Will City Council act on Museum funding?

The CMPA board passed the recommendation to use New Market Tax Credits as a funding mechanism for the Maritime Museum. Today the Pensacola City Council…

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CMP environmental permits by 12/31/08

From Ed Spears,Neighborhood & Economic Development Administrato, City of Pensacola : At today’s Board of Trustees meeting, Mr. Larry O’Donnell of the Florida Department of…

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CMPA sets timeline for Master Developer contract

At today’s Board meeting, the Trustees approved the following timeline for the consideration of the Master Developer Agreement: 12/1/08 – 1 p.m. Special CMPA meeting….

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City stalls on CMPA bonds

Remember all the ballyhoo over the Pensacola City Council passing the alternative funding proposal for the bonds for the Community Maritime Park? The city staff…

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Surprise: Marty Donovan begs for lawsuit

The Pensacola City Council approved in the Committee of the Whole a new financing plan for the Community Maritime Park – 9-1. According to the…

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If we only had the CMP…

A Commander’s Palace restaurant (cost $6 million) opened this weekend at Destin’s Legendary’s HarborWalk Village, the $250 million destination project. We could have had that…

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Notes: CMPA meeting 6.13.08

June 13 Community Maritime Park Associates Board meeting notes: Much of Friday’s Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees was standing room only as the…

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PNj misses the point on CMP

The Pensacola News Journal ran another negative story on the Community Maritime Park. The information is fairly accurate, but they overlook how responsible Save Our…

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Council movement on CMP

I am hearing that Councilmen Mike DeSorbo and Jewel Cannada-Wynn are really pushing for the city staff to come up with a plan for alternative…

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What is happening in District 3

The IN focuses on the poorest neighborhoods of Pensacola and Escambia County. The areas are represented by State Rep. Clay Ford, Commissioner Marie Young, and…

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559 days since CMP vote

It has been 559 days since Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park – or 1 year, 6 months, 12 days. 559 days can be…

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City held hostage 545 days

545 days since the CMP referendum was passed. 545 days without 1500 construction jobs and their $1 million dollar payroll circulating through the city. 1…

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