Category: Business
Silver Hills walks away from CMP proposal
From the Mayor’s Office: Despite our best efforts, the City of Pensacola was not able to come to a successful agreement on lease terms for…
Bay Bridge opening moved to May 31
Anyone want to guess when two lanes of the Pensacola Bay Bridge will open? According to the Florida Department of Transportation, they will be usable…
United adds more non-stop flights to Pensacola
United Airlines will offer expanded service to Pensacola with four new nonstop destinations beginning in May 2021-Cleveland (CLE), Milwaukee (MKE), Cincinnati (CVG), and Pittsburgh (PIT)….
Upcoming job fairs
Press release: Job loss or major business impacts are devastating under any circumstance. We offer employment, recruiting, hiring and training services at CareerSource Escarosa. As…
FloridaWest’s Andrews achieves MEDP
Press Release: Danita Andrews, Chief Business Development Officer, FloridaWest EDA recently completed the Advanced Economic Development Leadership executive education program and was awarded the Master…
Southtowne taxes
Southtowne, a 258-unit apartment complex built by Studer properties in downtown Pensacola, received an economic development exemption, known as an EDATE, from the city and…
Spirit Airlines coming to Pensacola
Spirit Airlines today announced More Go to the Florida Panhandle, with plans to bring Spirit Signature Service, brand new Airbus planes and its low fares…
Mayoral Q&A: Vaccines and a Parking Garage
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly A couple of days after engaging in a spirited discussion with the Pensacola City Council about the prospects of leasing a…
DPZ has no idea what will happen at COW
Marina Khoury and her DPZ CoDesign team have no idea what will happen at today’s Committee of the Whole. The commissioners are scheduled to review…
gBETA Pensacola seeks early-stage companies
gBETA Pensacola  is currently recruiting entrepreneurs statewide for its Spring 2021 cohort. gBETA Pensacola is a seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with Pensacola roots who are…
Council debates maritime park proposal
By Jeremy Morrison Raising concerns about finances, the potential for gentrification and “opportunity hoarding,†the Pensacola City Council cast a collective sideways glance at the…
New proposal shows value of incentives
For the past few years, several locals have argued that economic development shouldn’t need incentives – Â no property tax abatements (also known as edates) or…
WEAR TV lays off veteran staff
Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of WEAR-TV, has laid about a dozen employees last week from its Pensacola station, including April Baker, Steve Nissim and Kathryn…
Bay Bridge won’t make March reopening deadline
From FDOT: As Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contractors were conducting repairs to the Pensacola Bay Bridge, it was determined that additional repair work was…
Subcontractor details claims against Skanska
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly This time last year, Ken Canty was still on the job, handling demolition work on the old Pensacola Bay bridge. Things…
Former Gulf Power prez joins PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has hired Marlene Santos as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer effective March 15. For the past two…
Gulf Power gets approval for rate changes
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved two Gulf Power Company (Gulf) petitions relating to impacts from Hurricane Sally. The PSC approved a reduction…
OLF 8 town hall set for March 2
DPZ Co-Design, the consultant hired to develop a master plan for Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8), has sent out an email to those who have…
The Cronley Challenge
In our Feb. 25 issue, developer Jim Cronley has a challenge for urban planner DPZ Co-Design. He challenges two statements made by the DPZ team:…
What is the new hybrid plan for OLF-8
At the Committee of the Whole on Thursday, Feb. 11, Escambia County Commission Chairman Robert Bender introduced a new compromise that DPZ CoDesign had drawn…
