Everyone agrees the Bayview Community Center should be replaced. However, we at Inweekly believe that more input from the public and the Pensacola City Council is needed before the City of Pensacola…
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Buchanan calls for halt on Bayview Center and Boathouse
Pensacola mayoral candidate Drew Buchanan has called for an immediate halt construction of the Bayview Park Community Center and asked for the Pensacola City Council to conduct a full review of the…
Council budget analyst questions Bayview Center spending
Butch Hansen, the budget analyst for the Pensacola City Council, yesterday sent an email to his bosses that pointed out his concerns and questions regarding the $9.6-million Bayview Community Center and Boathouse….
Poll: Less than half of city voters support expensive Bayview Center
Yesterday, Inweekly/Political Matrix surveyed 450 likely voters of the City of Pensacola and found the city is divided on whether to spend $9.6 million on the construction of the new Bayview Park…
Hayward spending 12 percent of LOST IV project allocations on Bayview Center and Boathouse
The Local Option Sales Tax – Series IV Plan covers all of the city of Pensacola’s capital projects through Dec. 31, 2029. The project allocations total $82,837,954, which means the $9.6 million…
Judge grants rehearing on Fish Hatchery lawsuit
Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles has granted Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth a rehearing on their lawsuit against the City of Pensacola, its CRA and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…
Skatepark vs. Bayview Center and Boathouse
If the City of Pensacola could rein in the $9.6-million cost for the proposed Bayview Park Community Center and Boathouse and get the cost closer to the original budget of $6 million…
Cervantes claims another life
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday evening near the intersection of Cervantes Street at Pickens Avenue. Pensacola Police report the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he…
Olson cuts a half million off Bayview Center cost, still 60 percent over budget
Yesterday, City Administrator Eric Olson sent the Pensacola City Council a new budget for the proposed Bayview Community Center that reduced the total budget from $10,145,047 to $9,585,000. Did he have the…
Timeline for Bayview Center very different from Sanders Beach Center
Before this year, the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Community Center was the most expensive center built in the city of Pensacola, with a price tag of $5.1 million. The timeline for design…
Buzz: Is Hayward changing his mind about a third term
Members of the Pensacola police union think Ashton Hayward will announce next month that he will seek a third term. His excuses will be that citizens have begged him to stay on…
Bayview Center costs now 70 percent over original budget
Councilwoman Sherri Myers yesterday refused Mayor Ashton Hayward’s request to place on Thursday’s council agenda the bid award for the proposed Bayview Community Center after the council learned the cost had jumped…