Research maps prevalence of poverty


  • November 29, 2015
  • /   Randy Hammer
  • /   studer-community-institute
More than 8,000 children in Escambia County live in Census tracts where more than 10 percent of the households live on an annual income of $23,000 or less.

Embrace entrepreneurs on Small Business Saturday


  • November 27, 2015
  • /   Carlton Proctor
  • /   community-dashboard
It's Small Business Saturday, and downtown merchants are seeing more and more customers avoiding the crowds, and enjoying a much more leisurely shopping experience.

Education Pensacola's great challenge


  • November 26, 2015
  • /   Carlton Proctor
  • /   education
Watch Studer Community Institute's discussion about the impact education has on Pensacola's economic prospects on BlabTV at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27.

VIDEO TIPS: Harlem Brewing Co.'s Celeste Beatty on her early work experience


  • November 26, 2015
  • /   Ron Stallcup
  • /   video
Find out about Harlem Brewing Co.'s Celeste Beatty and her early work experience.

18 things you need to stop doing if you want to be successful


  • November 26, 2015
  • /   Ron Stallcup
  • /   training-development
It is human nature to feel fear, and most of us tend to fear what we don't understand.

Backroom Briefing: The ever growing state budget


  • November 25, 2015
  • /   Brandon Larrabee
  • /   economy
News and notes from Tallahassee as Gov. Rick Scott rolls out his 2016 state budget.

Milton High's graduation rate rising to the top


  • November 25, 2015
  • /   Reggie Dogan
  • /   education
The high school graduation rate is used as a barometer of the health of a community and the skill level of its future workforce. Last year nearly 90 percent of seniors at Milton High School graduated in four years, an increase of 10 percentage points over five years.

Gov. Scott proposes boost for early learning


  • November 24, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   early-learning
Pensacola early learning advocates applaud proposal that would boost funding for voluntary prekindergarten, school readiness.

School Readiness, performance funding also boosted


  • November 24, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   early-learning
Voluntary prekindergarten isn't the only part of the state's early education budget Gov. Rick Scott proposes boosting.

Investing in our children and schools


  • November 24, 2015
  • /   Reggie Dogan
  • /   education
Preparing children for kindergarten and helping them finish high school is crucial to this community’s economic health and overall quality of life.