitals to share their revenues with less profitable facilities. On the radio…
Scott begins hospital witch hunt May 20
Gov. Rick Scott’s newly created panel on health-care funding is scheduled to spend 90 minutes next week receiving overviews of issues such as hospital financial…
Panama City Beach bans alcohol on the beach for next Spring Break
Tonight Downtown Improvement Board and downtown business owners will meet to discuss the future of Gallery Night. Last week when the bar and restaurant owners…
Lionfish on the menu
by Jeremy Morrison Lionfish are as dangerous as they are beautiful. The invasive species — filling local waters at an alarming rate in recent years—…
Reynolds offered Shakopee, Minn. job
The Shakopee City Council yesterday voted to enter into negotiations with Bill Reynolds, former Pensacola city administrator (2011-2013), as Shakopee’s next city administrator. The city…
Local ad group opposes film ordinance
I received this email from the local chapter of the American Advertising Federation: To All AAF Members: The Pensacola City Council is considering an ordinance…
Cuba impressed by Pensacola delegation
Two weeks ago, Inweekly reported on a local delegation that visited Cuba seeking to build relationships and test the waters for possible business opportunities (“Creating…
Terhaar explains his film commissioner proposal
Council President Andy Terhaar told Inweekly his intention with his film commission ordinance was to begin the process of attracting outside companies to film in…
Local photographers and filmmakers have questions about proposed City Film Commissioner
Local photographers and filmmakers have concerned about the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s setting up his office as the focal point for film productions in the city…
Scott takes socialistic approach to health care for low income families
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that, like Major League Baseball teams, hospitals should share profits if the…
Community engagement key to Destination 2020
Four hundred people gathered yesterday at the Rex Theater for a multimedia update by Visit Pensacola on Destination 2020, its five-year strategy for marketing the…
DIB open to meeting with bars and restaurant owners
DIB Executive Director Ron Butlin has reached to the downtown bar and restaurants to discuss the Gallery Nights: Good Morning Joe, I wanted to make…
Council to discuss removal of CMPA board members
The Pensacola City Council has a long day next Monday. They will hold a Community Redevelopment Agency meeting, Agenda Review and a workshop on the…
Downtown business owners ask city for clarification and help
The downtown restaurant and bar owners have asked the mayor’s office for help: May 2, 2015 Tamara Fountain Chief Operations Officer 222 W. Main St….
Around the state, leaders take action on NY Times report
Yesterday, we reported that Escambia County is one of the worst counties in the nation for children of poor families as they try to move…
DIB May Meeting Schedule
Downtown Improvement Board Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Special Meeting For DIB: Holiday Decorations Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. – 9:30…
Where are you eating on Mother’s Day?
According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), nearly half of Americans will dine out or order restaurant takeout or delivery on May 10. New NRA…
City attorney: DIB does not have power to regulate alcohol sales
A hot issue on Palafox has been the DIB vote to ban liquor sales at the outdoor bars during Gallery Night. The bars would be…
DIB chairman talks about banning outdoor liquor sales on Gallery Night
DIB chairman John Peacock yesterday came on Pensacola Speaks to talk about future Gallery Nights. The DIB board voted on Tuesday to limit outdoor alcohol…
