Last night, I had dinner with Rebecca Ryan and a group of PYP leaders that was hosted by Jay Bradshaw and Coastal Moving. Ryan is the keynote speaker at today’s annual meeting of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Her book “Live First, Work Second—getting inside the head of the next generation” has been circulating around the community since it was first published in 2007.
Her speech is very timely considering that the latest Quality of Life survey shows that most of the area believes Escambia County is not a good place for young adults and families with children.
At the dinner, Ryan made the following observation, “It looks like Pensacola has all the pieces to puzzle, but it just doesn’t know what the puzzle should look like.”
I have heard similar statements from other visitors to this area. Why can’t Pensacola/Escambia County get its act together?