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One of the new catamaran ferries cruises past Fort Pickens. / National Park Service

by Will Isern The long-planned Pensacola Bay ferries will carry their first passengers from downtown Pensacola to Fort Pickens and Pensacola Beach this summer.

The service had planned to start this month, but contract negotiations have pushed the start date to at least mid-June.

The $3.5 million project – a collaboration between the National Park Service, Escambia County and the City of Pensacola – has the potential to transform the local transportation landscape, linking by water the mainland to Escambia Island and offering thousands their first opportunity to experience the natural beauty of Pensacola’s waterways.

The ferries, named Turtle Runner and Pelican Perch, have been under wraps in Pensacola for more than a year. The National Park Service had some difficulty finding a qualified company to operate the ferries, pushing back the target start date for more than a year.

The Park Service is now working to finalize a contract with North Carolina-based Gulf

FERRIES to debut this summer Coast Maritime Services, Inc. to operate the ferries. The company already operates a similar ferry service at Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina.

The ferries will next been taken out of dry dock and undergo inspection and sea trials by the U.S. Coast Guard.

There was some public pushback when the Gulf Islands National Seashore superintendent Dan Brown announced that ticket prices to ride the ferries could be as much as $20 per person. Many complained that such prices would be too expensive for families.

Brown however said that the ferry operator will likely have discounts for groups, and may implement an annual pass system similar to that at Fort Pickens, where locals can pay just $40 a year for an annual pass, as opposed to the $20 daily entrance fee.

“We fully expect that the greater percent of passengers are going to be those folks who are coming here on vacation, they’re staying in a hotel, they have a vacation budget and after they sunburn themselves on the beach, they’re looking for other things to do,” Brown said. “People who live here locally are going to see the packages and they’re not going to pay those daily prices. If you live locally and want to ride it regularly, you’re going to take advantage of one of the packages.”

The ferries will run daily from mid-May to mid-August and on weekends in the shoulder seasons.

The ferries are dual-hulled catamarans, which Brown said provide a very stable and comfortable ride at roughly 12 knots. Each ferry is capable of carrying 150 passengers, and will operate in opposing directions.

A ferry will stop at each of the three landings – Fort Pickens, Quietwater Beach, Business Climate

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Pensacola FERRIES and Palafox Pier – roughly once an hour.

Passengers will be free to hop on and hop off at any number of stops throughout the day that they have bought tickets.

The Park Service will have rangers on board to educate riders about the habitat and wildlife found in the bay and on shore.

Local leaders hope that the ferries can help alleviate some of the traffic congestion that has plagued Pensacola Beach in recent summers.

Tentative Schedule Pensacola to Pensacola Beach

Pensacola Beach to Fort Pickens

Depart 9 a.m., arrive 9:40 a.m.

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Pensacola Beach to Pensacola

Pensacola to Fort Pickens

“We want it to be successful,” Escambia County commissioner Grover Robinson said recently. “We want to do whatever we can to keep your car off the island. If we can find a way to move you from downtown to Pensacola Beach to Fort Pickens without getting in your car, that saves us, that saves you – everybody’s happy.”

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Career Academies Guiding Future Workforce by tanner yea workforce has always been Tno hecontinuously changing, but more so than now. With

an increase in automation and highly specialized skills becoming more desirable, it’s important for adolescents and teenagers to hit the ground running, developing marketable skills early even if they don’t take the traditional college path.

Escambia County School District is helping fuel this need with its Career Academies. Headed by Director Dr. Michelle Taylor, the career academies allow middle and high school students to take advanced courses that help them attain certifications, college credit and experience in select career fields.

“We are helping to diversify the economy through sector workforce development. We are targeting certain economic sectors that align with the Northwest Florida Strategic Plan,” said Dr. Taylor. “Pensacola

has two main

sectors: military and tourism. If we want to bring new industries to the area, we need to provide a workforce for these companies to gain employees from.”

Career academies are available to Escambia County middle and high school students who have at least a C average, good attendance, and no major disciplinary problems. Each middle and high school in the district has at least one academy: a total of 48 academies on the high school level, and 16 ‘precareer’ academies at the middle school level.

