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FloridaWest Opens Requests for Services FloridaWest is issuing Requests for Qualifications from qualified candidates. General Counsel RFP for FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance Summary of Specifications: This Request for Qualifications is soliciting response from firms that are seeking to serve as the General Counsel for the FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance (CEDA). We invite your firm to … Read more

During the week of February 11- 17, FloridaWest joins Economic Development Professionals from around the state in recognizing Florida Economic Development Week. Economic Development Week is an event created by the Florida Economic Development Council to celebrate the achievements of economic, workforce and community development practitioners throughout Florida communities. The Florida Economic Development Council created … Read more

Notice is hereby given of intent to apply to the 2019 Legislature, in the 2019 regular or any special or extended legislative sessions, for passage of an act relating to the City of Pensacola, Escambia County, and the Pensacola-Escambia Promotion and Development Commission; amending chapter 67-1365, Laws of Florida, 1989, as amended; providing for a change in … Read more

More than one member of the FloridaWest Board of Directors may be in attendance at the Pensacola Mayoral Transition Team’s Economic Development Community Input Meetings on the following dates and locations: Friday, January 11 7:30 am-9:00 am 3rd Floor Conference Room DeVilliers Square 321 N De Villiers Square Topic: Economic Development Monday, January 14 11:30 am-1:00 pm Fricker Community … Read more

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Duwayne Escobedo for IN Weekly When ST Engineering began looking at sites to expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul operations in Mobile, executives scoured locations across the Mississippi, central and northern Alabama and western Florida more than five years ago. Finally, it chose Pensacola. One of the main reasons? The Gulf Coast town’s highly skilled … Read more

Cox Communications Launches Gigabit Internet Service in Pensacola Pensacola, FL – Cox Communications Tuesday announced that it has launched its gigabit Internet service for residential customers in Pensacola. Marketed under the brand name “G1GABLASTSM,” Cox offers speeds 85 times faster than the average speed in the U.S. today. Cox announced the expanded availability of residential … Read more

This weekend, Scott Luth, FloridaWest CEO and Escambia County Board of County Commission Chairman Jeff Bergosh were among the participants in a historic Memorandum of Understanding agreement signing between Vincent Chong, President & CEO of ST Engineering Aerospace and Mayor Ashton Hayward, Mayor of the City of Pensacola. The expansion project with ST Engineering Aerospace … Read more

Florida West Economic Development Alliance received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award for its “The Bluffs”, a project in the category of Video/Multimedia Promotion from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The honor was presented at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 2, during the IEDC Annual Conference, which was held September 29 – … Read more