Businessman buys block in downtown Pensacola

Pensacola business man Robert Switzer has agreed to buy the corner in downtown Pensacola at Garden, Palafox, Romana and Baylen streets from Durnford Enterprises Ltd. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Details of Switzer’s plans for the property weren’t immediately available, but he said the leases of all businesses that are currently tenants of…

Kennedy returns as Main Street director

ZEPHYRHILLS — Betty Kennedy has been named the new executive director of Main Street Zephyrhills, Inc., following the resignation of Gina Granger, whose last day was Tuesday. This is a second stint for Kennedy, who served as Main Street Zephyrhills executive director from October 1999 to June 2001. Among her accomplishments: She presided over getting Zephyrhills…

Panama City won’t hire new CRA director

PANAMA CITY — City Manager Jeff Brown will not hire a Community Redevelopment Agency director for at least a year, saving about $60,000. Instead, Brown has appointed Stephen Cox as the program manager of the downtown district Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and former administrative assistant Onya Bates to fill Cox’s current position as Millville district…