The first person that people meet when they visit Pensacola City Hall, Escambia County Office Complex on Palafox or Escambia Public School District headquarters on Pace Boulevard is a security guard. While…
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IMPACT 100 names winners
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Announces 2013 Non-Profit Grant Recipients Pensacola, FL, October 20, 2013 – IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, extends special congratulations to this year’s…
In Hot Pursuit race set for Nov. 16
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Sixth Annual ‘In Hot Pursuit’ 5K is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16 on Pensacola Beach. There will be a fun beach course, great door prizes, and medals…
Bring the Kids and Play on Palafox This Friday
The Blue Wahoos have come up with a cool promotion in honor of Palafox Street being named one of America’s Top Ten Streets by the American Planning Association. The team is hosting…
Radio Free Pensacola, momentum continues to build
From Phread: So, cool stuff, I just got a text from some friends in Tallahassee. One of which is a DJ at V89 which is the FSU college radio station (the other…
Transit union delays strike
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 Negotiating team has agreed to postpone the strike it set for next Monday, Oct. 21. The union will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday with the First…
Harper and Gilley honored
The Florida Small Business Development Center Network has honored Dr. Rick Harper, Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, and Janice…
CBRE contract questioned by local broker
Mayor Ashton Hayward has announced that he wants to engage CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) to represent the city’s properties, including the Community Maritime Park, Port of Pensacola and Pensacola International Airport. He…
City and CMPA want to renegotiate with Wahoos
Getting the Blue Wahoos to renegotiate its use agreement for the Maritime Park stadium appears to be a top priority for both Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Community Maritime Park Associates Board…
CMPA meeting: Studers announce 4th floor, Beck shows design and why is liner floating
Representatives for Quint and Rishy Studer announced today that they will be adding a fourth floor to their Maritime Park office building and that they already have a signed tenant for the…
Oakcrest teacher named to People Magazine Teacher of the Year list
PEOPLE magazine has announced the six winners of the magazine’s second annual “Teacher of the Year” Awards (#teacherofyear. John Herber, a fifth-grade teacher at Oakcrest Elementary School in Pensacola, Florida, is one…
Day of Caring has huge impact on Escambia County
Last Friday morning, United Way sent over 1,350 volunteers from local business and military commands to help with 103 projects at 66 agencies and schools in Escambia County. “For me personally, Day…
PMA: Design WWI and WWII
Press Release: The Design of War: World War I and World War II Posters and Flags (Selected Works from the Rowe Collection) Debuts at the Pensacola Museum of Art The Pensacola Museum…
Bentina Terry delivers Florida Chamber State of the State address
The state of Florida’s foundation is strong and poised for growth in workforce, innovation and economic activity in the coming year, according to the Florida Chamber Foundation’s annual state-of-the-state report presented today…
Florida Chamber study shows 150,000 potential jobs tied to exports, imports over next five years
The Florida Chamber Foundation today released its Florida Trade and Logistics Study 2.0 (TL2.0), identifying a potential of 150,000 new trade and logistics jobs that can be created over the next five…
Boles jumps PNJ ship, heads to Gulf Power
Rebecca Boles, interim publisher of the Pensacola News Journal, has been selected as Gulf Power Company’s Corporate Communications director. From Press Release: Boles has served in various leadership roles at the Pensacola…
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell research
Press Release: University of West Florida faculty members with the social work and anthropology departments are currently conducting research regarding life after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell†for active duty military and veterans….
Former city administrator applies for CMPA board opening
Former City Administrator Bill Reynolds has sent an email to the Pensacola City Council requesting to be appointed to the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. “I have a 30 year…
McDermott files of Santa Rosa County Commission seat
Press Release: Navarre business operator Andrea McDermott has filed to run for the Santa Rosa County Commission, District 4 seat. McDermott is a Community Association Manager for seven properties in Santa Rosa…
A Report Card on Escambia County Schools
WHO: Escambia Youth Justice Coalition, Southern Poverty Law Center WHAT: A Report on How Inequities in Escambia Schools Harm Our Children WHEN: October 12, 2013 at 11 am WHERE: Pentecostal Temple Ministries,…