While our economy is recovering, we know many small businesses continue to struggle. Here are two resources to aid small businesses in their recovery: Virtual Small Business Resiliency Conference This virtual conference is designed to assist and provide resources for small businesses to #SustainThePivot most have endured due to the global pandemic, as well as highlight … Read more
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 commitment to economic development, transparency in government and the quality of life … Read more
Largest of all the national seashores at 135,600 acres, with over five million visitors a year, Gulf Islands National Seashore offers plenty of room to go beachcombing and boat across 12 different units that are spread from the Gulf shores on the Florida Panhandle to Southern Mississippi. Eighty percent of the park is water. … Read more
With our sugar sands Pensacola Beach is the #4 beach in the country! Just another reason that Northwest Florida is the quintessential business location for employees to live, work and play. View our ranking on Tripadvisor here:
Congratulations Navy Federal Credit Union! Not only are they Escambia County’s leading employer with over 8,500 employees but, they have also been recently recognized as one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work!
With Valentine’s Day drawing closer, your time to make a dinner reservation dwindles. If you need a little inspiration, OpenTable just released its annual list of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America, which includes winners from 31 different states as well as Washington, D.C, selected from over 30,000 restaurants across the country. Read more at … Read more
Students at Pine Forest High School will benefit from a statewide investment by AT&T this year – one that seeks to increase understanding of how classroom curriculum translates into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers. For ten consecutive years, AT&T is working with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF) to provide experiential learning … Read more
Go.Verizon.com gathered data from nearly 300 cities across the country, focusing on certain factors that would categorize them as “small” without dipping below the mark to “town” status. These elements also indicated the financial climate of each city and an overview of its demographics. Such factors included population, education, commute time, income per capita, broadband … Read more
Northwest Florida has many great components to start and grow small businesses that includes things like courses, training and development, annual events, shared work space, incubators and drop-in entrepreneurial centers. Now, the Studer Family of Companies will look at how the community can take Pensacola’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to the next level. The Pensacola Entrepreneur Initiative … Read more
MSN recently included Pensacola in its Top 25 Most Desirable Places to Live in the U.S. in it’s 2019 list. Among the factors contributing to the rankings were affordability, job market and population growth due to net migration.
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