Airport growth a Katrina silver lining
- October 21, 2015
- / Melissa Scallan
- / economy
Since Hurricane Katrina, the airport in Gulfport has undergone $200 million in renovation work to improve, including a terminal twice as big as it was before the devastating storm.
KEY METRICS: How Escambia and Santa Rosa counties stack up
- October 21, 2015
- / Ron Stallcup
- / video
At the county-by-county level, data from the Studer Community Institute Pensacola Metro Dashboard shows Santa Rosa facing growing pains and Escambia dealing with the impact of poverty on the community as a whole.
Looking ahead to Port of Pensacola's future
- October 21, 2015
- / Carlton Proctor
- / economy
Amy Miller, director of the Port of Pensacola, is looking forward to a smoother 2016 than the downtown Pensacola facility saw in 2015.
Lawmakers delve into BP money
- October 21, 2015
- / Margie Menzel
- / community-dashboard
As the RESTORE Act funding becomes reality, Tallahassee lawmakers had questions Oct. 20 about how the distribution of funds will work.
PYP survey finds Pensacola on the rise
- October 21, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / economy
The Pensacola Young Professionals Quality of Life Survey, first done in 2008, shows upswing, some concerns about jobs, economy among locals.
Making what's old, new again
- October 21, 2015
- / Carlton Proctor
- / economy
The UWF Historic Trust Tuesday unveiled a sweeping master plan for its 8.5 acre Historic Pensacola district and wasted no time getting the first phase under way.
Student Cassandra Bishop wins UWF/EntreCon elevator pitch contest
- October 21, 2015
- / Mike Ensley
- / studer-community-institute
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, students gathered at the University of West Florida to pitch their business idea to a panel of judges from the UWF College of Business.
The importance of a child's first 1,000 days
- October 21, 2015
- / Reggie Dogan
- / education
In recent years attention is increasingly focused on the most critical period of life — the first 1,000 days from pregnancy to the second birthday.
Studies look at impact of diverse schools
- October 20, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
Studies now are exploring the benefits to all students of attending schools with more diverse student populations.
How Pensacola can turn heads in economic development
- October 20, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
What makes Pensacola a convincing sell to an economic development prospect? It needs to be more than our looks, the professionals say.