In 2009, Adams Homes of Northwest Florida constructed 60 homes in Navarre. This year, the new-home construction company is expected to double that amount.

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TEAM Santa Rosa is courting an aerospace company that could become the first tenant at a controversial county industrial park.

Cindy Anderson, TEAM Santa Rosa Economic Development Council Inc.’s executive director, said during her annual report to the county commission in August that a company TEAM is calling “Project First” is interested in the park because of its location.

“It needs the interstate,” she said.  “It doesn’t want to be a mile off the interstate, two miles off the interstate, 10 miles off the interstate – it wants to be on the interstate. It trucks things in and out – it’s an aerospace and defense company, but it’s all about the roadway and being there on the interstate.”

For more on this story, check out the Sept. 9 edition of the Navarre Press, or subscribe online.

 Lamar Advertising Co. billboards from Pensacola through Destin are sporting new solar panels as part of a $12.5-million project that will place solar or wind power on 1,370 Lamar billboards throughout the state of Florida.

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Project Snake Eyes has come up aces for Santa Rosa County.

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Grocery store giant Winn-Dixie announced the imminent closing of 30 of its southern stores this morning.

None of the Florida Panhandle stores is included in the list.

The Jacksonville-based chain announced the closures on its website this morning.  The closures affected "underperforming" and "unremodeled" stores.  The Navarre store, located just west of the Navarre Causeway Bridge in a large shopping complex, will not be affected.

For more on this story, check out the Aug. 5 edition of the Navarre Press.

A local buffet restaurant recently closed their doors – with plans to reopen as soon as today, July 7.

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