Category: Business
Pensacola Tech Park to get first building
The Space Florida board approved yesterday the Memorandum of Understanding between Space Florida, the Pensacola Industrial Development Corporation as landowner/land lessor, and prospective tenant organizations,…
Visit Pensacola Board meeting today
Readers have asked that I post when the Visit Pensacola meets today. Visit Pensacola Board of Trustees Feb. 5 3 p.m. Hagler/Mason Meeting Room Second…
Latest Market Research on Pensacola Tourism
Visit Pensacola meets today. In its agenda packet is the marketing research update on tourism for this past fall. The top 10 Visitor Origins for…
Founder/CEO of National Energy USA to speak to Gulf Coast Economics Club
The Gulf Coast Economics Club is proud to announce our Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014 program: Mr Dave Robau, founder and CEO of National Energy USA….
Varona makes offer to stay open while city completes new RFP process
Robert Varona, whose contract for food concessions at the Pensacola International Airport expires on March 31, has sent the following letter to Mayor Ashton Hayward…
Dollar General on Spanish Trail dead issue
Greg Rettig, who organized the grassroots effort to prevent Dollar General from building a store on Spanish Trail and Summit Blvd, posted on his Facebook…
Panhandle Tiger Bay Club Presents Michelle Hurdle and The Status and Future of Airbus in the Area
Economic Development spirits were flying high in Alabama after the global aerospace giant, Airbus, chose Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex for its first U.S. airplane assembly plant….
Leadership Pensacola seeks nominations
The Pensacola Chamber Foundation has announced that Jan. 31, through Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, nominations will be accepted for the 50 available slots in next…
DIB meeting rescheduled to Monday
We received an email from Ron Butlin, DIB executive director: Due to some schedule conflicts the DIB’s meeting regularly scheduled for Tuesday February 4 will…
House of Sticks: Everything in Moderation
Remember that old line our parents used to throw at us before we engaged in a little beer drinking? The concept certainly applies to the…
New Tax Watch study looks at value of economic development projects for local communities
The new Florida TaxWatch Report, “Diversifying Florida’s Economy Through Local Economic Development”, has an impact analysis of common economic development projects. It focuses on three…
BP has new target to avoid paying claims
BP has found a new target to avoid paying claims resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster: court-appointed administrator Patrick Juneau. Juneau evaluates the compensation…
No IN Your Head Radio today, taking a sleet day
With the roads icy and bridges closed, IN Your Head Radio will not be on the air today. We will be back tomorrow.
Florida Chamber leads discussion on how Jacksonville can be global leader
Experts on transportation, planning and business development will discuss the importance of keeping Florida – and particularly the Jacksonville region – positioned as a global…
Two losses
Two media stories caught my attention this morning. Corbett Davis resigned from the Downtown Improvement Board. He was the board’s chairman and his leadership will…
Scott finds more corporate fees to cut in 2014-15
Gov. Rick Scott released another component of his election-year proposal to cut taxes and fees by $500 million, this time by seeking to slash $33…
AG Secretary Putnam leaves for Panama
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam leaves today for Panama City, Panama, on a three-day mission that will include seeking to expand Florida growers’ access to the…
South Walton featured on Emeril’s TV show this Sunday
Chef Emeril Lagasse Samples Restaurants in South Walton County on Latest Emeril’s Florida TV Episode -Local FRLA Restaurants in Sandestin, Seaside, Seagrove and Santa Rosa…
Scott proposes $30 million to train workforce in STEM fields
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Workforce training in science and technology fields would get $30 million from Gov. Rick Scott in the…
House of Sticks: Origin of Derivatives
One can trace the origin of derivatives, for the purpose of the future delivery of a product, to Mesopotamia circa 2000 BC. The actual trading…


