DIB wants on input on Downtown parking, May 13

DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD (DIB) HOLDS INFORMATIONAL & INPUT PARKING MEETING WHAT: The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) will hold an informational parking meeting to discuss the…

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Palafox Wine Walk to benefit Manna Food Pantries

The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) and organizers of the Palafox Wine Walk announced today half the proceeds from the May Wine Walk will benefit Manna…

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Pensacon to co-sponsor Feb Gallery Night

The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) announces Lewis Bear Company featuring Stella Artois as the presenting sponsor and Pensacon as the co-sponsor of the February 21st…

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Two losses

Two media stories caught my attention this morning. Corbett Davis resigned from the Downtown Improvement Board. He was the board’s chairman and his leadership will…

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Downtown Retailers open Sunday for holiday shopping

The Downtown Improvement Board announced today the extended holiday hours for many Downtown businesses. In order to accommodate holiday shoppers, some restaurants and retailers will…

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Gallery Nights are expensive

Each Gallery Night, the monthly special event hosted by the Downtown Improvement Board on Palafox, costs the DIB $9,357 -which the organizations tries cover with…

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Free downtown parking may vanish as DIB and City look for funds to keep downtown Pensacola clean

Downtown Improvement Board member John Peacock yesterday asked the DIB Parking and Traffic Committee to look at ways to increase its revenue. He suggested that…

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DIB employee terminated over dispute regarding Palafox celebration, was about to go on medical leave

Hillary Gilles, the Downtown Improvement Board’s manager for Gallery Night and Palafox Market, was upset that she wasn’t included in Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Palafox Celebration…

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Backing Out of Backing In

The Downtown Improvement Board decided this morning to back out of downtown’s back-in parking space system. “It was pretty much the result of a fairly…

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‘No Surprises’ at DIB

The Downtown Improvement Board will be moving forward with the scheduled candidate interviews for its executive director position. The board arrived at that unchanged course…

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DIB Director Finalists

The Downtown Improvement Board will soon be interviewing finalists for its executive director position. “We’ve got it down to two,” DIB Interim Director Sandra Ward…

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Hooper Visits DIB

The chairman of the now disbanded Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee sat down with the Downtown Improvement Board this morning to discuss the committee’s recent…

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DIB on MURAC Report

The Downtown Improvement Board is embarking on a search for a new permanent executive director. When the board began discussing the recently released report from…

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Councilman Pays for Party

Gallery Night will run until midnight. At least this month. During this morning’s Downtown Improvement Board meeting, Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer ponied up $2,500…

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DIB to Discuss Gallery Night, MURAC

The Downtown Improvement Board may be having some meaty conversation during its meeting tomorrow morning. The agenda includes a discussion on Gallery Night logistics, as…

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Peacock Disputes FOP’s Statement

Downtown Improvement Board member John Peacock is disputing the local police union’s version of a Gallery Night incident it brought before the Pensacola City Council…

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Sidewalk Rules: DIB’s Version Recommended

Taking a look at proposed regulations governing outdoor cafes, the Pensacola Planning Board decided yesterday to embrace changes suggested by the Downtown Improvement Board. Most…

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DIB Looks at LTU, Kimbrough Bids Adieu

The Downtown Improvement Board this morning signed off on its Business and Development Committee’s revisions to the city’s proposed License to Use regulations. The new…

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Sidewalk Rules

During a special meeting this morning, the Downtown Improvement Board’s Business and Development Committee met to discuss the city of Pensacola’s proposed regulations governing the…

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Council Approves Pen Air, Blows Off Steam

While it eventually green-lighted the Pen Air deal, the Pensacola City Council let it be known that it was not pleased about the circumstances. “Delighted…

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