Santa Rosa considers property tax hike


  • July 21, 2015
  • /   Louis Cooper
  • /   economy
Santa Rosa Commissioners will consider a property tax rate increase for next budget year. The current rate has been in place since 2008.

Mayors and the power of social media


  • July 21, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   community-dashboard
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward III said talk at the U.S. Conference of Mayors included harnessing social media tools to reach citizens directly.

Shannon's Window: RESTORE needs you — now


  • July 21, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   community-dashboard
The RESTORE Act now has a dollar figure attached to it. The only thing missing is you and your say on what projects should make the grade.

Studer leases slowly trek forward


  • July 21, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   community-dashboard
Lawyers John Daniel and Scott Remington will meet on Wednesday afternoon to discuss leases for parcels 3, 6 and 9 proposed by Quint and Rishy Studer.

David Alexander right man as PPD's top cop


  • July 21, 2015
  • /   Randy Hammer
  • /   community-dashboard
Stories by PNJ's Kevin Robinson on new Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander and a traffic stop of County Commissioner Lumon May show how far city has come — and how far it has yet to go.

Work begins on $5 million replacement for Bayou Grande bridge


  • July 20, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   community-dashboard
The Florida Department of Transportation will begin work on a $5.4 million project to replace the Sunset Avenue bridge over Bayou Grande this week.

State proposes pedestrian walkover on U.S. 98 in Navarre


  • July 20, 2015
  • /   Louis Cooper
  • /   community-dashboard
Santa Rosa County Commissioners will hear details of state plans to build a $2.4 million pedestrian walkover on U.S. 98 in Navarre.

City tax rate will be unchanged for 2016


  • July 20, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   community-dashboard
City of Pensacola taxpayers should not expect to see a tax rate increase for 2016.

Reading is an investment in your child's future


  • July 20, 2015
  • /   Reggie Dogan
  • /   education
Every Child A Reader in Escambia County (ECARE) and the United Way of Escambia County are teaming up to recruit ReadingPal volunteers to help pre-kindergarten pupils for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year.

Why the Pensacola dashboard matters


  • July 19, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   studer-community-institute
Can we put our money where our mouth is? That’s the question the Studer Community Institute’s metro dashboard is meant to ask — and hopefully answer.