Category: Business
Panhandle to get new area code
Amid concerns that the 850 area code will “exhaust†in 2022, state regulators are considering a proposal that could lead to an additional area code…
Pitt Slip deal coming soon?
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola may be preparing to finalize a longterm lease for its Pitt Slip property, and in doing so…
‘Small Things’ delay bridge
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly State Senator Doug Broxson (R-Gulf Breeze), accompanied by a spokesman from the Florida Department of Transportation, invited local media to his…
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
August 22 marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into 2019 Black women have to work before their wages catch up to…
Escambia Santa Rosa get more liquor licenses, lottery in Oct.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco opened the entry period for the 2019 Quota Beverage License…
Buzz: WFH hires new president
Inweekly has heard that the former president of CHI St. Luke’s Health-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Gay Nord, has been hired as the new president…
Studer discusses projects, mission
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Quint Studer’s fingerprints are all over Pensacola. From the Blue Wahoos to Southtowne to SCAPE to early-learning Brain Bags for new…
ST Engineering hiring
CareerSource Escarosa will partner with ST Engineering to host a hiring event on Thursday, August 15, from 9 am to 12 pm at CareerSource Escarosa,…
BB&T and Suntrust to merge
BB&T Corp.’s $29.7 billion purchase of SunTrust Banks Inc. received near unanimous approval Tuesday from both banks’ shareholders. The corporate name of the combined bank…
Pensacola Entrepreneur Initiative
Effort to be led by D.C. Reeves, co-founder Perfect Plain Brewing Company Press Release: Northwest Florida has many great components to start and grow small…
Retailers ready for back-to-school tax ‘holiday’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s retail industry is gearing up for this year’s back-to-school sales tax “holiday†on clothes,…
Gannett-Gatehouse merger talks continue
By the first of next month, the daily newspapers from Pensacola to Tallahassee could be owned by one entity if Gannett, owner of the Pensacola…
Gannett may merge with Gatehouse
Several media outlets, including USA Today, are reporting that Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal , may merge with Gatehouse Media, the owner of…
Pensacola gets $12 million EDA grant
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding the City of Pensacola a $12.25 million grant to further efforts to build out…
Levin Papantonio wins $1.1 million award
Arbitrators with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, FINRA, awarded over $1.1 million to Levin Papantonio clients in the Mobile, Ala. area who lost investments and…
DIB applications sought
Mayor Grover Robinson is accepting applications to expand the pool of candidates for appointment to the Downtown Improvement Board. There is currently one vacancy on…
Chamber hosts State of City
The Greater Pensacola Chamber will host a State of the City luncheon 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at the Pensacola Yacht Club, 1897 Cypress…
Grover’s big leadership challenge
The announcement that Baptist Health Care is building a $550 million hospital facility on Brent Lane and leaving west Pensacola poses a big leadership challenge…
SCAPE: ‘Another Transformative Moment’
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Prior to the plan’s proper unveiling Monday evening at The Rex Theatre, the Pensacola City Council was offered an early-morning glimpse…
Amtrak coming back, but not here
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced last Friday the award of a $33 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to fund infrastructure and capacity…
