Mi Su may be kicked off Palafox; Little interest in Escambia Children’s Trust strategy sessions; and FPL cuts check for National Naval Aviation Museum.
Mi Su Off Palafox?
On Friday, Mi Su Street Food announced that they have been ordered by city officials to move from their regular spot on North Palafox Street in front of Odd Colony Brewing Company.
Why?
Owners Alden & Hylene Garcia posted on Facebook that they had to move because of an anonymous citizen complained that the food truck was holding parking spots with traffic cones.
Dig Deeper
From Facebook:
In Downtown Pensacola — Hey y’all, Alden & Hylene here.
When we first opened up MI SU Street Food, we took a gamble. We invested our life savings into a food truck during the tail end of a pandemic. Fortunately, over the past couple years in business we’ve made a decent living for ourselves and have even become somewhat of a dining staple in downtown Pensacola.
Unfortunately, the parking spots we’ve utilized out front of Odd Colony Brewing Co. for the past two years have now become an issue with our city. Our representatives are now preventing us from parking here all because one seemingly anonymous citizen complained that we were holding said spots with traffic cones before we arrived.
The frustrating part with this situation is that these cones are the only way we’ll ever be able to serve on north Palafox. Not because parking is scarce on this end of Palafox, but because we need those particular consecutive spots with a sidewalk to operate. We can’t just randomly pull up and expect spots like these to be available. So sure, the city doesn’t have a problem with us parking on Palafox per se, but they do have a problem with us utilizing traffic cones in order to arrive at a consistent time and serve our guests in the safest and most convenient space possible.
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No Shows for Trust Sessions
The Escambia County Children’s Trust held a series of community listening sessions to help develop its strategic plan. However, few people show up for at least two of the sessions.
- NorthEscambia.com reports that “just a couple of people not affiliated with the ECT or one of its partner agencies” for the Tuesday afternoon session at the Molino Community Center.
- The Wednesday night session at the Brownsville Community also had a sparse crowd. We have heard anything about the Thursday afternoon session at Tyron Library.
Why this matters:
At last week’s board meeting, ECT executive director stressed the importance of the strategy plan that idgroup is helping staff develop for board approval.
“I’m trying to find that happy medium of being able to get some of the innovative things that are pushed by emerging community needs with what’s in the strategic plan and what we see as important, and so I really do hope that the strategic plan will help us to focus.
“And by us, I really mean you all to say, here are our priorities, here’s what we want to put the money towards. And then if you want to allocate a little bit of money for some of the unsolicited stuff you can.”
Dig Deeper:
What’s Plan B to garner more meaningful public input?
FPL Writes Another Check
Florida Power and Light donated $20,000 to support the National Naval Aviation Museum’s New Homeschool Program.
Why this matters:
The Museum initiated its Homeschool Academy: The Museum Classroom in January 2023, with a focus on families homeschooling children aged 5 to 18. The donation extends the program for an entire school year.
Dig Deeper:
The donation came from the FPL NextEra Energy Foundation.
- The foundation operates on funding from FPL employees and shareholders, channeling financial support to local nonprofit agencies, particularly in times of need.
“We are thrilled to support their crucial work by offering essential financial resources for acquiring necessary equipment and supplies. This assistance will aid them in delivering a hands-on, interactive learning experience for homeschooled students,” said J.T. Young, VP and General Manager of FPL’s Northwest Florida region.