The academies work by serving as elective choices that are chosen in addition to traditional schoolwork like math and sciences. Each of the academies has a course sequence which teaches the fundamentals of a variety of career fields including aerospace engineering, game simulation and animation, health sciences, graphic arts and much more.

counseling opportunities, both hard and soft skill training in project-based and work-based settings, and even professional development for teachers who lead the class. Often the academies give students a head start in further education, either through a college or technical school.

A large majority of these classes offer accreditation and certification tests at the end of the course. For example, completing the Adobe InDesign course ends with the student taking a certification test and if they pass, they obtain a certification in InDesign. Dr. Taylor said these are not tests made easier for students – they are the full-fledged tests that adults take to obtain the exact same certification.

“Not every student who goes through the career academies will go right into college. But if they don’t, they leave school with these certifications they can take into the workforce right away,” said Dr. Taylor. “Then if they want, they can always reenter the education system with that experience and those certifications and continue down the pathway to more certifications or degrees.”

The academies provide a lot of benefits to the students beyond just the certifications and college credit. They provide career

“We want to change the ?/ connotation for skills training,” said Dr. Taylor. “We don’t want it to just be an option for blue collar-type jobs, we want to let people know it is for everyone.”

The Escambia County School District Workforce Education department also works closely with local leaders in order to best develop new programs.

Dr. Taylor said they consult with CareerSource Escarosa, the Florida West Economic Development Alliance, more than 20 local business advisory councils, and city and countylevel governments to find voids that need to be filled.

“VTMAE, which is an aircraft maintenance company based out of Mobile, Alabama, said they were looking for new sources of employees. We brought it through some meetings and as a result, we developed the aviation maintenance academy at Washington High School,” said Dr. Taylor. There are also some career academies that fast track to local businesses, such as the Gulf Power and Cox Telecommunications academies Business Climate

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Career Academies at West Florida High School.

Last year, nearly 18,000 students across Escambia County participated in the career academies.

That amounts to around 66 percent of the middle and high school population being enrolled in one. Further, around 69 percent of Escambia County high school students participated in one of the academies.

Around 200 of those students also had experience in workbased learning, which are co-op programs with local businesses.

The 2017 school year also produced accreditations and certifications for more than 30 different certifications. At the high school level, 1920 students combined completed testing for certification, while at the middle school level that number was 904.

Dr. Taylor said the mission of the workforce development department and the Escambia County School District in

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general is that education is built like a scaffold. The programs themselves are well connected and transparent with local leaders and businesses, and along the way there are multiple entry points – such as postsecondary school, apprenticeships and high school graduations – as well as multiple exits into increasing careers.

“We’re teaching the value of digital tools, and the value of a credential. For example, you can walk out of high school with the right certifications in

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cybersecurity and easily make $80,000 starting salary,” said Dr. Taylor. “The career academies help build self-efficacy and really provide a workforce that benefits both the student and local businesses.”

The career academy program has also lead to higher graduation rates, better career progression and students generally being more engaged in learning. Dr. Taylor said the program will keep expanding, with places like the newly opened George Stone Technical Center and

every Escambia County school working to expand and develop the programs even further.

Career academies are available at most Escambia County schools, and information regarding the programs can be found with their counseling services. For more information about career academies, visit ecsd-fl.schoolloop.com/career/ academies or contact Dr. Taylor at mtaylor4@escambia.k12.fl.us.

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tepping into the Coffee Cup is like stepping back in time. Friends and families put down their phones and gather around small tables to share a meal.

Pensacolians of all stripes chat and sip coffee at the bar. A handful of hardworking women take the orders, cook the food and generally run the show.

But the landmark Pensacola restaurant is starting a new chapter, under new ownership.

Restaurateur David Hambrick recently purchased the business from its former owner Roy Cooley.

Cooley had owned the restaurant since 2000. Hambrick is the founder and owner of downtown restaurants Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille and V Paul’s Italian Ristorante.

He first moved to Pensacola in 1994 and worked as a Honda dealer as part of the Shottenkirk Automotive Group. After sale of the dealership and a brief flirtation with retirement, Hambrick decided to try his hand at the restaurant business. He opened Jaco’s in 2009 and V. Paul’s in 2014.

