April 25, 2024

Northwest

Eyeing a fix to prevent blindness

A Pensacola company targets the leading cause of preventable blindness. Read more »
Published on 1/28/2015

Money in the bank: Navy Federal keeps growing

Navy Federal enters the second phase of its expansion. Read more »
Published on 12/26/2014

Inlet Beach: A hotbed of development activity

Tourists who travel Scenic Highway 30A in Walton County usually pass right through sleepy Inlet Beach. But that is changing quickly. Read more »
Published on 11/26/2014

Off campus: Student housing is hot in Tallahassee

Collegium Capital Partners has purchased four apartment complexes in Tallahassee, encompassing 1,000 apartments with 3,155 beds. Read more »
Published on 10/28/2014

Port of Pensacola adds manufacturing facility

A new manufacturing facility will be coming to the Port of Pensacola. DeepFlex, in partnership with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, is establishing a new manufacturing facility on 3 ½ acres at the Port. Read more »
Published on 9/26/2014

Development of Landmark Center finally underway in Fort Walton Beach

Downtown Fort Walton Beach finally gets a mixed-use project that's been eight years in the making. Read more »
Published on 8/28/2014

Tallahassee's missing economic development piece

A new incubator in Leon County fills a void in economic development. What was once a warehouse at the Leon County Historic Amtrak Station is now a support system for budding entrepreneurs. Read more »
Published on 7/28/2014

Plans for former Panama City airport site take off

Panama City will get its first master-planned village on former airport property. Read more »
Published on 6/27/2014

Tallahassee's Cascades Park finally opens

The 24-acre showpiece in downtown Tallahassee, decades in the planning, is hailed as a game-changer that could kick off economic growth in surrounding areas. Read more »
Published on 5/28/2014

Panama City has big plans for its marina property

Exploring a partnership between Panama City Marina and St. Andrews Marina Read more »
Published on 4/30/2014

Pensacola moves beyond the military

While a military base and tourism anchor the Pensacola economy, nearly 300 IT companies employ about 3,200 people. Read more »
Published on 3/31/2014

St. Joe Co. gets out of the woods in Northwest Florida

St. Joe Co. is selling the majority of its woodland property in northwest Florida, about 383,000 acres. Read more »
Published on 2/28/2014

Rebuilding an amusement park in Panama City Beach

Teddy and Jenny Meeks give new life to warehoused rides from the original Miracle Strip in Panama City Beach to create a full-fledged amusement park. Read more »
Published on 1/31/2014

Sweet Success - Gelato comes to Northwest Florida

Twenty years ago, when Simona Faroni and Guido Tremolini traveled from their native Italy to Florida to visit friends, they noticed an absence of gelato stores. Read more »
Published on 12/20/2013

Tyndall AFB/Eglin AFB - Northwest Florida Profile

Tyndall Air Force Base has flown the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target. Eglin Air Force Base now has the Navy's version of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. Read more »
Published on 12/11/2013

iSirona - Northwest Florida Business Profile

When David Dyell started out in the healthcare IT business 20 years ago, hospitals used multiple software applications that were not integrated... Read more »
Published on 11/11/2013

The St. Joe Co. announces an agreement to sell 382,834 acres

The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) today announced that it has entered into a sales agreement with AgReserves, Inc., a Utah corporation, to sell approximately 382,834 acres of its timberland and rural land in Northwest Florida for $565 million. Read more »
Published on 11/7/2013

Getting Skilled: Northwest Florida's quest for skilled workers

An estimated 3,400 skilled workers will be needed in northwest Florida over the next five years, but regional education and workforce development programs expect to train just 860. Read more »
Published on 10/29/2013

CollegeFrog

The recently launched CollegeFrog website matches accounting and finance students with companies looking to hire students and recent graduates. Read more »
Published on 10/24/2013

Making connections work for minority professionals

Lloyd Reshard began learning about putting together resources and people during high school. A guidance counselor advised him to take up a trade to pay his way through college. Read more »
Published on 10/9/2013

Positive signs in commercial real estate

Justin Beck, president of Beck Property, a major full-service real estate company, talks about the commercial market's recent positive signs. Read more »
Published on 9/24/2013

Consulting for savings at North Highlands

Founded in 1992, North Highlands was ranked by Consulting magazine as third worldwide among "2012 Best Firms to Work For," the company's sixth consecutive ranking as one of the industry's top four. Its consultants average more than 15 years of experience. Read more »
Published on 8/21/2013

The Renaissance Man

Kevin Marchetti's latest project is creating underwater insignia aboard a fishing barge converted into a dedicated reef for the longtime Joe Patti seafood business. Read more »
Published on 8/15/2013

Jobs and revenue at the Panama City Port

The latest economic figures Read more »
Published on 7/17/2013

Distributing oil funds in Northwest Florida

Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson IV is chairman of the Gulf Consortium, representing 23 Florida gulf coast counties slated to receive millions of dollars in compensation, yet to be distributed, for damages resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Read more »
Published on 7/10/2013

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Florida shoe cobbler mends more than soles
Florida shoe cobbler mends more than soles

Jim McFarland, a fourth-generation shoe cobbler in Lakeland, Florida, never anticipated his trade mending shoes would lead to millions of views on social media. People are captivated by his careful craftsmanship: removing, then stitching and gluing soles on leather footwear.

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