The City of Pensacola is getting some great feedback from a National Geographic article! Nat Geo Travel says they partnered with Resonance Consultancy, a global destination branding advisor, to name “The Best Cities in the United States” – and Pensacola made the list! Check out weartv.com for details.
7 Among the handful of streets in the U.S. to shape and be shaped by 250 years of British, Spanish, and American influence is Palafox Street, the gateway to Pensacola, Florida, and the city’s main stage for holiday and seasonal celebrations that draw up to 50,000 people at a time. Palafox was designated by the American … Read more
“Pensacola has been named to U.S. News and World Report’s top 25 most desirable places to live in the United States in 2019.” “Pensacola was No. 15 on the list.” “Among the factors contributing to the Best Places to Live rankings — including affordability, job market and population growth due to net migration — U.S. … Read more
FloridaWest welcomed the entrepreneurial community to Co:Lab for the official ribbon cutting of their new ground floor May 8. CO:LAB, a program of FloridaWest EDA, supported by Pensacola State College, is Pensacola’s business incubator and growth accelerator. At Co:Lab we have one goal: to help entrepreneurs reach their next level.We do it with a community … Read more
ST Engineering Aerospace and Co:Lab are featured in the Escambia County Business Journal Read Now
FloridaWest EDA is pleased to announce that Ryan Tilley of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition has been appointed to the FloridaWest Board of Directors by the Escambia County Commission. Tilley joins Karen Sindel as one of the two county appointees to serve the community on the economic development alliance board. Ryan is … Read more
The 2019 SkillsUSA Florida State Leadership and Skills Conference and the 9th Annual Worlds of Possibilities Career Expo was a huge success! The Worlds of Possibilities Career Expo featured more than 60 vendors from business and industry, and it was toured by over 2500 middle and high school students from our Escambia and Santa Rosa … Read more
The following was sent March 29, 2019 to area Legislators Unfortunately, not every community in Florida is an economic engine like Tampa, Orlando, or Miami. We need Enterprise Florida, Visit Florida, and the Governor’s Growth Fund. In the interest of the economic well-being of our community, our Florida Legislators and Governor need to fight for … Read more
EBI Management Group (EBI) has been busy! A professional services company, EBI specializes in helping the federal government and private businesses achieve mission execution through enterprise business intelligence. They are one of the exciting, innovative companies currently a part of Co:Lab Pensacola. In November they were awarded the Department of Labor’s 2018 Gold Medallion Award … Read more
FloridaWest EDA joins the Inclusive Development Network community of practice to advance workforce initiatives that drive toward prosperity for all residents (Pensacola) (March 18, 2019) – FloridaWest today announced that Escambia County is one of five communities joining the Inclusive Development Network (IDN), an ambitious new initiative designed to advance inclusive workforce development within the … Read more
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