Making IMPACT's impact count


  • October 19, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   training-development
What improves the quality of life in a community? The $7,236,000 that IMPACT has donated to nonprofits in the community since 2003.

Public gets say on first 15 Santa Rosa RESTORE projects


  • October 19, 2015
  • /   Louis Cooper
  • /   economy
Santa Rosa residents can have their say on the first 15 projects proposed for the county's share of RESTORE Act funding.

Can we really handle the truth?


  • October 19, 2015
  • /   Reggie Dogan
  • /   education
Gov. Scott has been making claim of historic spending on public education ever since his 2014 re-election campaign, but is it fact or fiction?

EntreCon is for everyone who wants to succeed – guaranteed.


  • October 19, 2015
  • /   Mike Ensley
  • /   video
Quint Studer recently appeared on BLAB TV's The Daily Brew to talk about the upcoming EntreCon, Nov. 5-6 at the historic Rex Theater in downtown, presented by the Studer Community Institute and The UWF Center for Entrepreneurship.

Education, economy critically linked for Escambia's future


  • October 18, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   early-learning,education,report-progress-starts-here
Teacher and students in a classroom
The Pensacola Metro Dashboard shows grows in many areas for Escambia County — and shows where the gaps remain for our community to fill.

Santa Rosa's story one of managing growth


  • October 18, 2015
  • /   Carlton Proctor
  • /   early-learning,education,report-progress-starts-here
Woman standing in front of palm trees
After years of robust growth, Santa Rosa officials must balance strong quality of life with demands on infrastructure that boom has created.

Surveys, surveys everywhere


  • October 16, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   education
Pensacola Young Professionals soon will release their Quality of Life survey as the City of Pensacola surveys residents too. What say you, Pensacola?

EntreCon update: The value of EntreCon to area business owners


  • October 16, 2015
  • /   Mike Ensley
  • /   training-development
EntreCon is a two day business conference that will cover the entire lifecycle of the entrepreneur, from the startup to growth and even what to do when your ready to exit your business.But EntreCon is much more than that.

The economic forecast for Northwest Florida


  • October 15, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   economy
UWF's Rick Harper talked housing, job growth, wages and recession recovery at the Gulf Power Economic Symposium. Here are the highlights.

AIRBUS: No. 6512 marks start of a new era


  • October 15, 2015
  • /   Michelle R. Thomas and David Tortorano
  • /   economy
It’s still months from delivery to JetBlue, but the first Airbus made in the USA is beginning to look like the world class passenger jet that will make aviation history and launch a new era.