The Tourist Development Council recommended committing an additional $200,000 for an amphitheater on Navarre Beach during the March 17 annual budget meeting.

The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier’s new potty is about to get new electrical wiring running the length of the pier to make sure it’s properly lighted and air-conditioned.

The “Greatest of all Time” (GOAT) kayak fishing tournament is coming back to Navarre this summer and it’s expected to draw huge crowds.

Navarre Beach Fishing Pier regulars see Jeremy Utter and his friends all the time.

Members of the Team True Blue reel in some of the biggest sharks in local waters, tag and release them. They don’t typically share photos of their catches or publicize them, though. But word spreads, as it did in early February when Utter and three other men caught a 12 1/2-foot tiger shark off the pier and pulled it into shallow waters.

After years of discussion about the best way to provide restroom facilities at the end of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, a new type of portable restroom has arrived.

A proposal to add an amphitheater, shops, food trucks, playgrounds and other amenities to Navarre Beach was greeted with enthusiasm March 4 by members of the Tourist Development Council.

Director Julie White had rolled out her vision to the Santa Rosa County Commissioners at their Feb. 23 strategic planning workshop.

When County Administrator Dan Schebler met with department heads last year and asked them to prepare a plan to share with commissioners Feb. 23, he wasn’t specific about what he expected.

What Tourism Development Director Julie White came up with was “Navarre Beach Reimagined,” a proposal that suggests giving Navarre Beach an amphitheater, shopping area, gathering places, a playground and art in public places, among other ideas.