The Coffee Cup first opened in 1945 and has been in business at 520 E. Cervantes Street ever since. It’s among the city’s oldest and most storied restaurants alongside Jerry’s Drive In and Oscar’s Restaurant in Brownsville.

With its tile floor, solid-nickel bar stools and original, 1945 griddle, the Coffee Cup embodies the image of classic Southern diner.

Famous for its Nassau grits, the restaurant has served for decades as a gathering place for local businessmen, politicians and generations of families.

“Anybody that’s lived around Pensacola forever knows the Coffee Cup,” Hambrick said. “Families were raised here almost. I talk to 70- and 80-year-old people and they say, ‘We came here with my parents, we ate three or four times a week.’”

Since closing on the sale, Hambrick has assured Coffee Cup regulars that he has no intention of changing the iconic eatery.

“It’s the Coffee Cup, it doesn’t need to change,” Hambrick said. “That would kind of be – as far as we’re concerned – a big catastrophe.”

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Hambrick said the only updates would be a new logo for the restaurant’s T-shirts, and any upgrades necessary to keep the building in working order.

“Obviously everything in here is old, so as we work our way through the facility itself we’ll do a few things here and a few things there, but the core content of the building and the core atmosphere of it, we hope, doesn’t ever change,” he said.

There’s a new face in the office as well. Jon Coffey is taking over as general manager of the restaurant. Coffey first began working for Hambrick as a server at V. Paul’s before working his way up to assistant manager at Jaco’s.

When Hambrick was contemplating the purchase of the Coffee Cup, he envisioned Coffey serving as its general manager from the start.

“If I’m going to be at an restaurant I might as well come to a place where I’ve already got my name on the wall,” Coffey joked.

Coffey said the customer loyalty at the Coffee Cup is unlike anything he’s seen thus far in his career.

“I have 40 to 50 people that I see everyday, sit in the same place, order the same thing, every day. That type of customer loyalty and faithfulness is what I think makes the place very special,” he said.

Hambrick is quickly becoming a regular himself, and said he’s partial to an order of scrambled eggs, tomato slices and a biscuit with honey.

As for long-term plans, Hambrick hinted at his own retirement and suggested Coffey may one day own the restaurant himself.

“It’s his opportunity to be in the food business for a lifetime if he wants it,” Hambrick said.

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Around the Region New Escambia County Fire Chief Selected Russell “Rusty” Nail has been selected as the new Escambia County Fire Chief, responsible for supervising all Escambia County Fire Rescue staff. Nail’s target start date is Monday, May 7.

He joins Escambia County with over 26 years of experience as an accomplished chief fire officer including more than 12 years of supervisory and nine years of command-level experience, mostly in a fast-paced, large metropolitan fire department of 17 stations, with over 500 personnel and a budget of up to $100 million.

Nail will join Escambia County from Palm Bay, Florida, where he currently serves as the City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue Fire Chief and Emergency Manager and previously served as a battalion chief. Nail graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in fire and emergency services management and from Brevard Community College with an Associate of Arts in general studies and Associate of Science in fire science technology.

Prior to his tenure at Palm Bay, Nail worked for the City of Orlando Fire Department for more than 20 years, serving as assistant fire chief, assistant chief of planning, district chief and retiring as the deputy chief. Nail’s experience also includes working as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician.

His certifications include being a State of Florida Certified Firefighter, Chief Fire Officer with the Centers for Public Safety Excellence and a University of Florida Executive Fire Officer, among others. Nail is a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Florida Fire Chiefs Association, Space Coast Fire Chiefs Association, Palm Bay Hospital Advisory Board and Eastern Florida State College Technical Advisory Committee.

Nail was selected from a pool of 77 applicants for the Escambia County Fire Chief position after a thorough selection process. The selection committee narrowed the list down to seven candidates and then to three finalists, ranking Nail as the top candidate. The selection process included several interviews with the selection committee, along with a tour of Escambia County Public Safety and a meet and greet with staff.

