My Outtakes last week – “MORE DOWNTOWN PROGRESS” (Read it again) – has generated a lot of discussion. There are about 60 retail establishments in the downtown Pensacola area. They are all…
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Pro active downtown
Troy Moon did a solid cover story on the renovation on the Saenger Theatre and the impact on downtown businesses while it’s closed for 13 months. (The show will go on-This link…
MOB idea – sell parks for housing
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien writes today: The city has more than 90 parks and recreation sites, which offer lots of open space but are costly to maintain. The smart thing: Sell a…
Reality check needed
The daily newspaper’s article on the impact of property tax reforms on the Community Maritime Park- ominously titled “Park money at risk” – has resurrected the doom and gloom naysayers. The article…
Festival formerly known as SpringFest update
We have received committments on nearly $25000 in sponsorships. Bands require down payments so we’ve got to have funds in the bank to get this thing started. We’re working on establishing the…
Springfest still in critical condition
This week, Jeff Deweese and I have a ton of meetings to see if we just might be able to pull this off. Many of the old Springfest organizers have called and…
Talking Points 1/3/07
Driving Miss Holly District 3 Polka County Loses Again IN Your Head Radio CLICK HERE TO VIEW
Complete Spreadsheet on Plant Relocation
This shows the City and County’s portions of the CRA, plus what they can contribute from their LOST funds – less than 3% of their total local option sales tax collections each…
Priorities
Let’s assume, as the daily newspaper has, that Escambia County and Pensacola have the reserves and/or revenue sources to pay a significant portion of the $115 million to move the Main St….
Guava Opens Its Doors
PENSACOLA, FL – Looking for a little something different? Join the Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) and the Downtown community as we welcome Guava…something different on Friday, December 1, 2006. Guava, Pensacola’s newest…
New Downtown Wine Festival Coming
PENSACOLA WINE FESTIVAL PLANS TO BE ANNOUNCED Construction-site Press Conference to debut Pensacola’s newest event Pensacola, Florida – Plans for a new special event have been built by the combined efforts of…
Ding, Dong…Save Our City is dead
The Pensacola City Council results are in. None of the SOC candidates – Sam Hall, Jerry Howard, and Bob Walker – won. Sam Hall did make a run-off with Paul Young –…
Disabled get raw deal in Pensacola
My name is Martin Horwit and I am an advocate for the disabled men and women in the City of Pensacola and the County of Escambia. I use a wheel chair to…
ECUA/Dale Perkins plan is extortion scam
In the PNJ (ECUA to review funding plan), the ECUA Board still refuses to pay for the entire $115 million with its Dale Perkins five-point plan: Reapply for more FEMA money Ask…
Council tells under 40s: Forget about CMPA
The Pensacola City Council at its Committee of the Whole meeting today named its finalists for the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees: Rhett Anderson – former city councilman (didn’t make…
How to raise $115M to move ECUA plant
See if you can follow my math: Funds needed $115,000,000 Interest (30 yrs, 5.25%) $153,000,000 Closing costs (est) $ 4,740,000 Total needed $272,740,000 _________________________________________________ The Dec 2003 study on the Replacement of…
PENKO fined while trying to make a killing
The PNJ has a story on PENKO & the Willenziks being fined for not repairing the exteriors of their two ancient buildings on the corners of Palafox Place and Main Street.[LINK] The…
IN Your Head Radio – Oct 6 show
Blogosphere: Inside Rick’s Blog News: Interview – David Freehan, President of International Downtown Association Loaded Gun: John Peacock, Revel Rick’s Rant: True Courage On WUWF FM 88.1- Digital Ch. 2 – 11…
DIB: We’re not giving up
The Downtown Improvement Board voted yesterday to continue lobbying the city council for the referendum to expand the Improvement district. I guess sometimes “No” doesn’t mean “No.” My recommendation is be sure…
Who will City Council appoint to CMPA?
The big question around downtown is who will the Penascola City Council appoint to the Community Maritime Park Associates Board? The City has four representatives. They voted to make Mayor John Fogg…
