Business Archive

Santa Rosa RV Resort, formerly St. Rosa Sound RV Resort, is under new ownership and changes to the campground are already underway including the name.

A National Labor Relations Board ruling that modified the definition of an employer could hurt small businesses including franchises and subcontractors, according to industry groups that advocate for those companies.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 26th Annual Gulf Breeze Community Expo Friday and Saturday Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 at the Gulf Breeze Community Center. The Expo is a free indoor event showcasing businesses serving the Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Bay areas. The doors open to the public from 5 – 8 p.m. Friday evening starting with the Taste of Gulf Breeze, the popular event where local restaurants, bars, and food vendors offer their tasty fares throughout the business exhibition areas.  Saturday’s business showcase is also free to the public and begins at 9 a.m. and continues until 2 p.m.  Saturday’s showcase features local businesses, children’s activities, and door prizes.

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Commerce and Coffee Aug. 28 Raider style.  The meeting served as a hometown pep rally for the Navarre High School football team as they prepared for their home opener against Pensacola’s Catholic High School.  Head Coach Jay Walls and Dr. Steve Jordan with the Andrews Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center were the featured speakers.

Navarre wing lovers went on an emotional rollercoaster last week when District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson’s announced Aug. 19 that a $2.5 million Buffalo Wings & Rings restaurant was coming to Navarre. The announcement on his Facebook page included a “thank you” to Santa Rosa County and the Holley-Navarre Water System for their part in bringing the chain to Navarre.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber recently recognized its ambassador of the quarter for the first and second quarters of 2015.

Your property tax dollars are well spent in Santa Rosa County, according to a new survey that compares the ad valorem rates with the quality of public schools and crime numbers.

Publix Super Markets, Inc., is opening another 45,000-square-foot grocery store in south Santa Rosa County in a new shopping center which will be called the Tiger Point Pavilion.

The U.S. Small Business Administration recently launched the 2016 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge and Summit, including a nationwide women’s business competition to highlight innovative products and services that help impact and empower the lives of women and their families.

The U.S. job market just demonstrated that it may be nearing full health more than six years after the Great Recession — and showed why the Federal Reserve may be about to raise interest rates from record lows.