Beach access vs. tourism

Walton County is trying to figure how to balance tourism with public access. In Escambia County, we handle it by having overcrowded parking for locals,…

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Does budget process matter?

The SRIA asking for $10 million from the Escambia County Commission begs an even larger question. Why wasn’t the beach parking in the 2007-08 budget…

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20 years still no beach parking

The daily newspaper has an article on the Santa Rosa Island Authority asking the county commission for $10 million for more beach parking. The key…

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Another international symposium coming 2008

2008 Instrumentation Symposium in Pensacola Beach The event is sponsored by the Aerospace, Process Measurement and Control, and Test Measurement divisions of ISA. The event…

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Letter from BDI on red clay

Here is a letter dated August 2, 2007 to Santa Rosa Island Authority board members. Read No red clay

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BDI adamant about red clay

From IN editor Duwayne Escobedo: RED CLAY DEBATE There are a few issues on Pensacola Beach that will always start a melee, like condos, taxes,…

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Conflicting info on beach red clay

Not to beat a dead horse… but my source from the county says that the red clay on Pensacola Beach was trucked out there from…

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Red clay follow up

from IN editor Duwayne Escobedo: Red clay is not allowed to be used for the base in road construction on Pensacola Beach because of fear…

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Red clay used on the beach

Contractors are not allowed to use red clay on Pensacola Beach. However, the road contractor Roads, Inc. appears to have been given special dispensation and…

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NAS does what ECUA should have done

The Monday edition of the News Journal has an article on how NAS Pensacola decided to forego building a new wastewater treatment plant on the…

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Hotels become condos, sort of

After two delays and nearly three months of backroom meetings between developers, beach residents, county staff & county commissioners and the firing of one SRIA…

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Beach parking garage plan

The Pensacola daily had an article on a proposed parking garage for Pensacola Beach. Here is a drawing of the garage’s location from Baskerville Donovan…

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