Category: Business
Legendary Bob Snow, creator of Seville Quarter, passes away
The founder of Rosie O’Grady’s and Seville Quarter, Bob Snow, died Friday at the age of 82 after a fall at his Pensacola home. Snow…
Escambia may benefit from $7.4 billion opioid settlement
Florida is expected to receive between $233.37 million and $325.93 million as part of a settlement announced Thursday involving 15 states, Purdue Pharma, Inc. and…
American Magic announces strategic partnership
American Magic, the United States challenger for the 36th and 37th America’s Cup, and Nautor Swan, a global leader in yacht design and manufacturing, announced…
Pensacola ranked #47 among the Best Performing Cities
The Milken Institute’s latest annual ranking of Best Performing Cities ranked Pensacola #46, up 31 points from last year. Among the Tier 2 large metros,…
TSA PreCheck enrollment in Pensacola 2/3-7
Pensacola International Airport will host a TSA PreCheck® Temporary Enrollment Center from Feb. 3-7. This program offers travelers expedited airport security screening, eliminating the need…
Presser Notes: Mayor unveils $21.7M Parks initiative
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced today a major parks and recreation initiative dubbed “Direction 25,” committing $21.7 million to repair and maintain city parks and…
Daily Outtakes: Military bases create over 31K jobs, $4B impact in Escambia County
The Florida Commerce Office of Military and Defense and the Florida Defense Support Commission recently published the Florida Defense Industry Economic Impact Analysis and the…
City of Pensacola to develop affordable housing for military
Florida Commerce has been awarded the City of Pensacola $608,200 through the Defense Infrastructure Grant Program to develop affordable housing near Naval Air Station Pensacola….
Escambia BCC votes 5-0 to sell OLF-8 for $50 million
After a lengthy discussion that highlighted competing priorities between the purchase price and development potential, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to…
Community Health restores communications after cyberattack
Community Health Northwest Florida has restored its communications systems after a Christmas Eve cyberattack that forced the shutdown of phones, internet, and servers. CEO Chandra…
Chamber wants OLF-8 Light Industrial zone to stay in public hands
The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce has taken a strong stance on the future development of OLF-8, urging the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners…
Daily Outtakes: What Theresa Blackwell does not want you to know?
Beulah advocate Theresa Blackwell professes to love the OLF-8 Master Plan created by the DPZ Co-Design and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The…
Triumph grant hot topic at OLF-8 meeting
Two days before the Board of County Commission potentially selects the developer for Outlying Field-8, residents gathered at Beulah Church on Tuesday night to review…
OLF-8 posts draw criticism but few facts
To avoid hackers and comments that violate the rules for interaction, this blog has software that blocks certain posts based algorithms. Several posts defending Ms….
Blackwell misinterprets OLF-8 Master Plan to fit her vision
PNJ published columnist Theresa Blackwell’s monthly tirade on OLF-8 yesterday. Bless their hearts, the Gannett-owned newspaper apparently does not have the staff to fact-check Blackwell….
Breaking: Gannett partners with Reuters
Axios reports Reuters and Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, partnering to create a content bundle. Reuters will handle sales and Gannett will receive…
Pam Childers’ costly games #4: Refusing to pay Foo Foo grants
With the 2024 Foo Foo Fest six weeks away, I learned County Clerk Pam Childers refused to cut checks for the Foo Foo grants approved…
Daily Outtakes: Infographic on OLF-8 offers
In January 2019, Escambia County acquired the 636-acre OLF-8 property through a land swap with the U.S. Navy. To facilitate this exchange, the county purchased…
Let’s not forget WCOA, truly Pensacola’s radio station
For the past few years, we have honored the history of Pensacola’s WCOA, Florida’s second radio station that was originally owned by the City of…
Daily Outtakes: Radio Lost
Last Friday, I visited Jerry Glenn at the Arcadia Health and Rehabilitation Center. Jerry was a longtime WCOA listener who loved “Real News with Rick…
