Category: News
Bye ‘Upside,’ Hello New Tagline
–“Florida’s First & Future†From the Pensacola Mayor’s Office: Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson announced today a new tagline and official image for the City of Pensacola….
Century mayor reimburses town
Following a play from Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson, Century Mayor Henry Hawkins has reimbursed the Town of Century for $1,751.70 of travel expenses, according to…
Bring chairs for Bands on the Beach
Pensacola Beach’s outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, kicks off tomorrow night, April 2, with Beatles tribute band Not Quite Fab. The free…
Underhill tries end run on PEDC bill, fails
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill last week tried to get the Florida House State Affairs Committee to not hear HB 1067, which restructures the Pensacola-Escambia…
Pensacola makes Final Four
Pensacola eked out a four-point victory over Delray, Fla. in the 2019 Strongest Town contest. More than 5,500 votes were cast in our second round…
School board term limits
From the News Service of Florida: A House committee Thursday approved a proposal aimed at imposing eight-year term limits on school-board members across the state,…
‘Right price’ downtown parking
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board continued to refine its plans for downtown parking during a Tuesday night workshop in preparation for a…
Commissioner makes direct appeal to Lake Charlene residents
In January, Commissioner Doug Underhill failed to win support to invoke eminent domain to obtain a parcel owned by the Lake Charlene Homeowner’s Association that…
Yawn, another port study
Yesterday, I wrote how the Hayward administration and the Pensacola City Council talked about Complete Streets for seven years without getting anywhere. Downtown got a…
Thomas says he may have agreement to sign Triumph grant
The News Journal today asked the question that we have posed for the past six months: New aviation jobs coming to Pensacola, but will local…
City of Pensacola had six people at Symposium
According to the registration records, the City of Pensacola had six people at the Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium held in late February: Drew Buchanan, Mayoral…
Complete Streets not a new idea
The City of Pensacola has been talking about Complete Streets since 2012. Initially, the concept was used as a reason to open East Government Street…
Top 10 small cities for small business
Here is a goal for the Greater Pensacola Chamber: Get Pensacola on this list. ChamberofCommerce.org has published a study that uncovers the best small cities for…
Mayor’s timeline doesn’t work
The mayor’s timeline doesn’t match in his story about how he came to pay for a transition team member to attend a conference. (See PNJ,…
MLK to be two-way?
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In an effort to improve traffic issues and create a more walkable community, Pensacola may consider changing a couple of currently…
Mayor ticked over headline
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The national media picked up on Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s comments last week about potentially fining people who give to panhandlers…
CareerSource Escarosa lets down Escambia County
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $1.75 million to help Floridians acquire the skills needed for in-demand occupations through new and expanded apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship…
Poll: Pensacola voters aren’t keen on fining givers
After the mayor last week commented that he was considering fining drivers who give to panhandlers, Inweekly had Political Matrix conduct a telephone poll of…
Escambia Co. has lost over a thousand 10-,11-,12-graders
The Escambia County School District lost 1,007 10-, 11- and 12-graders since the 2017-18 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education. Last year,…
