Monument to Women Veterans named Business of the Month
The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber recognized the Monument to Women Veterans Foundation as its Business of the Month for May.
Mediacom Communications to offer Hulu streaming service
Mediacom Communications and Hulu have reached an agreement that will allow Mediacom to offer Hulu’s subscription streaming service its customers.
New leadership takes center stage at Pensacola Little Theatre
Pensacola Little Theatre recently welcomed a new executive director, artistic director and operations director.
Smith starts recruiting service for sand volleyball players
Judd Smith has long been a promoter of beach volleyball. He played professionally now trains athletes through his Bulldog Beach Volleyball Club.
Venture Hive and FWB launch accelerator for veteran entrepreneurs
The City of Fort Walton Beach and Miami-based Venture Hive have partnered to create a new home for the veteran entrepreneurship movement with the launch of a customized national accelerator for veteran-owned businesses.
Roundtable will discuss public transportation and economic development
Santa Rosa Bridges and Locklin Technical Center will host a business/post-secondary leader roundtable to explore the positive impact public transportation has on economic development.
$2M in profits returned to local farmers
Farm Credit of Northwest Florida is set to give $2 million dollars back to nearly 850 members who primarily live, operate or own farms in northwest Florida’s rural communities. This refund is the equivalent of approximately 15.6 percent of the interest earned on each member’s loan during the last year, and is paid entirely in cash.
Entrepreneurship program trains transitioning service members
Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), recently announced that the agency’s Boots to Business program has trained 25,000 transitioning service members.
Film officials try 3rd time for new incentive program
Proponents of Florida’s film industry are back in Tallahassee for the third year in a row, trying to get funding for a new tax incentive program.
Gulf Power and military large-scale solar plans approved
Gulf Power received unanimous approval from the Florida Public Service Commission April 16 to build solar energy farms at three different facilities across Northwest Florida in partnership with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.










