Bay County is building a new area that it plans to open in May 2010. There are currently 293 workers at the site, including 150 from Bay County, or about 51 percent….
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Coby recommends against Land Capital agreement
City Manager Al Coby is recommending that the Pensacola City Council not approve the master developer agreement with Land Capital Group (now called Maritime Park Development Partners) for the construction of the…
Pensacola – Bottle Club & Bingo Capital of Florida
The Pensacola City Council showed that is serious about creating jobs at its first regular meeting by voting to allow bingo parlors within the city limits. “In this economic time, any commercial…
Buzz: New bar coming to downtown
We’re hearing that the Hopjacks crew is opening another bar on Palafox. We’ve got call into Corey, Joe and Melissa to find out where and when. They are opening a new bar…
Bingo Parlors may come to Pensacola
Innerlight Surf Shop owner J.B. Schluter wants to put in a Bingo Parlor on his property on Ninth Avenue. A public hearing by the city council will be held tonight to determine…
BTW: Studers pay city taxes, too
The Studers own several properties in the City – both downtown and in Belmont area. Their total property tax bill for these properties is $14,276.83.
Oops, Saenger opening delayed
Four days after a spokesperson for the Saenger Theatre told the IN that the completion of its new performance hall is still scheduled for February, City Manager (former interim) Al Coby admits…
Elebash strikes again, same tune as 2006
Fear reigns in C.C. Elebash’s opinion in the PNJ (Cancel the baseball stadium). The viewpoint is filled with coulds, maybes and unsubstantiated conclusions – very similar to the Save Our City campaign…
City fails disparity test
The draft of the MGT Study of the City of Pensacola’s Procurement and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program is close to being released. We received a copy of the draft and the…
Maren DeWeese is upset!
Council member Maren DeWeese is upset with Commmunity Director Thaddeus Cohen’s decision to not fund neighborhood projects tfor which neighborhood associations raised money in anticipation of matching funds from the city. According…
Library scramble
Next week the Pensacola City Council will consider issuing a RFP for the downtown library that is currently proposed to be built on the site of the old Spring St. fire station….
Spooneybarger makes comeback
Pressbox.com has an article on the Pensacola native Tommy Spooneybarger’s comeback after two Tommy John surgeries. Spooneybarger pitched professionally for the first time since 2005. He played last summer for Single-A Aberdeen….