Tag: YMCA
YMCA Deal Get the Green Light
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Changes are afoot across northeast Pensacola’s recreational landscape. The city of Pensacola is moving ahead with a proposed soccer complex off…
Town Hall: Y swap questioned
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly One topic dominated the city of Pensacola’s District 1 town hall Wednesday evening at the Vickery Community Center: the potential land-and-services…
Poll: City split on YMCA/Soccer deal
For the past two months, residents in Scenic Heights, soccer families and Mayor Grover Robinson have fought over a proposal left over from the Hayward…
Y opens doors to media tour
By Duwayne Escobedo Less than five days until it opens at 5 a.m. Monday to its members for the first time, the Pensacola Y gave…
Downtown renaissance becoming reality
The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition opened its new Pensacola headquarters, Levin Center for IHMC Research, on the edge of Aragon. The three-story, 30,000-square-foot…
Downtown Pensacola expands beyond Palafox
Downtown Pensacola is experiencing a rebirth right before our eyes. In the next 18 months or so, downtown Pensacola will expand beyond its main drag,…
Interview with Steve Williams on new YMCA location
Yesterday, I interviewed Steve Williams, board president of Northwest Florida YMCA, on IN Your Head Radio. He talks about his board’s decision to build its…
YMCA is a winner
The Y is more than a building and its impact on the community is more than an exercise room. Every year, the YMCA brings together…
Wrestling with the CMPA & Selling the City
Toward the tail end of Monday’s two-plus hours of discussion regarding the leasing process for properties at the Community Maritime Park, City Attorney Jim Messer…
Airport, ECAT, YMCA … ‘Civilityâ’
The new director of the Pensacola International Airport spoke last night about the city enterprise’s financial outlook and how it might be improved. “We’re gonna…
The Long and Y-ending Road
After another marathon session – after Voltaire and a Chinese proverb – the Pensacola City Council is no closer to landing the YMCA at the…
One voice missing in YMCA/CMPA debate
Other than a three-sentence email to the Pensacola City Council, Mayor Ashton Hayward has been noticeably absent from the debate over how to fix the…
