Tag: COMMUNITY MARITIME PARK
Council oversteps
The Pensacola City Council overstepped its authority by requiring the CMPA Board to have public input at all its meetings. The Community Maritime Park Associates…
Letter to CMPA
Dear Esteemed Board Members: The Community Maritime Park Referendum Voted YES for approval by the People of Pensacola on September 5 2006, clearly stated: For…
Trinity proposal for CMP strong, but unethical?
The Trinity Capital’s proposal for the Community Maritime Park is strong. They commit to finding private financing for anything in the two phases of the…
CMPA meets today
It is 702 days since Pensacola voters passed the Community Maritime Park referendum. Or 1 year, 11 months, 2 days * 60,652,800 seconds * 1,010,880…
Baptist move increases need for CMP
Baptist Hospital moving out of the west side of Pensacola could have a dire impact on the economy on that part of the city. All…
CMPA master developer proposals online
Ed Spears has done a good job of getting the proposals online. Click CMP RFP
CMP Master Developer Proposals
We are studying the proposals by Land Capital and Trinity. Both are impressive,but, as expected, Land Capital’s is more responsive to what I think the…
CMP can be built
We do not have to wait for Florida Supreme Court. Read: Park Financing Back On Track
CMP candidates asks for 30-day extension
From CMPA Chairman Lacey Collier to the team leaders for the two finalist for Master Developer of the Vince Whibbs, Sr., Community Maritime Park: Scott…
Petition to build CMP
It’s time we let the Pensacola City Council know that this community is frustrated that they have not found alternative funding sources for the Vince…
Naturals win 3-0
Northwest Arkansas Naturals shut out the Arkansas Travelers to move into a tie with the Travelers for second place in North Division of the Texas…
Springdale opens baseball park
Six weeks before Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park, Springdale, Ark. passed a referendum for a baseball park. They played their first game in…
How sad
The News Journal lets groups post articles to its website. There is one from Friends of the Community Maritime Park entitled “Promise made, promise kept:…
Springdale set to open baseball park
The Springdale, Ark. held a referendum for a 1-cent sales tax to pay for a minor league baseball park in July 2006 – about six…
No ruling on CMP funding
Another Thursday passes without the Florida Supreme Court issuing a ruling on whether or not Community Redevelopment Agencies can issue bonds using the tax dollars…
Elebash has history against Studer, Park
Retired UWF professor C.C. Elebash, who wrote a viewpoint yesterday calling for the City to not build the baseball park, has a long history of…
Save Our City lives
C.C. Elebash, retired UWF professor and the economic guru for the group formerly known as Save Our City, hasn’t given up his fight to stop…
CMPA timeline for RFP
From Ed Spears: 12/28/07: Deadline for comments on the RFP 1/10/08, Morning: Owen Beitsch meetings with Design Criteria Team, UWF, Studer Group, Pelicans, GCAACC representatives,…
Council moves ahead on CMP, sort of
Notes on the Pensacola city council’s discussion on the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park at its committee of the whole meeting: The Vince Whibbs…
Surprise, city council delays another action
There are no surprises with the Pensacola City Council. Last night, the board known for its inaction voted to delay loaning the Community Maritime Park…
