By Duwayne Escobedo Less than five days until it opens at 5 a.m. Monday to its members for the first time, the Pensacola Y gave media a sneak peak of the new…
Tag: Downtown Pensacola
Is panhandling the next big problem for downtown Pensacola?
In a letter sent last Friday, Downtown Improvement Board chair John Peacock has asked Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council to address “a significant alarming rate of increase in the…
Hayward ready to launch Inweekly Ballsy Plan 2
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is discussing improving downtown parking and the need for workforce housing. Both ideas were part of Inweekly’s Ballsy Plan II, which was published in May 2005. The message…
Escambia BCC considers downtown trolley pilot program
The Studers have asked for the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to consider a downtown trolley service that will run as a pilot program from Nov. 3 through Dec. 31, 2016. The…
Downtown renaissance becoming reality
The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition opened its new Pensacola headquarters, Levin Center for IHMC Research, on the edge of Aragon. The three-story, 30,000-square-foot building substantially increased IHMC’s Pensacola footprint. The…
Quint Studer: Building a Vibrant Community [podcast]
Quint Studer discussed last week on “Pensacola Speaks” how to build a vibrant community. He is pushing for the City of Pensacola, ECUA, Escambia County and Gulf Power to develop a strategy…
What will Mayor Hayward do with parking plan
The West Florida Regional Planning Council presented its downtown parking study to the Pensacola City Council on Monday. The $30,000 study was commissioned by Mayor Ashton Hayward as part of his goals…
Downtown restaurant welcomes Pokemon Go players
Four Seasons Catering & Eatery is the first business in downtown Pensacola to offer free drinks to Pokemon Go players. Charles Mielke and Kelly Greene, owners of Four Seasons, are convinced that…
Bubba Watson and the new hot spot of downtown Pensacola
By Blanton Stagno Coming out of the front door of the Sweet Spot, Bubba Watson was wearing some crazy socks and untied running shoes. You could tell from his appearance that he…
UWF aluma gets recognition for Palafox Historic District
From UWF: The Palafox Historic District, spanning from Chase to Zaragoza streets and Spring to Tarragona streets in downtown Pensacola, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places thanks to…
Bar owner wants to bring back Gallery nights in October
Greg Urban, owner of Wild Greg’s Saloon, has a plan to bring back Gallery Nights to downtown Pensacola after the Downtown Improvement Board ends its sponsorship of the program in September. “As…
City snafu leads to county paying sewer for downtown library
The City of Pensacola’s run of bad timing continued last week. In the same week the community celebrated Earth Day, city officials revealed that the sewage from the downtown public library has…