Tag: COMMUNITY MARITIME PARK
Council to consider three proposals for Maritime Park parcels
At its Thursday, July 15 meeting, the Pensacola City Council will consider three proposals submitted for parcels 4 and 5 at the Community Maritime Park:…
Council debates maritime park proposal
By Jeremy Morrison Raising concerns about finances, the potential for gentrification and “opportunity hoarding,†the Pensacola City Council cast a collective sideways glance at the…
New proposal shows value of incentives
For the past few years, several locals have argued that economic development shouldn’t need incentives – Â no property tax abatements (also known as edates) or…
Maritime Park workshop: Planning in public
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Taking a moment to reflect following Thursday’s Pensacola City Council Workshop focused on future plans for the remaining properties at the…
Maritime Park wins state award
The Vince J. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park won the Award of Excellence in the Open Spaces category from the North Florida chapter of the…
Soul Bowl this weekend
Celebrating it’s fifth year, two inner-city youth sports leagues are taking to the field in the yearly football shootout for bragging rights, unity and friendly…
Community Maritime Park up for award
The Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization, has selected the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park as one of three finalists for…
Vince J. Whibbs, Sr. statue unveiled at Maritime Park
On Saturday, family and friends honored the late Vince Whibbs, Pensacola’s Mayor Emeritus, at the Community Maritime Park. The Whibbs family unveiled a statue of…
Buzz: Rickety fence could cancel UWF scrimmage at Maritime Park
We’re hearing that the fence (shown above) could force the cancellation of the UWF football scrimmage planned at the Maritime Park stadium for Oct. 17….
Will anyone lease the Maritime Park parcels under new template?
Yesterday, Beggs & Lane attorney John Daniel presented his proposals for a template for future leases at the Community Maritime Park. See template. PNJ reporter…
Miami developer drops out again, CBRE offers to negotiate with Studers the day the deal fell apart
On July 23, CBRE sent former Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain an update of its efforts on marketing the Community Maritime Park. The Miami developer,…
Another messy triangle: Mayor-CBRE-CMPA
Who has the rights to market the parcels at the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park? Hayward’s Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain has told the…
Did the mayor tell CBRE it is no longer the realtor for maritime park?
COO Tamara Fountain said the CBRE no longer has the contract to market the parcels at the Community Maritime Park. The contract expired in February….
Podcast: Quint Studer explains his decision to walk away
On Friday, lightning struck the studios of News Talk 1370 WCOA. We fought through the technical difficulties and somehow went on the air. Quint Studer…
Status of Maritime Park, Post-Studers
What’s next for the Community Maritime Park? Several questions need to be answered before the city puts the parcels back on the market. 1. Who…
Quint Studer on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today at 5 p.m.
Quint Studer will discuss today his decision to withdraw his offers for parcels 3, 6 and 9 at the Community Maritime Park. He told me…
Mayor goes to Facebook to defend his decision on Studer leases
The media has heard little from Mayor Ashton Hayward since the Studers withdrew their offers for three parcels at the Community Maritime Park. Some might…
Fountain and Remington take to the air waves on Studer leases
Pensacola’s Chief Operations Officer, Tamara Fountain, was interviewed this morning by Andrew McKay on News Radio 1620. Fountain said Mayor Ashton Hayward and Council President…
Studer Leases: Negotiation strategy fails, CMPA chair embarrassed
Council President Andy Terhaar stopped by the Inweekly offices. He said he saw yesterday’s press release by the mayor’s office as part of the negotiations….
Studers’ message to Mayor Ashton Hayward and Council President Andy Terhaar
From:Â <Quint@studergroup.com> Date:Â July 23, 2015 at 9:52:07 PM CDT To:Â Ashton Hayward <ashtonhayward@yahoo.com>, Terhaar Andy <aterhaar@cityofpensacola.com>, “Reeves, James J. Esq.” <jjreeves@bellsouth.net>, John Daniel <JPD@beggslane.com>, Remington Scott <SREMINGT@cphlaw.com>…
