On Wednesday, Quint Studer was my guest on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.” Recently Studer met with FloridaWest’s business incubator, CoLab, to speak with the entrepreneurs about his experiences. As part…
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UWF economist: Corcoran has Florida bringing a knife to the gunfight for economic development
Dr. Rick Harper believes that Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s efforts to dismantle Gov. Rick Scott’s business incentives programs invited those involved in economic development to “bring a knife to a gunfight.”…
IRIS raises Series B funding
Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems, Inc. (IRIS), the industry leader in early detection systems for diabetic eye disease, today announced the company successfully closed a round of Series B financing. The round was…
Hayward deserves credit for landing dollars for The Bluffs
Gov. Rick Scott used his power of line-item veto to cut millions of dollars earmarked by state representatives for their districts. Somehow FloridaWest’s economic development site, The Bluffs, was spared the ax…
Ascend honors retired CEO Fred Poses
by Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY With umbrellas in hand, Ascend Performance Materials LLC in Cantonment celebrated its 8th birthday by dedicating its technology building to the company’s former CEO Frederic (Fred) Poses, June…
VT MAE within budget and set to open Spring 2018
On Monday, Dave Penzone, the consultant hired by Mayor Ashton Hayward to oversee the VT MAE project at the Pensacola International Airport, updated the Pensacola City Council on the progress of the…
Ingram gets funding for Bluffs and airport through his committee [podcast]
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola got good news yesterday. Rep. Clay Ingram reported on “Pensacola Speaks” that infrastructure funding for FloridaWest’s Bluffs project and VT-MAE at the Pensacola International Airport…
CIE rebrands as Co:Lab
By Duwayne Escobedo FloridaWest revealed a new name and new branding Wednesday for its Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship or CIE for short. It’s new name is Co:Lab and like…
FloridaWest Recognizes Fluid Metalworks
By Duwayne Escobedo Fluid Metalworks was recognized by FloridaWest, Escambia County’s economic development arm, for creating high-paying manufacturing jobs and for providing job training in Pensacola. The company, which started in April…
Geeks on the Beach fees go up after Wednesday [podcast]
ITEN Wired registration goes up after Wednesday, Oct. 5. The ITEN Wired Summit, also known as “Geeks on the Beach,” is a three-day conference to be held at the Hilton Pensacola Beach…
FloridaWest: Workforce training critical to economic growth [podcast]
Our Hot Jobs issue has flown off the racks this week. The Greater Pensacola area has good paying jobs for those who have the proper certifications and training. FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth…
ITEN Wired: 2016 Geeks on the Beach
The ITEN Wired Summit comes back to the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front on October 12–14 as a bigger, better, three-day conference. Co-hosted by IT Gulf Coast and FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance,…
Florida unemployment at 8-year low, Pensacola MSA adds 1.300 jobs
Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.8 percent in April, down from 4.9 percent in March and the lowest mark for the state in more than eight years. The preliminary April jobless rate…
Vision 2015 success celebrated
Last night, the Greater Pensacola Chamber celebrated the success of its Vision 2015 initiative, a five-year job creation program. The campaign focused on recruiting new businesses, helping local businesses expand and strengthening…
FloridaWest and Summit Bank honor four nationally ranked businesses
Press release: FloridaWest EDA and Summit Bank honored four local businesses that were named in Inc. Magazine’s 2015 list of the 5,000 fastest- growing private companies in the nation during an evening…
