Tag: economic development

The Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee has been at work since February. Today it approved its final report, a document chock-full of recommendations concerning downtown…

The Escambia County Commission today will consider increasing its caps on electric and natural gas franchise fees. If this morning’s work session was any indication,…

Yesterday, Pensacola City Council candidate Brian Spencer released a list of goals for Dist. 6. Spencer said in a press release “the plan came about…

The year was 2005. Pensacola had finished a series of town hall meetings on a proposed community maritime park. Charlie Fairchild, C.C. Elebash and Marty…

Mr. Rotenberry, Thank you for your email and concerns. Many of your points are valid but some are the same political stereotyping that gets us…

We hear it everywhere: The number one priority for this community is jobs. Nearly every city council member will tell you that. However, the City…

The Pensacola City Council is faced with an estimated $1.8 million deficit in the fiscal year 2010-11 budget. Instead of looking at how it may…

Escambia Commissioner Gene Valentino has a problem. He can’t get his stories straight, according to the PNJ. We know that he met with Cody Rawson…

Received this evening: January 2, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arts Council of Northwest Florida Mission Our mission is to create a premiere arts and culture…

Both Charlie Fairchild and Jerry Maygarden have said the City of Pensacola government shouldn’t be in the economic development business. Well, it already is. The…

In today’s daily paper, former Pensacola Mayor Jerry Maygarden makes that point that economic development is not the city government’s job. While I agree with…

Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine has apparently decided not to run for mayor of Mobile against incumbent Sam Jones (Read). Nodine tried to use crime…