If you are reading Navarre Press, then you care about your community and you are an informed citizen. There may be many reasons you want to know what is happening in your community.
Perhaps you don’t want to be the last to know, or maybe you want to be the first to know.
One of the things in life that is certain is change. Time brings about healing, distance from what it was we were fired up about and a willingness to look to a better future.
Not all change is good – and change for the sake of change is not good. But last week, Navarre got to experience change for the better. Two chambers – once a source of dividing our community – have come together as one. It was something that required the right people and the right time.
For the last week (and more) we have been gathering stories we have written over the past year to submit to the Florida Press Association for the annual journalism awards.
It has been a lot of fun to look back, and also, it’s been very rewarding to really see the talent we have on our team across the three newspapers.
We had the opportunity to speak with a few members of the Navarre Krewe of Jesters last week and I was glad we did.
It was certainly a lesson for both of us. We, of course, know what time of year the Mardi Gras parade is, but we don’t necessarily know when all the events are.
Driving south over the Navarre Beach Causeway, something new is changing the skyline … for the better.
Kevin Rudzki and his crew are building a huge stage/amphitheater behind Juana’s. This stage will serve as the new entertainment venue on the Emerald Coast … or further!
By the time you read this column, the Holley Navarre Water System election for the three seats on the board will be over and the votes counted and announced.
We cannot report the outcome in this issue since our files go to the printer before the election is over, we will be reporting on it immediately online and next week in print. Don’t forget, we are daily online and weekly in print.
Congratulations to the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce as we celebrate 50 years of service to the business community.
We are so proud of all they have accomplished in their history and look forward to the next 50 years.
As I go to meetings and listen to meetings in Santa Rosa County and now Okaloosa County, I realize how valuable it is to know what is going on in two counties, not just one.
Pat Quinn, founder of the Gulf Breeze Zoo, passed away this week.
We are remembering him by republishing a story that this author wrote almost 10 years ago when he was honored by the new owners of the Zoo, the Mogensen family.
