Press release: Startups on the Blocks, a new entrepreneurial program that supports founders of color, kicks off today in the Historic Belmont DeVilliers neighborhood. The program has a mission to share best…
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40-year port lease up for council approval
Tomorrow, the Pensacola City Council will vote on a 40-year lease for a new tenant at the Port of Pensacola. On the surface, the deal looks promising –$127,875 annually for the first…
West Main Master Plan Chooses Developers
Press release: PENSACOLA, Fla. (August 5, 2020) — The owners of the Maritime and ECUA parcels in downtown Pensacola have chosen the three development teams that have been tasked with bringing the…
Still no CARES budget for the public to review
The public still hasn’t seen the Escambia County administration’s plan budget for the $57.3 million of CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funds that needed to be spent before the…
Pensacola: A natural pick for U.S. Space Command
“Pensacola is natural for the Space Industry,” FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth told Inweekly after this weekend’s SpaceX splashdown in the waters off Pensacola Beach. “Actually, it’s already here.” Sunday wasn’t Astronaut Doug…
Buzz: State prepares bars for second reopening
Yesterday, Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, was in Pensacola to meet privately with bar owners. We’ve been told he went over guidelines for bars when…
Pensacola Vocational School Building makes ’11 to Save’ list
The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation included the Pensacola Vocational School Building (1942) on its 2020 “11 to Save,†a list of the most threatened historic properties in the state. The John…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act planning
Eight Florida counties with less than 500,000 population have received a first installment of more than $14 million from the CARES Act. Two have not developed a plan to spend the money…
Fending off offshore drilling in Florida
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Florida recently got a couple of steps closer to protecting its shores from the potential environmental and economic risks of offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico….
Winn Dixie changes face mask position
Creative Loafing reports Winn Dixie will require face mask as of Monday, June 27. “The majority of our stores are under either a local or state government mandate, and given the continued…
Mask message from Walmart
Imagine if County Administrator Janice Gilley cared as much about her employees and the  public and sent out this message. We can’t get her to give us an accurate report on COVID-19…
Blue Wahoos Stadium wins
Blue Wahoos Stadium Named America’s Best Double-A Ballpark PENSACOLA, FL – Pensacola’s Blue Wahoos Stadium was named the 2020 Ballpark Digest “Best of the Ballparks†champion at the Double-A level on Wednesday…