Category: Business
Another city project hits snag, this time at port
This past week, we reported that the FAA denied the $3.5 million grant request for taxiway and apron for VT-MAE hangar. The city says it…
PS Podcast: CMPA wins appeals case against former master developer
While the Pensacola City Council and Mayor Ashton Hayward debate with to do with its listing agent for the Community Maritime Park, the CMPA won…
Unexpected career moves
NorthEscambia.com reports The Daily Brew host Willie Spears is the new head football coach of the District 2 Class 1A Vernon Yellow Jackets. Popular radio…
FDOT may take multi-year funding approach on $3.5 million for VT-MAE project
Interim Airport Director Dan Flynn wrote, “The City of Pensacola has been in contact with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) with respect to funding…
FDOT could help fund VT-MAE taxiway and runway
I made a few calls to Tallahassee. Apparently the city has approached Florida Department of Transportation for help with the $3.5 million needed for the…
FAA denies $3.5 million for VT-MAE project, but city says it has a plan
The Federal Aviation Authority has denied the city of Pensacola’s request for a $3.5 million AIP grant needed to extend the taxiway at the Pensacola…
Florida has the fastest growing metro area in the nation: The Villages ….Panama City 19th
Florida was home to the nation’s fastest growing metro area from 2013 to 2014, according to new U.S. Census Bureau metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan statistical…
Liquor could be coming to Publix and Winn Dixie
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The need for a wall between vodka and vegetables would remain in Florida, but a revised Senate…
Inweekly 2006: CEMEX port lease creates uproar
The future of the Port of Pensacola was in the balance…or we were told. Dust Up Over CEMEX By Duwayne Escobedo,…
Inweekly 2009: Pensacola is our business
Inweekly has been dedicated to promoting locally-owned businesses since its inception. We launched the concept of “IN Stay Local” to help get out message on…
Catching the CMP javelin, Part 5: Spears separates
The fallout of the CBRE Bait & Switch appears to be Ed Spears, the executive director of the Community Maritime Park, leaving the city of…
Panhandle Tiger Bay Club hear about ‘The Middle Class Squeeze’
Jennifer Erickson, Director of Competitiveness and Economic Growth at the Center for American Progress, will be speaking at the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club on “The…
Florida House proposes $17.9 million to save citrus industry
The fight against a disease infecting Florida’s oranges would get a hefty boost from a House spending proposal (Read “Citrus Crisis“). The House Agriculture &…
Quint Studer named one of the most interesting entrepreneurs in healthcare today
The Becker Hospital Review has published its list of the nine most interesting and intelligent entrepreneurs in healthcare today. Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group,…
Letters on Sacred Heart breach went out Friday
Yesterday Sacred Heart Health System announced that hackers had gained access to the confidential data on approximately 14,000 patient by gaining access to the computer…
Presidential Task Force releases action plan to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and seafood fraud
The Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, has released its…
Convention Center deja vu
The success of Pensacon has reignited a discussion for a convention center. It’s a worthy topic. The fourth-cent of the bed tax was originally presented…
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Studers may build park on ECUA site
On Pensacola Speaks on Thursday, Quint Studer said that he and his wife Rishy are considering developing the old Main Street Sewage treatment plant site…
USDA report says Florida citrus production will be below earlier forecast
The National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said this season’s Florida orange production will be down 1 percent from…
850 Magazine highlights Escambia County-Port, Airport, IHMC, Hospitals, Studers…and more
850 Magazine has published its Escambia County Journal. Here are the features: Small Town, Big Ideas Top researchers from around the globe come to the…
