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What is the new hybrid plan for OLF-8

At the Committee of the Whole on Thursday, Feb. 11, Escambia County Commission Chairman Robert Bender introduced a new compromise that DPZ CoDesign had drawn for Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8).

“After last week’s discussion, I decided to try and pull together some stakeholders that were part of the overall master plan,” opened Commission Chairman Robert Bender. “So yesterday morning, I asked for Navy Federal, who was represented by Keith Hoskins, DPZ, and then FloridaWest with Scott Luth and the PEDC chair, Lewis Bear.”

He continued, “We had a meeting to discuss the plan that was presented last Thursday and how we could move forward. I think we were able to have a good discussion. I think some of the why things were where they were, and we got to hear from everybody involved.”

The chairman apologized for discussing the new layout for OLF-8 without much notice and praised DPZ for working up until minutes before the COW to get the ideas on a slide for the board to review.

“This is literally fresh off the press,” said Bender. “This is based on the hybrid plan that was discussed last week, but it also lays out some timelines, some phases to give a better understanding of how not just we proceed forward but how the site would move forward.”

Bender described the plan displayed on the chamber’s screen.

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