Simply Business, an online insurance marketplace, ranked Pensacola #6 among mid-sized cities for young business owners. In fact, the article states 37 percent of business owners in Pensacola are younger than 40 years old. Emily Hopper, a resident entrepreneur at FloridaWest’s CO:LAB business incubator, was recently interviewed by WEAR TV-3 ABC after the study was … Read more

With GE’s announcement last year that they are investing $20 million in nacelle manufacturing facilities in Pensacola to expand production capacity and bring new products to market, suppliers BlueWind Technology and Jupiter Bach are positioning themselves to deliver. Jupiter Bach North America recently held a groundbreaking ceremony where company leadership announced they’re adding new jobs … Read more

From WEAR TV-3 Pensacola International Airport is receiving a $4 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Airport Terminal Program (ATP). This is the first time the Pensacola airport has been awarded funds through the initiative, which aims to modernize airport terminals nationwide. “The grant will … Read more

From WUWF.com – The debate over what to do with more than 500 acres of public land known as OLF-8 has long been a source of controversy in Escambia County. Now, as commissioners consider selling the entire parcel to a private developer, an economic analysis has raised the stakes—to the tune of $1 billion. The analysis, … Read more

From Conde Nast Traveler “Florida certainly has no shortage of beautiful beaches, but few places have the blindingly white sand and Caribbean-blue waters you’ll find in and around this town. Head to the nearby barrier islands for the best (and least crowded) stretches of sand: Pensacola Beach on Santa Rosa Island is often cited as … Read more

From WEAR TV-3 According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy, jobs in the clean energy sector rose by more than 140,000 in 2023, including solar and wind. “Pensacola, Fla., is a critical home of wind power in the United States,” says Blue Wind Technology President Henry Kelley. “Roughly 60-70% of the United States on shore … Read more

In recent months, Florida was ranked 4th in High Tech Employment by CompTIA research. The sunshine state has experienced an increase of 20,235 jobs added to this field during the past year. #BroadcastingNorthwestFlorida#BeyondOurBeaches Learn more: https://bit.ly/4baGQ1S

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The great news for Pensacola just keeps coming. Say hello to the new $40 million biomedically-based research complex constructed by the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC)! From IHMC: It will be an accelerant for the pace of discovery that will drive innovations in maximizing the healthspan for everyone from elite military operators … Read more

ST Engineering broke ground for its third aircraft maintenance hangar at the Pensacola International Airport today, marking another milestone in its growth and expansion plans in Pensacola. The new 167,000 sq ft state-of-the-art hangar will be equipped with two bays that can service widebody aircraft. It is expected to contribute an additional 500,000 manhours annually … Read more