Crestview’s only exotic animal store, Emerald Exxxotics, located at 189 Oakdale Ave., opened to the public with a soft launch Oct. 1.

Residents of north Crestview no longer need to make the trek down State Road 85 to visit Walmart.

North Crestview’s Walmart Neighborhood Market celebrated its opening Sept. 30 to the fanfare of brass players from Crestview High School’s “Big Red Machine” and varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders.

A new center offering free arts, education and other programming for children and families is taking shape in downtown Crestview.

Families and local officials gathered Monday afternoon for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Eglin Federal Credit Union Arts and Education Center, 189 N. Main St.

At The Downtown Pantry-Crestview, customers are invited to enjoy free coffee while browsing organic food and other items in the front of the store and in adjacent rooms named “Home,” “Pantry,” Bakery,” and “Meats.”

The groundbreaking ceremony for the eagerly anticipated Walmart Neighborhood Market at 1150 Industrial Drive in north Crestview is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5.

A historic Winn-Dixie grocery store sign is going on display at the Crestview History Museum, 198 S. Wilson St.

Starting on Tuesday, Jan. 27, University of West Florida officials plan to host the UWF Business Academy at the university’s Emerald Coast Campus.

There is a high demand from residents in the Crestview, Baker and Laurel Hill areas for locally sourced beef, chicken, and eggs, as well as fresh sourdough, business partners Jordan Weldon and Shaun Clifton said on Thursday.

The Winn-Dixie grocery store that opened in 1999 as the anchor of the Crestview Marketplace is about to close and be replaced by an Aldi grocery store.

At his planned Emerald Exxxotics pet store in downtown Crestview, Andrew Rencich intends to showcase emerald tree boas and other reptiles, a tarantula and other arthropods, and a wallaby and other mammals, all with an educational component.