Tag: Greater Pensacola Chamber

With Mardi Gras and Pensacon heating up, you might have overlooked that education reform is also moving to the front burner. Yesterday, I attended the…

Today, the Greater Pensacola Chamber Board of Directors announced that Clay Ingram has been elected to serve as the Chamber’s new president & CEO. Ingram,…

Press Release: The Greater Pensacola Chamber announced today that it is now accepting nominations for its 55th annual Pensacola Area Commitment to Excellence (PACE) Awards,…

The Board of Directors of the Greater Pensacola Chamber announced this week that current President & CEO Jerry Maygarden has been chosen to help grow…

Press Release: Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that Escambia County and the Pensacola Chamber were awarded $266,000 through Florida’s Defense Infrastructure and Reinvestment Grant Programs….

The Greater Pensacola Chamber will be hosting a seminar for individuals and businesses affected by the Deep-water Horizon oil spill to simplify the claims process…

Letter sent by Chamber President Jerry Maygarden to Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council: Mr. Mayor, Honorable Council Members, I am writing to…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward was joined this afternoon by the Pensacola City Council to sign a lease with VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc. (VT MAE),…

During a special meeting yesterday at Gulf Power Company’s Addison Auditorium, the Greater Pensacola Chamber’s Board of Directors voted to establish a separate economic development…

With workforce development having been identified as a crucial component of economic competitiveness and regional long-term success, the Greater Pensacola Chamber, along with several key…

In 2008, I interviewed on my radio show, “IN Your Head,” leaders from Kalamazoo, Michigan about an economic development initiative that provided all its high…

Last night the Escambia County Commission approved, 4-1, the interlocal agreement between the county and the City of Pensacola that gave the city $8 million…

In an effort to attract and retain young talent in Greater Pensacola, the Pensacola Young Professionals (PYP), the Greater Pensacola Chamber and the University of…

Local entrepreneurs, app developers, programmers and small startups now have the ability to work in an innovative and collaborative work environment, similar to those that…

The Greater Pensacola Chamber imploded during the first half of 2013. Former Pensacola Mayor and House Majority Leader Jerry Maygarden was called in to restore…

I had a conference phone call this morning with Interim County Administrator George Touart and past Pensacola City Council President P.C. Wu about Mayor Ashton…

Yesterday at 6 p.m. Hayward issued the following statement: “Today Mayor Hayward signed a Memorandum of Understanding between ST Aerospace, Mobile, Inc. and the City…

Pensacola’s Mud Island Eighteen months after the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park opened, the city has a problem with the retention pond at the…

The rush for approval of the structure, budget and transition plan for Visit Pensacola, the new entity created by the lodging industry, to assume control…

This morning, Judge Boles dismissed the lawsuits by the former CFO of the Greater Pensacola Chamber, Brian McBroom, against the chamber and its former CEO…