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.
Ty Bilbrey had been the general manager at The Club at Hidden Creek for less than a week, but he already knew what his focus needed to be to make the operation successful, customer service.
Local companies and those from throughout Florida have the opportunity to apply for grant funds to train employees that have been with their companies for at least a year. According to the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, the Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) Program was created to provide grant funding continuing education and customized training for full-time employees at existing Florida businesses.
When the founders of Southern Pipe and Supply left Russia in 1901, they thought their ship was headed to New York City, but its final destination was Mobile, Alabama. If the ship would have actually been heading to New York City, then the history one of the Southeast’s most admired privately-held companies would have been much different.
