Month: June 2008

Toll Road Voted NO in Washington County

In a 3-2 vote against the proposed toll route from Montgomery to Bay County, Washington County, Florida commissioners expressed their concern for the new toll road slated to come through their community. Supporters of the toll road claimed that they had contacted all but 1 of the 27 property owners affected by the new road and that all had given indication that they would be willing to work with the development in order to prevent eminent domain.

Commissioner Jerry Sapp and Commissioner Joel Pate voted for the new toll road.

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June 2008 Condo Market Anaysis from Condosaletrends.com

June 2008 Panama City Beach Condo Market Update

From Condosaletrends.com

We recently updated our Panama City Beach condo sales data through the end of May 2008. The graph below illustrates the number of monthly re-sales from the 70 Panama City Beach condo buildings in our database. The 2008 monthly re-sales through May mirror the number of re-sales from the same period in 2007 even though there has been a substantial number of new units come on line.

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Marina Landing Condos up for Auction

Marina Landing, a new condo development at the foot of the Hathaway Bridge in Panama City Beach will be auctioning off 25 new condos Thursday June 26th, 2008.

Marina Landing is a 16 story, 87 unit marina condominium development with stainless steel appliances, window walls and 10 foot ceilings. The marina has 41 slips that are available for lease to the residents.

The building was released to the market almost one year ago and has seen little activity. With pricing ranging from $534,500 to $2.09 million, less than half have closed.

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Bay County TDC Panama City Beach CVB Meeting Agenda

AGENDA

COMBINED BOARD MEETING
Bay County Tourist Development Council
Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc.
Panama City Beach
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:00 a.m. Council Room, PCB City Hall

I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

A. Invocation
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Approve Minutes From the May 13, 2008 Meeting

III. REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS (3 Minutes)

IV. UPDATE ON BED TAX COLLECTIONS, Mr. Dan Rowe, President

V. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD

A. Update on Summer White Sale, Ms. Janet Ray, YPartnership
B. Presentation on Partnership Opportunity with the Grand Lagoon National, Mr. Bill Spann

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Beckrich Road CRA – New Side Paved!

The Beckrich Road portion of the CRA is making huge strides in progress. The new side was paved this week and curb work was installed. I think we’ll be driving on it in the next couple of weeks as they redo the old side.

The groundbreaking for the Beckrich Road portion of the Front Beach Road CRA in Panama City Beach was on September 4th, 2007. Total construction time is expected to be less than 24 months. The cost of construction is around $10 million and includes Beckrich Road from Back Beach Road to Front Beach Road.

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The FSU Flying Circus is almost ready to go – video!

The FSU Flying High Circus has come to Panama City Beach. They’ve got a ten-year contract with the city to be at Frank Brown Park. They put the tent up a couple of weeks ago and started rehearsal this week. The show will start next Friday.

All of the performers are students, some full time, some not, but all totally dedicated. Nate Stapp said the FSU Flying Circus has been performing for 62 years, the whole time in Callaway Gardens in Georgia.

In the next couple of weeks, it will turn into a “little city” with RV’s all around, concession stands, and a fence. The performers are staying at Seahaven and will be here all summer.

Check out the video after the break.

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5th Annual Compassionate Chefs for Kids

PANAMA CITY, Fla., February 18, 2008—Royal Chef Darren McGrady will join the Emerald Coast’s finest restaurants for Children’s Home Society of Florida’s Fifth Annual Compassionate Chefs for Kids elegant evening of taste on June 28 at the Bay Point Marriott Resort.

In addition to the delicious dishes prepared by local favorites, patrons will experience McGrady’s delectable creations, many of which he prepared during his service to Queen Elizabeth II of England and to Diana, Princess of Wales. McGrady has appeared on CNN, Fox News, the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, Good Morning Texas and the BBC, among several other broadcasts. In addition his accomplished culinary career, McGrady teaches cooking lessons and published his first cookbook in 2007: Eating Royally – Recipes and Remembrances of a Palace Kitchen.

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Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort Wins 2008 Gold Tee Award

Panama City Beach, Fla. (April 24, 2008) – Meetings & Conventions (M&C) magazine recently announced its 2008 Gold Tee competition winners, and the Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort was chosen as one of the best hotels for playing golf and holding meetings. The Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort is now a 5 time winner of this prestigious award. This highly respected award is given annually to outstanding golf/meeting properties worldwide. Winners of the Gold Tee Award were nominated and selected by the readers of M&C based on each property’s overall excellence.

“The meeting industry’s most well-regarded critics, the readers of M&C, have made their selection for the best in the world. M&C’s core readership of over 70,000 corporate, incentive, and association meeting planners know quality when they experience it. They have made their votes count, selecting the golf properties they believed to be outstanding,” states Bernard W. Schraer, Meetings & Conventions Group Publisher.

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Jobs linked to education

JuliannBy: Juliann Talkington

Juliann Talkington is the administrator of the Panama City Renaissance School. Reach her on 850-215-8712 or jtalkington@pcrschool.org.

For years small resort communities like Panama City have taken a casual approach to education. Many are significant distances from large cities, so there was little competition and consistent opportunities for those who chose to stay.

Technology is changing everything. Communities like ours are far from isolated. People hold phone conversations half way around the world for free, create their our own music lists with their ipods and can work almost anywhere as long as they have a computer and access to the Internet.

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