Tag: COMMUNITY MARITIME PARK
DeVilliers Street extension
From: Ed Spears Neighborhood & Economic Development Administrator City of Pensacola Morning Rick – Hope all is well. FYI – the DeVilliers Street extension has…
Who do CMP delays hurt
Today’s article on the Vince Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park in the daily newspaper ( Park backers: Plan still delivers) has me wondering why the…
Boyd upset with park plans
WEAR TV 3 reports that Leroy Boyd, president of Movement for Change, is upset about the plans for the Community Maritime Park. In a meeting…
Naysayer claims CMP plan hoax
Got this post to the blog: Rick Outzen, Shame on you for linking to the PNJ hosted PDF file of the “latest†park features. That…
Studer is crazy
If you really look at the commitments Quint Studer has made to make the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park successful, you can only draw…
Alas Baseball Challenge has no reply
This weekend I renewed my challenge to those who oppose the baseball park component of the Community Maritime Park. Pick five minor league baseball parks…
Stadium – key to CMP
I interviewed all four candidates who want to be the master developer for the Vince Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park (Inside Business ). They each…
Court will rehear TIF arguments
Don’t get out the Vote “Yes” for the Community Maritime Park signs yet. We may not have to hold another referendum on the waterfront park….
Fate of the Park
The daily newspaper is reporting that the bond issue for the public portion of the Community Maritime Park may have to go to a countywide…
Save Our City favor
Save Our City may have a done the Community Maritime Park a big favor by forcing a referendum on the park proposal last year. A…
Meet Park developers
We’ve started a new Inside Business section to the Independent News. This month we have an in-depth look at the finalists to be the master…
Pensacola moves slooooooooooooow
Here’s example of how slowly things move in Pensacola versus the rest of the world: On May 12, 2007, Grand Prairie Texas passed a 1/8…
CMP Executive Director candidates
The list of semi-finalists for the executive director position for the Community Maritime Park was passed out at the board meeting on July 13. There…
How stupid is Pensacola?
That’s the question that WCOA is asking and hoping the answer is “Very.” Will Pensacola believe that Luke McCoy’s only problem is that his show…
Maritime Museum Plans
Here pdfs of presentation made on the Adm. John H. Fetterman State of Florida Maritime Museum and Research Center: Maritime Museum Site Plan Maritime Museum…
CMPA developer tally
Land Capital Group edges out Hammes Company, 52-50 See tabulation: Â Tally sheets Land Capital Group has Audra Carter (AC Advertising) and Al Henderson (The Independent…
May 11 CMPA meeting clarification
From Ed Spears: Hi Rick – I was looking at your blog and saw the item about the CMPA selecting the master developer. Just to…
May’s Construction not part of Park developer group
Lumon May dropped by the office to tell us that his family’s construction company is not part of Clifton C. James group that is bidding…
CMPA to decide Master Developer
The Community Maritime Park Associates Board will decide May 11 who will be the master developer of the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park. There…


