Category: Business
City administrator insinuates Bruce Beach lease better than Maritime Park for Pensacola (video)
During the “Mornings with the Mayor†session on Wednesday, I asked Mayor Ashton Hayward about his proposal to lease Bruce Beach for a dollar a…
Bare challenges rfp process on airport food concessions
Mayor Ashton Hayward has repeatedly defend the Request For Proposal process on the airport food concessions, which is finally being brought back to the city…
UWF College of Business to host Women in Leadership: Designing Your Future on Feb. 7
The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program will host Women in Leadership: Designing Your Future on Friday, Feb. 7 at 12…
Gulf Breeze Chamber CEO resigns
The Board of Directors of the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber accepted the resignation of Josie Cotti, President/CEO, at their January Board Meeting. Josie will leave…
Mobile lands 100 IT jobs, coming Feb.1
Rural Sourcing, Inc, an Atlanta-based software development firm, announced Jan. 21 that it would make downtown Mobile home to a new center that will bring…
Cordova Park and surrounding neighborhoods have no plans to give up Dollar General fight
Greg Retting has been one of the leaders of the grassroots effort to block rezoning land on Spanish Trial from residential to commercial. In this…
Two articles on airport food, two different takes
The issue on the Pensacola City Council agenda is the airport food concessions: Chick-Fil-A vs. The Fish House, Corona Beach House vs. Pensacola Bay Brewery,…
I-10 to get new ‘Welcome to Florida’ sign
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florid Nearly 45 million visitors entered the Sunshine State by car last year. And at least one state…
Kickstarter: Hobo Grill
The Hobogrill is a tiny, ultra efficient, ultra lightweight, portable, wearable charcoal grill which can be made mostly from recycled materials. Best of all, Sanghi…
Terhaar wants to work out details on Food Truck ordinance, plans to meet with coalition
Pensacola City Councilman Andy Terhaar stopped in the INweekly offices yesterday to discuss his proposed food truck ordinance. He said that his intent was for…
Pensacola loses direct flight to Washington. D.C.
Pensacola and 16 other cities will lose their direct American Airlines flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to announcement made yesterday by the…
YouTube: IN Your Head Radio interview with Gene Valentino
Yesterday I had Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino on IN Your Head Radio:
The Fish House Lawsuit Documents
We also have a copy of the lawsuit of Merrill Land and Great Southern Restaurant Group against the city of Pensacola. The two companies are…
Pitt Slip Lawsuit Documents: Seville Harbour seeks declaratory judgment and jury trial on damages
We received a copy of 109-page lawsuit filed by Seville Harbour against the city of Pensacola concerning the Pitt Slip marina lease and Mayor Ashton…
PNJ gets a new publisher
Gannett Co. announced earlier today that Terry Horne has been named president and publisher of the Pensacola News-Journal. Horne had been publisher of the East…
Varona asks when will city council decide on airport food concessions
Varona Enterprises has the food concessions contract at the Pensacola International Airport. That contract expires March 31,2014. Robert de Varona sent a letter on Jan….
Scott wants $100 million for Visit Florida
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Gov. Rick Scott will seek $100 million to help bring 100 million visitors a year to the…
PETA goes after Gulf Breeze Zoo
PETA has filed formal comments with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) opposing the Gulf Breeze Zoo’s (GBZ) application for a permit to breed…
House of Sticks: Another history repeats itself
By Kent Lyndon What do Orange County, California, Detroit, Michigan, and–yes, just a four hour drive from where you all live–Jefferson County, Alabama, have in…
Palafox Market proforma budget for 2013-14
The executive director of the Downtown Improvement Board, Ron Butlin, has done a good job of giving his board budgets for its events. The Palafox…


