Category: Pensacola
Pensacola Tanyards after the storm
Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy visited the Pensacola Tanyards and Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project yesterday. The streets had been swept, but the mud…
ECUA Downtown Water System Maintenance Project starts Jan. 4
This past summer, ECUA began a maintenance project of the water system in the core of downtown Pensacola. The purpose of this project is to…
Former deputy fire chief files federal lawsuit against Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward
On Dec. 22, former Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover filed a lawsuit against the City of Pensacola. Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief…
New survey shows District 7 has different views of City of Pensacola
Early last month, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced the results of the third annual City of Pensacola Community Survey that was conducted by the University…
City of Pensacola has different rules for Tanyards
Inweekly has asked other contractors about how they handle erosion, dust and water run-off from their projects. Contractors are required to submit a Stormwater Pollution…
Thursday morning in the Tanyards
Dr. Gloria Horning sent Inweekly those photos of this City of Pensacola project that were taken this morning.
And then the Pensacola Tanyards project got weird
Yesterday, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson spoke with Councilwoman Sherri Myers and Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy about the conditions in the Tanyard neighborhood and possible…
Emerald Coastkeeper lists problems at Pensacola Tanyards project
Here is the list of code violations that Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy sent Mayor Ashton Hayward and City Administrator Eric Olson two weeks ago: 1….
City of Pensacola changes its position on Tanyards construction
City Administrator Eric Olson has changed his position on the public safety concerns at city’s Government Street Stormwater Project, two blocks from City Hall. Two…
Haas Center did not commit to cover all districts equally in Pensacola survey
WUWF asked Amy Newburn, who handled the Pensacola Community Survey for the UWF Haas Center, about our criticism that West Pensacola was under-represented in the…
Government St. Stormwater Project new completion date: Summer 2017
The residents of Pensacola’s Tanyard neighborhood may have to endure the Government Street Stormwater construction another six months, according to the City of Pensacola website….
Escambia County State Legislative Delegation meets Jan. 4
State Representative Clay Ingram, chairman of the Escambia County State Legislative Delegation, announces that a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017…
Pensacola Dysfunction Junction: Tanyard Day Six
Sorry to report, no change at in Tanyard neighborhood near the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project, which is being construction only two blocks…
What is in the future for Triumph Gulf Coast [podcast]
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran has established a select committee to oversee the spending of $300 million in RESTORE funds the state will receive next…
Corcoran sends letter to county tourist and economic development agencies
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran plans to use the House’s oversight powers to see how tourist and economic development councils around the state are spending…
Inweekly called
Yesterday, Inweekly surveyed the voters in City of Pensacola Districts 5, 6 and 7, using the same questions that were in the UWF Haas Center…
City of Pensacola misses Tanyard deadline
When Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May and County Administrator Jack Brown toured the Tanyard neighborhood and the City of Pensacola’s Government Street Stormwater Project on…
Pensacola Wrap-up: week ending Dec. 17
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May and County Administrator Jack Brown showed Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward how to reach out to neighborhoods when they toured the…
Inweekly surveys west Pensacola
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Pensacola Community Survey was skewed towards the city’s least diverse, more affluent eastern districts. Using the survey produced by the UWF Haas…
Pensacola mayor has not responded to Tanyard violations [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy said that last week she sent Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward a list of code violations at the Government…
