Gulf Breeze asks for bed tax sharing to resume
Start sharing again.
That’s the message of Gulf Breeze city officials to Santa Rosa County, which has stopped distributing a portion of tourist taxes that had reached nearly $150,000 annually.Search Results for “navarre press”
Ex-Navy sniper aims to help other vets
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Kevin Lacz, a former Navy SEAL who played himself in the 2014 hit movie “American Sniper,” now lives in Navarre and, with his wife Lindsey, is the heart and soul of a new veterans outreach effort.
Grant request may inflate Tough Mudder’s benefit
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Every hotel and motel room in Santa Rosa County would have to be filled for an entire week in April by Tough Mudder enthusiasts to achieve the economic impact of the two-day event as estimated in a request for state funding filed by the Tourist Development Office.
Food-insecurity among Santa Rosa County seniors
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Food-insecurity, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, is “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”
Out and About
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This weekend starts the Mardi Gras festivities in Navarre. Friday night Juana’s will have a Mardi Gras Glow Party beginning at 9 p.m. and $5 gets you “Glow Bling.” For more information, see their ad in this issue. Don’t miss the after-parade party at Juana’s.
County wrestles with burgeoning classroom needs
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Santa Rosa County education leaders may soon be calculating the distance between Navarre and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Black Hawk Memorial groundbreaking set
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Shortly after the training crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter into the waters of the Navarre sound on March 10, the Leadership Santa Rosa Class 29 began planning a memorial project in memory of the 11 service members killed. The Navarre Black Hawk Memorial is projected to cost nearly $100,000 and will be placed to the left of the large pavilion in Navarre Park.
County withholds tourism money from Gulf Breeze
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For the third time in recent months Santa Rosa County and the City of Gulf Breeze are at odds, this time over a share of tourist development funds that exceed $100,000 annually.
Hall receives Legend’s Award at banquet
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On Jan. 15, the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual Awards and Installation Banquet at the Soundside at Hurlburt Field to honor outstanding members and install a new board of directors. The new Chamber President and CEO, Judy Morehead was the evening’s emcee.
Tough Mudder’s grant money reduced
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The state grant funding sought by Santa Rosa County to promote Tough Mudder Inc.’s military-style endurance event in April will be limited to about one-third of the requested $30,000.