Business

Navarre video store closes up shop Nov. 28

Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:41 Last Updated on Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:55 Written by Jennifer Hensley

After two decades of serving customers in an industry she loved, video store owner Julie Faulk is closing up shop on November 28, the latest in a string of nationwide mom-and-pop video store casualties.

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Navarre couple’s invention hits the market

Wednesday, 10 November 2010 12:49 Written by Jennifer Hensley

When Navarre residents Greg and Rita Secorie want something, they build it.

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Florida native finds the ‘right spot' for $10 million tech industry

Wednesday, 03 November 2010 12:30 Written by Sandi Kemp

Elected officials, local leaders, TEAM Santa Rosa and the mayor of Gulf Breeze celebrated with Avalex owner Tad Ihns as he broke ground on Avalex’ new $10- million home at the former Gulf Breeze Ford location.

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Lumber store reopens following construction demands

Wednesday, 06 October 2010 13:17

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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Aerospace company considering Pullum property

Wednesday, 08 September 2010 11:44 Written by Ken Garner

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.

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Lamar embarks on energy-saving endeavor

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 11:32 Written by Sandi Kemp

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.