Good old William Cobb continues to wage his battle against the waterfront park and City Hall on Gulf1.com. Here’s his latest tome: What about the economy? by William T. Cobb Now that…
Tag: Downtown Pensacola
DIB shows off housing
DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD 2ND ANNUAL DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL OPEN HOUSE DIB Hosts Tours of Existing & Planned Downtown Residential Offerings PENSACOLA FL – On Sunday, October 8, 2006, the Downtown Improvement Board (DIB)…
Pensacola City Council shoots self in the foot
Pensacola City Council voted 5-4 to not allow the property owners decide whether they wanted to be included in the Downtown Improvement District. For the vote: Mayor John Fogg, Jewel Cannada-Wynn, J.D….
DIB Annual Meeting notes
The Pensacola Downtown Improvement Association held its annual meeting this morning at Heritage Hall. Two downtown businesses had their 50th Anniversary this year: Sam Marshall Architects, Jewelers Trade Shop. Golden Bricks –…
They keep plugging away
The Stop Our City folks keep plugging away at Gulf1.com. They miss their Tuesday night meetings at the Bayview Community Center. Some are still trying to figure out what happened. Mr. Cobb…
Studer blamed for tax increase
William Thurston is becoming a regular letter writer to the PNJ. This letter is from the Sunday edition: A boondoggle Well, it sure didn’t take long for our taxes to go, did…
CRA does pay its expenses
During the Community Maritime Park debate, Stop Our City supporters argued that the rest of the city had to pay for services in the CRA district. Today the Pensacola City Council/CRA Board…
Willie has all he needs
The Save Our City mentality still exists. Here’s a letter sent to the PNJ: What will be at park, that we don’t already have? One person recently wrote he was against the…
Who will be on Maritime Park board?
The PNJ did a story on the board for Community Maritime Park Associates: Interest high in park board. This board will oversee the construction, development and management of the Vince Whibbs Community…
IN: Aftermath of Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan kicked us out of our nice digs in the Theisen Building. We left half our furniture behind – either destroyed or it was too heavy to carry down three flights…
It’s late at night …and I’ve had too much to think – 9/12/06
It has been a week since the Community Maritime Park passed. Everything is the same, but everything has changed. The Pensacola City Council, except for Marty Donovan, is more unified than ever….
Aragon East in the Raw
Here are the raw scores on the Aragon East proposals: Townsend Downtown Pensacola Hotel 47 Esplanade 64 Hawkshaw Eastside 85 Technology Bay 78 Technology Bay at Hawkshaw 90 Wiggins Downtown Pensacola Hotel…
Ninth Ave Selection Controversy
Yesterday’s CRA meeting had its share of controversy when developers protested the award of the Aragon East project to Hawkshaw Eastside. The PNJ covered the meeting (Attempt to overturn project fails). Here…
