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FORECAST / BUSINESS GROWTH SCOTT LUTH President/CEO, FloridaWest (economic development alliance), Pensacola “Looking back on 2021 and into 2022, one of the things COVID did is push a lot of inquiries from companies in states where they have shut down and are looking to move their operations to Northwest Florida. We’ve been busier this past … 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

According to U.S. News and World Report, Pensacola is the #5 best place in Florida the #26 best place to live in the country. Now it has also been ranked in the top ten places in the country to retire, too due to Pensacola’s many advantages in housing affordability, tax rates and excellent healthcare. U.S. … Read more

How Pensacola is quietly emerging as one of America’s most important cybersecurity hubs  Long known as the “Cradle of Naval Aviation,” Pensacola has a proud military heritage and maintains a strong affiliation with the myriad agencies responsible for national defense. Now, technology makes bits and bytes every bit as important as bombs and bullets to … Read more

Pensacola State College cybersecurity classroom

Pensacola State College unveiled its new state-of-the-art Baars Technology Building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 9 on the Pensacola campus. The $15 million ─ 23,839-square-foot ─ the two-story facility will be home to the College’s STEM programs, including cybersecurity, mathematics, computer science and other high-tech fields of study. It replaces the Mary Ellison Baars … Read more

Blue Angels

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

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 is plenty of research to suggest, however, that starting your … Read more

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 four AEDL partner universities. AEDL is a collaboration of Clemson University, The University of Southern Mississippi, Texas Christian University and the University … Read more

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, located in the Queens borough of New York City, is the third busiest airport in New York, … Read more