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…

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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…

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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…

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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 &…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Pensacola Speaks podcast: How to start a business

On Monday, I interviewed Kelly Massey, director of the Florida Small Business Development Center at UWF, on the challenges of starting a business and the…

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Putnam: Citrus industry could collapse in two or three years

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was in Pensacola last week. He met with Inweekly to discuss the issues facing the state’s agriculture industry. “Well,…

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Pen Air Federal Credit Union and UWF Executive Mentor Program to host spring Financial Boot Camp

Pen Air Federal Credit Union and the University of West Florida Executive Mentor Program will host the spring “Financial Boot Camp” on Friday, March 20…

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Drink like a cop on Monday

Pensacola-area Dunkin’ Donuts locations are offering free iced coffee on Monday, March 9. Why? “In honor of Spring and to celebrate the warmer weather, Pensacola-area…

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Lion fish threat to fishing industry getting attention

Yesterday I interviewed Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. We did discuss growing problem of lion fish invading Florida waters “Lion fish virtually endemic in…

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Ohio sues BP for $33.3 million

Ohio State Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board file a lawsuit on March 2 against BP –…

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Aero Sekur expanding to Pensacola, bringing more jobs to area

Aero Sekur, specialist in helicopter lift-raft and flotation systems, announces a relocation and expansion of its US subsidiary from Parsippany, New Jersey to larger premises…

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DIB March meeting schedule

Downtown Improvement Board Regular Meetings are held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March…

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West Florida Hospital named to Top 100 Hospitals list

Modern Healthcare released a list of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, and West Florida Hospital made that list in the large community hospital section. The…

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