Feb 27, 2023
3 big things: Holley Navarre Water System February meeting
The Holley Navarre Water System board of directors held its February meeting at its corporate headquarters board room at 8574 Turkey Bluff Road, which had been unavailable for over a year due to construction work being done at the property.
The meeting took place Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Feb 21, 2023
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice prepares to open location in Navarre
Tom Kennedy first became aware of Jeremiah’s Italian Ice in the early 2000s, when he would take his wife and two young daughters there, especially during University of Central Florida’s football season.
Over 20 years later, he is opening his first franchise with the company here in Navarre.
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice was first founded in 1996 with a location in Winter Park, Florida.
Feb 17, 2023
Navy Federal remains a leader in employment, impacting the community
Even amid a pandemic, Navy Federal Credit Union has never strayed from the course of its mission.
It took some adapting along the way, with employees going remote for more than two years, but with 2023 underway, everything is humming along for the region’s largest private employer.
Kim Aderholdt is the vice president of the Greater Pensacola Operations, a sprawling campus off Nine Mile Road that is a hop, skip and jump away from Interstate 10. She noted nothing came easy during a time of uncertainty for the country, but she is impressed with the way the company has continued to move forward.
Feb 14, 2023
Despite challenges, Dawn’s Cookies and Café looks to open with new location
Running a business can be challenging.
For Dawn Funk and her family, the challenges they have faced over the past year have presented frustration, but also opportunity.
Feb 7, 2023
Gulf Breeze chamber announces 2022 award winners
The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber Foundation hosted its annual awards gala at the Hilton on Pensacola Beach last month. Community leaders, volunteers, and local professionals gathered to celebrate another year of chamber business and to honor the outgoing 2023 chairman, Jonathan Tucker.
Jan 31, 2023
New hotel being planned for Navarre Beach
A new hotel may be coming to Navarre Beach, according to Santa Rosa County Planning and Zoning documents.
The hotel, according to preliminary site plans, will feature 200 rooms, along with 34 condominiums. The structure will stand 16 stories high.
Jan 19, 2023
Mediacom offering free internet to low-income customers
Mediacom Communications announced last week it enrolled more than 40,000 customers in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a new federal program that provides eligible households $30 per month off their internet bills.
Jan 17, 2023
Destin businessman remaking SR 87 corridor in East Milton
It’s all about explosive growth in East Milton.
“This is an investment company buying up this property (along State Road 87 between Fortune and Hickory Hammock roads in East Milton),” Mark Siner, president and owner of Choctaw Engineering in Fort Walton Beach, told the Santa Rosa County Zoning Board at its meeting Jan. 12.