Mayor Robinson has requested that the Downtown Improvement Board provide a list of action items for him to consider, so the DIB has scheduled five focus groups for downtown business and property…
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Thursday noon report
Another positive day for Escambia County – only six new positive COVID-19 cases. DOH Escambia entered 294 new test results into the Merlin system – 2% were positive. 5/13/20 5/14/20 11 a.m….
Co:Lab Update
FloridaWest’s incubator, Co:Lab, sent out an update on its April activity. Co:Lab is program of FloridaWest EDA supported by Pensacola State College. Thoughtful Togetherness, Co:Lab style April 2020 was a tough month…
Escambia Fire Chief bans outdoor burning
The Escambia County Fire Chief has issued a burn ban order effective Wednesday, May 13 until further notice. The announcement was sent out after 5 p.m. and cited “the unseasonable weather including…
Thursday morning update
At his Wednesday presser, Gov. Ron DeSantis talked about his efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. Florida has 4,480 LTCs with 151,724 residents. In Escambia County, over…
The Spring names VMS pilot companies
The Spring Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) today announced its initial pilot companies. Â The program sponsored by Quint Studer and his Studer Community Institute is based on the successful model used by the…
COVID: COW edition
Another roller coaster day for COVID-19 cases in Escambia County. Â Only six additional cases. DOH Escambia entered 819 new test results – less than 1% were positive. The overall positive percentage has…
Pensacola sailors return home from USNS Comfort
Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola sent 18 sailors to support the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort’s COVID-19 relief efforts in New York. After spending 31 days in New York City,…
Wednesday morning shot
Best Pivot of the Week – Bubba Watson’s Diamond Disc Golf Challenge The Pensacola Blue Wahoos and team co-owner Bubba Watson have partnered to bring a new sport to Blue Wahoos Stadium!…
Better guidelines for restaurants
Reopening Escarosa Guide produced by the Pensacola and Santa Rosa chambers had a rather generic page concerning restaurants that was put together by working group consisting of Visit Pensacola and Santa Rosa…
Pensacola Community COVID-19 Response
A video produced by Volume ONE Salon and Lensea Film:
COVID-19 and the Workforce in Escambia County
In an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 719 Escambia County residents, we found 26.4% had either lost their jobs, been furloughed or had their hours cut as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic….
Reopening Escarosa guide released
In an effort to provide the public in Northwest Florida concise and accurate information related to COVID-19 business resources, a consortium of Escambia and Santa Rosa County business, economic development, and tourism…
Mandatory testing and guidelines
Mandatory LTC testing Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida reports state Agency for Health Care Administration yesterday issued emergency orders to require nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to allow the Florida…
COVID-19: Sunday update
DOH Escambia entered new 154 test results into the system, 2.6% were positive – bringing overall positive percentage down to 6%. The county only had four new positive cases – no new…
COVID: Saturday Haircut Edition
Four Escambia County long-term care facilities have had deaths associated with COVID-19, according to a FDOH report released late Friday. The LTC deaths account for 72% of all COVID-19 deaths in the…
Update on Five Mile Swamp Fire
Five Mile Swamp Fire Re-Entry: Previously Closed Evacuation Zone Now Open to Residents Only (See larger map: https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/…/Five-Mile-Swamp-Fire-Re-Entr…) Open to residents only: Everything on Garcon Point Road east to the Blackwater Bay…
Business Updates
Reopening Florida Business Survey As business in Florida reopens, FloridaWest is working with our ESF-18 partners at The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce and Visit Pensacola to share the most up to…
Figuring out the new normal for hospitality and tourism
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Florida businesses begin to reopen and reassess how best to proceed in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, members of the local hospitality and tourism industries are…
2UWF expands
The University of West Florida announces a significant expansion of its 2UWF program, adding Santa Fe College, Valencia College and Broward College as new partner institutions in agreements that include attractive benefits…