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Area businesses make sure local pets pampered as usual

Written by Sam Lambert on June 18, 2021. Posted in Business.

The pandemic hit everyone hard including man’s best friend and their feline friends.

While veterinary offices stayed open, they changed the way they did business. Some other businesses in the pet industry closed temporarily.

Gulf Breeze business owners relieved that bridge reopened to four lanes of traffic

Written by Brian Lester on June 17, 2021. Posted in Business.

Gone are the signs indicating a merge to one lane that slowed traffic to a crawl at times going across the Pensacola Bay Bridge over the last three weeks.

New Firestone store open in Navarre

Written by Staff Reporters on June 17, 2021. Posted in Business.

Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) opened its newest Firestone Complete Auto Care retail tire and automotive service location in Navarre.

One of Navarre’s new ERs approved for increased signage

Written by Hunter Morrison on June 16, 2021. Posted in Business.

The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board approved a variance request to increase the allowable sign area of the newly constructed Ascension Sacred Heart Emergency Room in Navarre at a meeting on June 10.

Local homebuilder pays off student meal debts

Written by Kaitie Meyer on June 3, 2021. Posted in Business.

Local businessman Blaine Flynn, CEO of Flynn Built, has a generous heart for his community. This week he wrote a check to the Santa Rosa County School District to pay off the debts from any unpaid student meals in Santa Rosa County.

Welcome home Navarre Winn-Dixie!

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on May 26, 2021. Posted in News.

Store manager Brian Bernado stood in the doorway greeting each customer as they waited patiently to check out the newly renovated Winn-Dixie in Navarre.

“Welcome home,” he said, smiling warmly.

Businesses frustrated by employee shortage, state rep suggests solution

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on May 9, 2021. Posted in Business.

District 2 State Representative Alex Andrade sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis last week praising his leadership and begging him to intervene on behalf of local employers, many of which are struggling to maintain business as usual with a severe shortage of employees.

New food truck court coming to Gulf Breeze area

Written by Kaitie Meyer on May 4, 2021. Posted in Business.

Driving from west Navarre to Tiger Point, there are limited food options along the way and local business owner Steven Aitken plans to create a solution. He currently owns Aitken’s OnDemand, a landscaping and irrigation company on the south side of U.S. Highway 98 in Midway.

Made in Santa Rosa, sold in Walmart

Written by Staff Reporters on May 1, 2021. Posted in Business.

America’s largest retailer is once again making a push for more homemade or homegrown products on its shelves.

Food trucks have a place, just not on Navarre Beach public property

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on April 28, 2021. Posted in Business.

A request to have a food truck festival in a Navarre Beach public parking lot once a month sparked a discussion at the April 22 Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners monthly work session.

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