By Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola City Council will be discussing revisions to the city’s tree ordinance this week. Councilwoman Sherri Myers has long pushed for modifications in the tree ordinance, but she’s…
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New Homeless Task Force formed
A community partnership in Northwest Florida is being formed to better streamline services to homeless individuals and families with the ultimate goal of offering essential resources in helping them achieve a life God intended for all citizens in our two-county area. The Homeless Reduction Task…
City extends COVID restrictions for events
The City of Pensacola is extending the previously implemented COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines for city-permitted events through Thursday, March 11. The restrictions were initially set to expire Feb. 28. The restrictions are…
Promoting CyberCoast
Networks of Florida, a regionally recognized Information Technology and Cybersecurity Managed Services Provider (MSP), recently announced its complete rebranding to NOF Technologies. The rebrand includes a new name, logo, and website to…
Breaking News: State commission approves name change for Wentworth museum
Florida Historical Commission approved changing the name of the T.T. Wentworth Museum to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.  The change comes after records were uncovered that revealed…
CPAC’s Lonely Night Out
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly CPAC went to the people. But the people did not show up. In its first of a pair of public town halls, Pensacola’s Citizen Police Advisory Committee held…
SR BCC cancels hearing on borrow pits
Santa Rosa County Commission has canceled its Feb. 25 adoption hearing to expand borrow pits and resource extraction in the vulnerable Wellfield Protection Area serving 86,000 south Santa Rosa County residents.  A…
Police advisory town hall tonight
The Citizens Police Advisory Committee is seeking community input on various topics involving relationships between the community and the Pensacola Police Department. The CPAC members will host two town hall meetings to provide an…
My interview with Hal Holbrook
Actor Hal Holbrook died last month. He was probably most famous for his one-man stage show he developed, “Mark Twain Tonight!,” for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in…
The Great OLF-8 Debate
The future of Escambia County’s hottest property will be decided this year. The 500-plus acres will either be the site of high-paying jobs for the next 20 years or where developers will…
How many citizens know about DPZ Codesign master plans
On its Myths vs. Facts page, DPZ Codesign gives the impression that more than 600 citizens want its three mixed-use plans – 82% for Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8). Here’s the DPZ…
DPZ Codesign two-step on economic impact
On its Myths vs Facts page, under “Vision for OLF-8,” DPZ Codesign states, “The scope of work negotiated by the County Commission requires the master planners to take into account many factors,…
PSC Job Fair this Saturday
More than 20 Northwest Florida employers are looking to hire at the 27th Multicultural Job Fair set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 6. Hosted by Pensacola State College, the event will…
Presser Notes: Bayview, 17th & the Mystery Youth Council
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Again assuring that we are approaching the “light at the end of the tunnel,†Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson continued this week to urge people to practice safety measures…
Hemmer pushed town concept on OLF-8 three years ago
Last week, Hemmer Consulting LLC and 68 Ventures LLC offered to buy 400 acres of OLF-8 for $16 million, leaving only 80 acres for commerce park and 50 for public use. The…
One point about PNJ 1/31 editorial
Yesterday, the daily newspaper’s editorial board went after four Escambia County commissioners–Jeff Bergosh, Lumon May, Robert Bender and Steven Barry–for not agreeing to pay Commissioner Doug Underhill’s legal fees regarding a case…
Poll: Voters want jobs at OLF-8
Escambia votes overwhelmingly want  high-paying jobs at Outlying Landing Filed (OLF-8), the 500-plus acre site next to Navy Federal’s campus in Beulah, according to recent poll conducted by the Listener Group for…
Andrade, Moore address bridge ‘rumors’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Bathing in light of the first full moon of the year ‘ a Wolf Moon – Pensacola’s Bayview Community Center experienced a soft opening of sorts Thursday night…
Job creation dollars available
The University of West Florida is accepting applications for the Industry Resilience and Diversification Fund, a regional economic development program with the goal to distribute $10 million in funding to businesses seeking…
CO:LAB updates website for 2021
Press Release:When the Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship first opened its doors to startup businesses in 2008, the Quality of Life Survey funded by Quint and Rishy Studer revealed that…