As the Escambia County Fire Chief, Nail’s duties will include supervising fire rescue staff, providing oversight and directing implementation of internal operations, managing expenditures to the approved annual budget, developing goals and objectives and ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

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UWF announces Earl Hutto Foundation, Inc. endowments to nursing program

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The University of West Florida recently received a $250,000 gift commitment from The Earl Hutto Foundation, Inc. to name the Earl and Nancy Hutto Master of Science in Nursing program in the UWF School of Nursing in the Usha Kundu, MD College of Health. The gift will create a scholarship for endowment for students pursuing a graduate degree in nursing and an operational endowment for undergraduate and graduate UWF School of Nursing students.

“We are very grateful for the support and trust that Earl and Nancy Hutto have given us,” said UWF President Martha D. Saunders. “This gift allows us to shape the future of nursing education and will enrich our ability to prepare nursing leaders who will care for our families, friends and neighbors for years to come.”

A Navy veteran, Earl Hutto was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1972 and served three terms. After six years in the Florida Legislature, he was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1978 and served eight terms until he retired.

Throughout his eight terms in Congress, he was known for his strong leadership on national defense issues and traditional values. The Huttos are active members of the Pensacola community and at their church, First Baptist Church of Pensacola. Earl also served as the first sports director at WEAR-TV in the 1950s.

“Earl and Nancy Hutto have a long history of shared service to Northwest Florida,” said Howard Reddy, vice president of university advancement.

“Earl Hutto’s distinguished career, and now this gift to the University, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to our community.”

This gift commitment will support the delivery of high impact practice learning experiences for both undergraduate and graduate nursing students, including hands-on clinical fellowships, professional development opportunities such as community outreach events and community health projects, as well as research. The gift will also fund facility improvements and equipment purchases that enhance the learning environment for undergraduate and graduate nursing students.

“This gift will have a tremendous impact on the education and experiences provided to UWF School of Nursing students,” said Dr. Denise Seabert, incoming dean of the UWF Usha Kundu MD, College of Health. “We are most appreciative of the Huttos’ generosity and their contribution to enhance educational and community health engagement opportunities for our students.”

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office have entered into an Interlocal Agreement resolving the sheriff’s budget appeal for fiscal year 2017-18. The agreement was reached after a mediation session held on Saturday, April 21 and was approved by a unanimous vote during a special public board meeting held Thursday, April 26.

Approval of the mediation agreement is the first step toward implementation of the new budget allocations for the sheriff as reflected in the Interlocal Agreement.

UWF Historic Trust unveils maritime-themed murals The University of West Florida Historic Trust announces the completion of the installation of two maritime-themed murals in downtown Pensacola. The project was made possible by a $26,630 grant from the National Park Service and technical assistance from the UWF Department of History, the UWF Archaeology Institute, and the Florida Public Archaeology Network.

The project will highlight the rich maritime history of Pensacola by using large murals located in prominent locations. In order to preserve historic buildings downtown, a creative solution involving the use of billboard frames was used to display the murals. The murals’ frames are removable, and the graphics on the vinyl can be updated as needed.

“The murals will become a centerpiece of Pensacola’s vibrant, unique and dynamic downtown, highlighting our maritime history and providing a focal point for cultural heritage tourism in our city,” said Robert Overton, executive director of the UWF Historic Trust.

The mural project is part of the Historic Trust’s Interpretive Master Plan. Launched in 2015, the plan details a transformational vision for Historic Pensacola through a series of enhancements to provide balance between resource protection, historical education, visitor and recreational use and enjoyment of the 8.5 acre, 29-property complex.

The murals are located on the south wall of the Museum of Commerce on Main Street and on the west wall of Voices of Pensacola on Government Street. Both sets of murals have lighting.

For more information about the UWF Historic Trust, visit historicpensacola.org.

Around the Region Bayview Resource Center Groundbreaking Scheduled for May 7, 2018 City of Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and District 4 Councilman Larry Johnson invite the community to join them for a groundbreaking ceremony at Bayview Park, 2000 East Lloyd Street for the new Bayview Resource Center. The ceremony will take place on Monday, May 7th at 11:00 a.m.

