When Santa Rosa County Public Information Officer, Joy Tsubooka, left Escambia County eight years ago as a communication specialist, she was one of four other specialists. When she returns in November, she will be supervising as the community and media relations division manager.
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local philanthropy group has announced the 15 grant finalists selected for 2015. Ten of those finalists will be selected to receive a grant of $106,000 at its Oct. 18 annual meeting.
The Santa Rosa County Visitor Information Center has been designated an official Florida Certified Tourism Information Center by VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s official tourism marketing corporation. The VISIT FLORIDA Certified Tourism Information Center is a program by VISIT FLORIDA which recognizes visitor services facilities around the state that provide facilities and promote travel in the county and throughout Florida. The Santa Rosa County Visitor Information Center is located in Navarre Park located at the foot of the Navarre Beach Bridge on heavily traveled U.S. Hwy. 98. The center not only promotes visitor opportunities in the county but is an important connector with our neighboring Northwest Florida counties.
The second annual Krewe of Karibbean Dead Pirate 5K held on Saturday, was Navarre’s first color run. With approximately 130 runners, emphasis was placed more on fun than competition. As is expected at a color run, participants were doused with color all along the course.
Providing more than 13,000 jobs for uniformed and civilian workers who consume nearly a $1.5 billion in goods and service annually, the military represents an economic security blanket for Santa Rosa County, a new study shows.
It isn’t often high school teammates play together in college, but former Navarre soccer standouts Shelby Clark and Hayley Naker are on the same side at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala.
People tend to accept that our bodies deteriorate with age and become more susceptible to disease. Yet when it comes to cavities, many people think they’re home free once they’ve passed a certain age. That couldn’t be farther from the truth.
The Navarre real estate market is making its way back from the downward spiral of 2010. Agents in Navarre and across the country remember the times of the 2006 real estate boom when buyers were bidding for well over list price to beat out another potential buyer, and the sales were plentiful. Then the housing market crashed and Navarre’s market was no exception. Loans went into default status and homes were foreclosed. Sellers pulled back as the home prices dropped. Buyers found it more difficult to qualify for a mortgage.
