The Florida Legislature Office of Economic and Demographic Research issued on Nov. 14 its report on the state’s economy—“Florida: An Economic Overview†Here are a few points that jumped out to me:…
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Senate Committee on BP Disaster to meet here
Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, announced today that the Senate’s Select Committee on the Economy will meet on July 12 here to examine the impact of the oil spill on the…
The Beast: BP Makes Friends
The Daily Beast’s Rebecca Dana reports today: The world may have turned against the oil giant, but in one city near the Gulf spill cleanup, The Daily Beast’s Rebecca Dana finds a…
BP contractor caught using illegals
News Herald reports: “Bay County sheriff’s deputies arrested as many as 11 people Wednesday — all but one of them thought to be illegal aliens — in a sweep at Panama City…
The Black Gold Untold
by IN South Alabama correspondent Dawn Butler.. About the size of Pensacola Beach is Dauphin Island, Alabama, where the oil first came ashore in our neck of the woods. Tar balls, the…
Sink’s day in Pensacola
By Sean Boone Federal and state officials were in Pensacola today to address emergency efforts for the Deep Horizon oil spill bearing down on Florida’s coastline. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink met…
Viewpoint on Pensacola Beach Master Plan
My Fellow Pensacola Citizens, As a lifelong resident of Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, I have always been a proponent of improving the quality of life in our beautiful city. We have sat…
Another view of Monday’s meeting
We asked one of our college interns/free lancers to attend the Monday meeting on consolidation to offer up what she saw and heard. Some of this didn’t make the PNJ report: About…
MSNBC: Pensacola in recession
MSNBC.com and Moody’s Economy.com are publishing monthly the Adversity Index, which measures the economic health of 381 metro areas and all 50 states. Each area is judged to be in recession, at…
Weekly Economic Development Update
From Charles Wood, Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce: # First the Good News – Our tech companies are continuing to grow despite the current economic climate. Check out the Business Journal…
Economic Development Update
From Charles Wood, Pensacola Chamber VP: * ATCOM Meeting – Our armed services department held their Defense Aerospace and Technology Committee (DATCOM) meeting last week. The committee is made up of our…
Weekly Economic Development report
From Charles Wood, Pensacola Chamber Senior VP for Economic Development: * Trip to Century – I met with the Mayor of Century, Freddie McCall and toured Century’s business incubator on Tuesday. While…
Buzz: Pensacola not on stimulus list
The Buzz in the business community is the City of Pensacola failed to get on the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report of “shovel-ready” projects. Mayors of this state submitted their projects….
Weekly Wood report
From Charles Wood, Senior VP Economic Development, Pensacola Chamber: Following the Royals to Miami – After speaking during the breakfast ceremony this morning which hosted both the Spanish Ambassador and Consul General,…
Economic Development update
Charles Wood, who heads economic development for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, sent us this update: * Incentive Competition is tough – We held a conference call with a site…
County engineering dollars going out of area
We requested from the Escambia County Clerk of Courts/Comptroller the disbursements made for engineering and architect firms for the fiscal years from 2004 through 2008. Six of the top ten firms are…
South Florida looks to create 14,000 jobs
Broward and Palm Beach counties aren’t bashful about asking for funds from the Obama economic stimulus package. The $2.5 billion wish list, which was put together by the 15 mayors in those…
Three 2008 developments never happened
Jan. 1, 2008, Carlton Proctor wrote in the daily newspaper about six commercial and residential projects under way in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should “pump hundreds of millions of dollars into…
Bailout bonus babies
AP has reviewed the compensation for the executives of the banks and financial institutions that our tax dollars bailed out. Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses,…
Beware of gift cards
If you bought a gift card at Experience Salon, you are out of luck. The new owners – former employees of Experience – have told customers that will not honor gift cards…