Remembering Dottie Dubuisson
The team at FloridaWest was saddened to hear the news of the passing of Dottie Dubuisson. A tireless advocate for her community, Ms. Dubuisson actively attended both FloridaWest Board of Directors and PEDC meetings and was a supporter of CO:LAB. Her support and...
Real Rural Tech Talk Roundtable April 9
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will be joining North Florida thought leaders to explore the opportunities and challenges of broadband deployment, access and adoption & Award the outstanding achievements of 4-H students across the state
Pensacola, Florida Named 2021 ‘Great American Defense Community’
NAS Pensacola & NAS Whiting Field Community, home to Naval Station Pensacola and Naval Air Station Whiting Field, is one of five communities across the country named to the 2021 Class of Great American Defense Communities
Start Your Startup Now: Sow the Seeds of Success During COVID-19
Guest Post by Derek Goodman of Inbizability Photo by RF._.studio from Pexels The past year has been harrowing for many people. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone in some way, and maybe you have been putting off starting your dream business because of it. There...
FloridaWest’s Danita Andrews Graduates from the Advanced Economic Development Leadership Program
Pensacola, FL – Danita Andrews, Chief Business Development Officer, FloridaWest EDA recently completed the Advanced Economic Development Leadership executive education program and was awarded the Master Economic Development Practitioner (MEDP) certificate from the...
FloridaWest 2020 Year in Review
https://fweda-75c5.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FloridaWest-_-Year-in-Review-2019-2020-Low-Def.mp4 While 2020 had its challenges, business remained active and as we come out of the pandemic in 2021, we are poised for substantial growth. Our mission is to...
American Airlines announces nonstop flights from Pensacola to New York City
American Airlines announced Thursday that it will begin daily, nonstop service from Pensacola International Airport to LaGuardia Airport this summer. The Texas-based carrier says the service is scheduled to begin in June and run through September. LaGuardia Airport,...
Pensacola named 2021’s fourth most affordable beach town in America, per study
Between its beaches, history and revitalized downtown, one would think Pensacola must be a costly beach town to call home, right? Actually, the opposite is true according to a new metric-based study conducted by SmartAsset, a financial technology company that...
CO:LAB Launches Refreshed Web Presence
When the Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship first opened its doors to startup businesses in 2008, the Quality of Life Survey funded by Quint and Rishy Studer revealed that 65 percent of Escambia County residents had an overall negative perception of...
Building a Remote CyberCoast
Encouraging remote work is at the heart of the “Remote from Here” campaign launched by FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance to attract and retain talented remote cybersecurity workers
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