Bayview Resource Center will be an exciting new addition to Bayview Park. The facility, which replaces the former community center that was demolished in 2015, will provide more accessible uses and waterfront access for the community to enjoy. The building is designed to be an active and highly social building that also reinforces the importance of Bayou Texar as a natural asset, and supports continued improvements of and around Bayou Texar.

The community center portion of the facility will include a large event space which can be separated into two smaller event spaces, meeting rooms, a catering kitchen, fitness room, and staff offices. A large open lobby welcomes guests to the facility and there are multiple decks and balconies offering sweeping views of the waterfront. There is also space for storage of kayak, SUP, and rowing sculls to provide a home for paddle sports and non-motorized water activities. There will also be indoor and outdoor access to restrooms.

The Bayview Senior Center will remain in its current location adjacent to the new community center and will see relief from program crowding as well as improved access to parking.

“We are very excited for this new resource center at Bayview Park,” said Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward. “My staff and I have worked tirelessly to bring another extraordinary amenity to our community. This new attractive facility will embrace the waterfront and will be something that everyone can enjoy.”

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Government Street Regional Stormwater Pond selected to receive Florida Stormwater Association (FSA) Project Excellence Award for 2018 The City of Pensacola will be presented the FSA Project Excellence Award for 2018 for the “Government Street Regional Stormwater Pond” project at FSA’s annual meeting and conference in June.

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Around the Region The purpose of the awards is to recognize outstanding and highly intuitive Stormwater Programs and Projects in the profession of stormwater management, and the benefits they provide to the environment and local citizenry.

Projects are submitted and evaluated from county and city municipalities throughout the state for consideration of these prestigious awards annually.

Jewelers Trade Shop Begins Rolex-Designed Remodel Jewelers Trade Shop announced that it has begun construction on an in-house Rolex Boutique. The project, expected to take four weeks, was planned and designed exclusively for Jewelers Trade Shop by Rolex.

“We are beyond excited to begin construction on this project,” said Corbett Davis, III, owner and president of Jewelers Trade Shop. “This new in-store boutique will allow us to showcase our Rolex models in an environment that perfectly compliments these legendary timepieces.”

Only the most exclusive jewelers in the world are Rolex Authorized Dealers. Jewelers Trade Shop is the only Rolex Authorized Dealer between Biloxi, Mississippi, and Destin, Florida. The store will remain open with regular business hours

during the remodel.

“We’ve been planning this for a while now, and we’ve made extraordinary efforts to keep the construction separate from our daily sales and display areas,” said Davis. “We encourage all of our friends to stop by to check on the progress, and we’ll be posting updates on Facebook as the work continues.”

For more information about the store, call (850) 432-4433 or visit www.jewelerstradeshop.com.

Pensacola Beach Wins USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice 2018 Best Florida Beach Gulf Islands National Seashore Cited to Top Three Visit Pensacola is pleased to share that Pensacola Beach has been recognized as USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2018 Best Florida Beach. The area boasted not one but two nominations for the contest with the Gulf Islands National Seashore coming in third place. To add to the celebration, the beaches of Northwest Florida dominated the competition with Panama City Public Beach coming in second and Navarre Beach coming in fourth.

“One again the response from our visitors and

residents show the pride we have in our nationally acclaimed beaches,” President of Visit Pensacola Steve Hayes said. “Receiving this recognition illuminates the unique experience that is Pensacola and all of the unmatched areas and activities America’s first settlement has to offer. We all benefit when one of our beaches is named one of the top destinations in the nation.”

This achievement follows 20 destination nominations from an expert panel followed by a period of public voting. Nominees for all categories are chosen by a panel of relevant experts which include a combination of editors from USA TODAY; editors from 10Best.com; relevant expert contributors; and sources for both these media and other Gannett properties. Then it is up to the public to decide.

The Pensacola Experience is unique to every traveler that comes upon its shores. USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice award has also recognized Gulf Islands National Seashore as Best Florida Attraction (2018), Best East Coast Beach (2016), Best Florida Beach (2015) and Johnson Beach was voted No. 2 Best National Park Beach (2016).

Travelers have endless opportunities to explore eclectic cuisine, a boisterous downtown complete with nightlife, culture, and arts, and over 450 years of history.

For more information on the Pensacola Bay Area, visit visitpensacola.com.

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