Category: Business
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…
PYP revisits the 2012 Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee Report
On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Pensacola Young Professionals Economic Development and Governmental Affairs Teams will host a public meeting to revisit the Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee…
House of Sticks: Where have all the retirement savings gone
By Kent Lyndon Inside Wall Street and the world of stocks, bonds and banking with someone who knows where the skeletons are: When stock markets…
News story #4: Calming the Chamber Storm
The Greater Pensacola Chamber imploded during the first half of 2013. Former Pensacola Mayor and House Majority Leader Jerry Maygarden was called in to restore…
Another reporter exits daily newspaper
Rhema Thompson, education reporter for the Pensacola News Journal, announced today in a column in the paper that she is leaving the area. Thompson is…
IHMC places 2nd in Robotics competition (video)
A team from Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition achieved a second-place finish in the elite DARPA Robotics Challenge, which featured 16 of the…
State unemployment continues to drop
Gov. Rick Scott reported Florida’s unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent in November, down from 6.7 percent in October. The mark is the lowest for…
ST Aerospace releases MOU
ST Aerospace, the Malaysian-based company that signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Pensacola to bring 300 jobs to the airport commerce park,…
BP announces another big deepwater oil discovery in the gulf…Oh, sh#$
BP unveiled yesterday a significant oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. The British oil giant said it made the large discovery in the Gila…
Downtown Retailers open Sunday for holiday shopping
The Downtown Improvement Board announced today the extended holiday hours for many Downtown businesses. In order to accommodate holiday shoppers, some restaurants and retailers will…
