All area counties saw increases in their unemployment rates from June to July 2014. For Santa Rosa, Escambia and Okaloosa counties, July marked the third consecutive month that their unemployment rates had increased. Unemployment rates in Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties are above the state and national averages, while Okaloosa and Walton counties remain below.
Fabre Engineering has provided services to Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) for more than 25 years, but two of the company’s long-time engineers made the move Monday to a new location at HNWS. Dale Long and Phil Phillips are now employed by Municipal Engineering Services, Inc. , which is part of HNWS. Water system general manager Ken Walker serves as the new company’s president.
The giant inflatable slide next to East River Smokehouse on Navarre Parkway has been a fixture all summer. After county officials notified the owner in late June that the slides could no longer be operated based on the property’s current zoning, the owner filed a conditional use permit seeking permission to operate the inflatables.
All necessary approvals are in place, and a crew recently began construction on a new dock east of the Navarre Beach Causeway Bridge that would serve as the launch point for recreational boat rides.
The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce and United Peninsula Association will host a candidate forum beginning at 6 p.m., Aug. 11. It will be held at Coastline Calvary Chapel, 1122 Oriole Beach Road in Gulf Breeze.
Santa Rosa County Schools Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick thanked members of the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce for their partnership that ultimately helps make the school district and the Navarre community better.
In northwest Florida markets, single family home sales have increased four straight months when compared with last year’s numbers. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the number of sales in the condo and townhouse market has declined during the same period.
All area counties with the exception of Walton saw increases in their unemployment rates from May to June 2014. For Santa Rosa, Escambia and Okaloosa counties, June marked the second consecutive month that their unemployment rates had increased. Despite the increases, only Escambia County’s unemployment rate remained above the state and national averages.
