This morning Escambia County citizens will get to hear, for the first time in a public forum, about the latest set of bylaws for Visit Pensacola, Inc. — the new 501(c)6 organization…
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Wahoo Job Fair on Monday, Nov. 18
For the third year in a row, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos will host two job fairs for people interested in applying for game-day/ part-time customer-service jobs for the 2014 season. On Monday,…
Councilman Terhaar plans to propose food truck ordinance tonight
Councilman Andy Terhaar has a food truck ordinance to pass out to the other council members tonight for their discussion on food trucks. He based it off of the Tallahassee ordinance. In…
Neighbors protest dollar store coming to Summit Blvd
We are getting several emails regarding a dollar store (not sure which brand – Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree or just Dollar Dollar) being allowed by the city of Pensacola to…
Food Trucks are not unique to Pensacola, but need reasonable regulations
Imagine if all the Pensacola movie theaters fought to outlaw DVD rentals, if hospitals wanted a ban on open MRIs outside their facilities or outpatient surgery centers or retailers wanted to block…
City Council Talks Food Trucks
By Jessica Forbes At Thursday’s City Council meeting, a discussion about food trucks and the policies needed to guide their operation will begin, which is a dialogue that downtown restaurateurs are encouraging….
ECSO hosts minority career fair tomorrow
Key 2 Success along with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department, Pensacola, FL will host a Minority Career Fair on Nov. 13, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Applicants will get a chance to interact with…
Visit Pensacola draft bylaws. Group will be like a mini-chamber
Last week the Escambia Board of County Commissioners were given the latest draft of the bylaws of Visit Pensacola, Inc. — corporation proposed by the hotel industry to control the bed tax…
NYT writes airports want local chefs
These articles aren’t hard to find. The New York Times’ “In Transit” reports that a number of airports across the country are opening restaurants from high-profile hometown chefs, offering local flavor to…
DIB told 900 people attended Palafox Celebration
The Downtown Improvement Board was told yesterday that 900 people attended the joint DIB-City of Pensacola event on Oct. 24 to celebrate that Palafox Street had been named a Great Place in…
New interim publisher at PNJ and btw their circulation is down to 32,000 during the week.
The daily newspaper reported Carol Hudler, special assistant to U.S. newspaper division president Bob Dickey, and former president of the South Group of community papers, has just been named its interim publisher…
Palafox Market director fired, but the event will continue
In small room in the Rhodes Building, over 30 people attended the Nov. 5 meeting of the Downtown Improvement Board. Many were vendors at the Palafox Market, the DIB’s outdoor market held…