IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Sunday awarded 10 grants worth $106,000 each to community groups. “We will change the future of the recipient organizations and the people they serve,”said Cyndi Warren, President…
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IMPACT announces finalists
Pensacola, FL, September 16, 2015 – IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local, philanthropy group, is pleased to announce the fifteen (15) grant finalists selected for 2015. Ten (10) of these fifteen…
City Council workshops planned, transparency still a problem
Pensacola City Council President Andy Terhaar emailed the schedule for upcoming workshops on many of the issues I brought up yesterday. The CBRE and Maritime Park proposals will be discussed in a…
Lion fish threat to fishing industry getting attention
Yesterday I interviewed Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. We did discuss growing problem of lion fish invading Florida waters “Lion fish virtually endemic in the Keys now and they’re moving up…
Escambia County will get more aggressive on lion fish
Robert Turpin, Escambia County’s Marine Resources Manager, told the Board of County Commissioners today at its agenda review meeting that the county plans to sponsor a lion fish category in upcoming fishing…
Lion fish on Escambia County Commission agenda
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners have two agenda items regarding lion fish. A proclamation, in recognition of the removal of the greatest number of non-native, invasive lionfish, congratulating Captain Andy Ross…
Blog has a solid February, traffic up 50 percent
The blog had a solid month in February. Both total visits and unique visitors were up, 55 percent and 61 percent respectively. The statistics are only slightly lower than February 2012, which…
INYR Feb. 11 topics: Pirates & shipwrecks, Coastal cleanup and Lion Fish
We have another strong line-up for today’s show: 11:05 am Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook, associate professor of the Department of History at UWF. Cook’s specialization in maritime history, with an emphasis on shipwreck…