Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s Monday morning press conference primarily focused on developments at the Pensacola International Airport, where the city has partnered with ST Aerospace to create an aviation maintenance facility. Next…
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CivicCon notes: Grover and Janice road show
As part of the first CivicCon event of the year, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson and Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley each provided updates and projections for the city and county. Each presentation…
Which had more debris – downtown Pensacola or Brownsville Northeast
In case, you are wondering. The Pensacola Mayor’s Neighborhood Cleanup focused on downtown Pensacola – south of Cervantes from E Street east to Bayou Texar. The city collected over 51 tons of…
Presser Notes: Happy Birthday Mrs. Johnson, Police Training and Pond Sans Park
Before wading fully into his Monday morning presser, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson used the occasion to wish a city resident happy birthday. Francis Johnson is celebrating her 100th birthday this week. “How…
Gun violence continues
Pensacola Police have released photographs of two men wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred Wednesday night at a local business on West Garden Street. The incident occurred around 6:50 p.m….
Update: City of Pensacola cyberattack
Press release: The City of Pensacola’s computer network suffered a cyberattack during the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 2019. The city took immediate steps to limit the damage sought to be…
Presser notes: Lovoy love
This week, city council will decide whether or not to approve Mayor Robinson’s selection of Amy Lovoy as the city’s finance director. Lovoy came to the city last year after a long…
Presser notes: Possible Paddle Battle
Pensacola is currently seeking to establish a regional paddle trail in local waterways, complete with a designation from the Florida Paddling Trails Association as a Blueway Community. Included on the potential trail…
Presser notes: $17 million question
Last summer, the Pensacola City Council decided to refinance $40 million of debt associated with the Community Maritime Park and then borrow $17.7 million to fund project in the downtown CRA. The…
Presser notes: Mayor discusses Cervantes shootout
Advice to shooters: “This is going to end badly for you, one way of the other.” Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that he was “disappointed in the Jan. 10 incident in…
Robinson, Gilley next speakers for CivicCon
The 2020 CivicCon Speaker Series will feature topics like water quality, housing strategies, creating a plan for trees and green scape in a community and how to measure a return on public…
Presser Notes: Sanitation, Cyber and Stormwater
Following a break for the holidays, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson resumed his weekly press conferences Monday, opening the year with a joke. “As we get into 2020, as someone said, ‘this is…