The Florida Chamber of Commerce today announces Fred Donovan Jr., P.E. Principal of Baskerville-Donovan Inc., has been appointed to a one-year term as the Florida Chambers’ Pensacola Regional Board Chair. “Serving as…
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Podcast: Studer discusses need for technology breaks
Quint Studer talks about the value of taking technology breaks — the topic of his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal.
Tax reform bill ‘drive-by shooting’ of Fla bond deals
By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida taxpayers could lose billions of dollars in future savings under part of pending federal tax-reform legislation that would limit the ability of states…
Battle being waged over affordable housing in Escambia County
PNC Bank is attempting to takeover Morris Court housing associated with Miami developer Lloyd Boggio, who last year pleaded guilty to four counts of money laundering, and the company he founded, Carlisle…
Mayor Hayward cuts commercial for Airbnb
A new commercial running this week in the Tallahassee market, “Airbnb citizen,†features Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward talking about how vacation rental homes give visitors the “authentic experience†of tourism in Florida,…
County and Chamber announce support for four Triumph applications
The Pensacola-Escambia County Promotion & Development Commission (PEDC) won the Escambia County Commission’s approval for two projects to be presented to Triumph Gulf Coast for funding. Both projects also have the support…
Survey: Majority of Floridians back business incentives
After a fierce debate about the issue during the 2017 legislative session, a majority of Floridians back the use of business incentives — though support has dropped in recent years, according to…
Pensacola International Airport has 8K more passengers, VPS 25K in Oct.
The Pensacola International Airport rebounded from a weak September to have 8,302 more passengers in October 2017 than it did a year ago. Year-to-date, the Pensacola airport has had 68,136 more passengers…
Flora-bama objects to MTV’s ‘Floribama Shore’
THE FLORA-BAMA’S RESPONSE TO MTV SHOW FLORIBAMA SHORE: For 53 years, THE Flora-Bama has been slinging drinks, tossing mullets, entertaining people from around the world, and hosting live music. Hunkered down smack…
Port of Pensacola revenues drop over half million in FY 2017, over a $1.1 million since FY 2012
The Port of Pensacola saw its four primary revenue sources drop over half a million dollars last year, according to unaudited financial report obtained by Inweekly. The revenue is down $1.1 million…
Congressman Gaetz to host Congressional App Challenge
On Saturday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m., Congressman Matt Gaetz will be hosting the 2017 Congressional App Challenge and STEM/ Cybersecurity Expo at the University of West Florida’s Pensacola campus. The Congressional…
Read about proposed Northwest Center for Dynamic Ocean Technologies at Port
Last week, we wrote about the need for a plan for the future of the Port of Pensacola. Triumph Gulf Coast uploaded the pre-screening form for the Northwest Center for Dynamic Ocean…