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(Story from The Digital Project Manager) “Whether you’re conptemplating a side hustle, bootstrapping the development of the next killer app, or already have a pocketful of funding to launch your dream business, your location matters.  Recent research by The Digital Project Manager analyzed eight indicators for how entrepreneurial a state is, including: Click here to … Read more

BlueWind Technology is celebrating its 1500th nacelle produced at the manufacturing company’s Pensacola facility. A nacelle is a cover that houses a wind turbine’s system components such as the generator, gear box and controller. BlueWind has been operating in Pensacola since 2019 and supplies nacelles to GE Renewable Energy. FloridaWest was instrumental in helping to recruit … Read more

Friday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Pensacola area gained 8,300 private sector jobs (+5.3 percent) over the year in March 2022. The Pensacola area labor force increased by 7,138 over the year, a 3.1 percent increase. The Pensacola area unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in March 2022, down 2.0 percentage points from 4.6 … Read more

The numbers are in: Passenger travel through Pensacola International Airport has climbed back to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, Pensacola’s airport has broken its own record, beating 2019’s numbers by an increase of 4%. From January to December 2021, 87,197 more passengers passed through PNS when compared to 2019, for a total of 2,324,044 passengers. The increase in … Read more

Boston is now connected to the Gateway to the Gulf Coast. American Airlines will begin offering service between Logan International Airport and Pensacola International Airport in June 2022, bringing even more nonstop destination options to Pensacola travelers. This route is a part of the Northeast Alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue, Logan Airport’s largest carrier. … Read more

Liquid Biopsy Company’s Laboratory Operations Are Growing in Escambia County FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance announced today that CIRCULOGENE will be expanding its operations into downtown Pensacola, Florida. CIRCULOGENE, an innovative medical technology company, will be testing cancer patients worldwide from in their downtown facility. The expansion into Escambia County has created ten jobs so far … Read more

After a robust summer, Delta isn’t slowing down in bringing back more flights and destinations for New York’s business and leisure travelers alike. Delta Air Lines has announced it will begin daily, nonstop service from Pensacola International Airport to LaGuardia Airport on Dec. 18, 2021. The Atlanta-based carrier says the service is scheduled to run through May … Read more

Pensacola Company to Provide Internships, connect with DoD and Promote Learning Opportunities

Paradigm Parachute & Defense and Arco Marine are in the running for this year’s award GrowFL is pleased to announce that 82 second-stage growth companies are now in the running to become the next class of GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honorees. Now in its 11th year, the finalists will work to complete a second-round application … Read more