15 acres of chopping, grubbing, clearing and sweat, Frank and Terry are just trying to stay cool. It isn’t working.
“All that black fencing? I put it all up by hand”, Frank said. “There wasn’t a machine to help.”
It all seems to be happening so fast, but then again, Pier Park was the same way. One year it was a huge dirt field, the next year it was a thriving mall with a constant flow of activity pumping through its retailers.
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I arrived back in town at the tail end of the 2008 Bay Point Invitational Billfish Tournament; just in time for the final weigh-ins tonight. No records were broken, but some big fish came in nonetheless.
Click the more link for pictures and the final results from tonight’s weigh-in.
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The Publix on Middle Beach Road is being moved to Back Beach Road. The new location will be across Beckrich from Home Depot and will likely include other stores.
I’m still unsure as to why they are moving the Publix, I had thought, at one point, that it had something to do with the CRA, but not real sure here.
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After selling two 3 bedroom and two 2 bedroom condos, the Marina Landing auction was canceled.
The anticipated selling prices were surely higher than what the market was commanding right now.
The place was packed – over 500 people were crowded outside in various locations on a balcony and downstairs around the auctioneer. The event was outside, so everyone was sweating in the 90+ degree heat and fighting for a spot in the shade. All of the seats were taken and people were standing wherever they could hear and be seen. The parking lot was so full that parking was bleeding into the Woodlawn subdivision. People were hiking across the field.
Check after the break for the SOLD prices.
I was out at Pier Park tonight, and it was crazy – and I don’t even think it was a busy night. There were people everywhere.
I was talking to the mall manager the other day and he was telling me that the place really starts to fill up around 5:30 and stays busy until close to midnight! Almost every time I go there, I can’t hardly find a parking place in the big lot on the east and usually end up having to walk a while.
I was talking to someone the other day about how there seems to have been so much pent up demand, now that we have great shopping, it almost doesn’t seem like enough.
There are almost 100 stores open now, with more than 30 more slated to open in the near future.
I’d say Pier Park is a huge success, and keeps getting better.
More pictures after the break.
Every year it keeps coming back, whether we like it or not. June grass isn’t actually grass, but an algae bloom that usually washes ashore at the beginning of each summer. It usually lasts around a month.
June grass is not harmful or toxic, but is sure feels funny on the legs when you are in the water and usually fills your pockets.
Actually, this isn’t exactly breaking news, but I thought it was worthy of noting as almost half of you are not here and may or may not have known about this.
The county built a boardwalk that goes over the dunes between the county pier and the Sterling Reed Condos off of Front Beach Road on Panama City Beach. They still have not started construction on the pier, but this boardwalk is nice because it offers a couple off-shoots down to the beach. I love seeing nice stuff like this because it makes our beaches more accessible.
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The construction of the new Panama City – Bay County International Airport is ahead of schedule. The entire 1300 acres of the initial footprint is cleared with crews to start paving the main entry way from 388 in the next couple of weeks.
The recent approval of the state budget that included $12 million from the state will fund the first extension of the runway. Day one of operation for the new airport will include a full 10,000 foot runway. In addition, all the preparatory work will be done so that when they need to lengthen the runway to the full 12,000 feet, it will take a mere matter of months.
Something else that is cool about the construction of the new airport is that the terminal will be LEED certified using all recycled material. The stormwater treatment will be 50% greater than what is required.
There will be an additional 1400 acres outside the airport property that will be used for commercial development.
Check after the break for the video and more pictures.
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The new West Bay bridge on State Highway 79 is nearing completion. The bridge deck is completed all the way across with the surface being worked on right now.
Check after the break for more pictures.
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Coastal Vision 3000 takes off with Milestone Presentation at Panama City – Bay County International Airport Site
PANAMA CITY – Nearly 100 Northwest Florida business and community leaders came together today as officials with Coastal Vision 3000, a non-profit organization focused on marketing the region, and the Panama City – Bay County International Airport discussed future economic and growth opportunities for the area. The open-forum gathering, which was held under a tented meeting space at the site of the future airport, currently the only airport under construction in the country, was lead by Davage “Buddy” Runnels, chairman of Coastal Vision 3000 and chairman of the Destin-based The Sterling Companies.
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