Tag: RESTORE
New Locations Announced for Upcoming RESTORE Project Submission Workshops
Escambia County will host five community workshops intended to introduce the public to the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) project…
Public RESTORE Act Workshop July 8
Escambia County’s RESTORE Advisory Committee Chair Bentina Terry and Pensacola City Administrator Colleen Castilee will present at a public workshop, hosted by the City of…
Commission agenda review notes
Escambia County Clerk of Courts Pam Childers has told the Board of County Commissioners that she has heard from the federal government that the BP…
RESTORE meeting theme: environmental and economic sustainability
By Jessica Forbes During Monday’s meeting of the Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee, the committee heard from three experts in cultural and environmental specialties…
Rep. Miller Assessing BP Settlement
Rep. Jeff Miller’s (R-Fla.) chief of staff said this afternoon that the congressman was still assessing the recently announced $4.5 billion settlement with BP over…
Budget Amendments, Pay Raises & RESTORE
The Escambia County Commission will be looking to take care of more than a half million dollars worth of supplemental budget amendments tonight. Commissioners plan…
On the County’s Plate
During its morning work session, the Escambia County Commission’s discussion ranged from boxing regulations to development regulations, from library funding to preparing to battle it…
Commission Rejects Increased Caps, Wants City to Figure RESTORE Out
Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White made it clear last night that he did not support increasing electric and natural gas franchise fee caps. “The whole…
Buzz: RESTORE Act coming up for House vote
My sources are saying that the RESTORE Act, which will allocate most of the BP fines to the Gulf states, looks like it is going…
