The closing of Okaloosa County’s sale of 48 acres of Shoal River Ranch industrial park land to a manufacturing company is targeted for mid-July, said Nathan Sparks, executive director of the One Okaloosa Economic Development Council.
The company, the name of which has not yet been publicly revealed, aims to use the land for a 300,000-square-foot facility that would have 350 employees.
Laurel Hill – Businessman Shane Cannon plans to instill new life in the iconic and long-vacant former 1905 Gallery building, as well as the old Cash’s Liquor Store building.
Cannon is the registered agent for Cannon/Sullivan Properties LLC of Destin. He and his business partner, Jerry Sullivan, bought the former Gallery property at 3927 2nd Ave. in March 2022 and the former Cash’s site at 8195 State Road 85 last May, according to Okaloosa County Property Appraiser’s Office records.
The community gathered in the Laurel Hill School gym last Thursday to celebrate the Class of 2023 on graduation night.
By the numbers there were 28 graduates, five honor graduates and a countless number of memories.
Happy Star Wars Day!
Many accomplishments and achievements have been made in the City of Crestview. The entire team led by the City Council, Mayor JB Whitten and City Manager Tim Bolduc have made the city into a place where families want to raise their children.
Let’s take a look at recent examples of the Force in Crestview:
The City of Crestview recently announced the third annual Keep Crestview Beautiful clean-up initiative will run from April 12 to April 26.
As with previous years, the city will provide manned dumpsters around the city for citizens to use for free. The city will also have volunteer opportunities for community members to join city staff in the clean-up effort.
Businesses at the long-awaited Crestview Commons development could begin opening as early as late April, according to the City of Crestview.
“We are hoping for late April/early May (openings for the first business openings),” said Chance Leavins, public information manager for the City of Crestview.
As the moderator for last week’s reception recognizing the 50th anniversary of the release of Vietnam War POWs, U.S. Army Major (Retired) Charles “Chuck” Merkel started his introductions by discussing some numbers and the importance behind them.
The March 9 reception Eglin’s Air Force Armament Museum was held to honor the eight POWs who would go on to call Okaloosa County their home after their release from the POW camp in March 1973.
March typically means Spring Break for Florida colleges and universities, as well as countless other schools across the U.S.
Regardless, students are putting down their books and putting on their bathing suits to enjoy a well-deserved vacation. Here are the dates for upcoming spring breaks:
The Crestview Fire Department had a busy 2022, averaging more than 12 calls a day last year.
Crestview Fire Chief Anthony Holland recently provided a report on his department’s activities in 2022 to the Crestview City Council. In 2022, the department went on 3,387 EMS calls and 1,106 fire calls, for a total of 4,493 calls.
Doing some spring cleaning; culling the book, CD, Blu-ray and DVD collections; and replenishing those same libraries and treasures will benefit local high school students’ cultural travel to Crestview’s Sister City, as well as the Crestview History Museum.
The museum’s Second Saturday opening on March 11 features a Bush House Market in the adjacent Wilson Street parking lot. It is organized by the Crestview Area Sister City Ambassadors student organization, which is raising funds for a June trip to Noirmoutier, France.
