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The Santa Rosa Island Authority board asked General Manager Buck Lee to ask Escambia County for $500,000 to begin many of the projects still on hold since the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005. A local match of five percent is needed for all Hurricane Ivan projects, and 12.5 percent for all projects from More ... Lisa Newell/Gulf Breeze News Going, going ... Demolition crews tear down the Holiday Inn Express on Pensacola Beach.Originally built in 1973, the hotel was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.Crews are currently renovating the Dunes Motel which when reopened at the end of summer will assume the Holiday Inn Express name. Spokesman Shawn Keenan of American Fidelity said another hotel property is planned on the 21-acre plot. More ... Benchmark Construction Corporation, of Jackson, Mississippi has been doing temporary repair work on the Bob Sikes Toll Booth for the past few months. The past two hurricane seasons took a toll on the tollbooth and the building needed extensive repairs. More ... Driving across the Bob Sikes Bridge at night, there is a peculiar sense that darkness pervades much of the Island. Some large condos and hotels have not experienced electricity flowing through their wires since Ivan. But on Friday night, hundreds of people gathered at The Hilton to help raise funds More ... Which comes first? In a classic chicken-and-egg debate, the Santa Rosa Island Authority wondered which will come first: additional parking spaces to increase revenue on the beach, or revenue to pay for additional parking. The board is trying to make decisions to prepare for the tourist season, which begins in March. The board considered a proposal to restripe the Quietwater Boardwalk parking lot to add 92 parking spaces. Lack of parking is a recurring problem for Pensacola Beach, causing new business proposals and existing business expansions to be denied due to a limited number of spaces. A conceptual plan shows the orientation of parking spaces turned to north/south, with much of the entrance and planting beds removed. The project is estimated to cost $100,000, which the Island Authority doesn More ... As Pensacola Beach prepares for the first Mardi Gras parade since 2004, established beach participants like the Krewe of Nereids ready themselves for the long-awaited event. More ... Does the square footage or amenities affect the designation of a hotel or condo, or is it simply a matter of being owned by individuals? More ... |
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