Category Archives: Business
Tough Talk from Customs: New Port Facility or Else
By Mike Lednovich The Ocean Highway and Port Authority (OHPA) has so little money available [...]
Aug
Port Plans to Add Two Fabric Warehouses
By Mike LednovichThe Port of Fernandina is ready to start building two fabric warehouses on [...]
Aug
Commentary: Blindsided by a ‘Good Neighbor’ Church
By Samuel Jefferson Kennard I am shocked and dismayed to hear that Amelia Baptist Church [...]
Aug
Publix Goes for Expansion Allowed by New Code Changes
By Mike Lednovich Just days after the city commission voted to change the City [...]
Aug
City Opens Up Path to Bigger Shopping Centers
By Mike Lednovich By votes of 4-1, the Fernandina Beach City Commission Tuesday paved the [...]
Aug
Two Main Streeters Get Big State Award
Last week, winners of the Secretary of State’s 2023 Florida Main Street Awards were announced [...]
Jul
New Wrinkles in RV Site Plan: Townhouses and City Annexation
By Mike PhillipsThe developer of a proposed RV park on Nassau County land on Sadler [...]
Jul
Port’s Problem with Customs Is Escalating
By Mike LednovichThe Port of Fernandina could potentially lose its “port of entry” designation because [...]
Jun
Port May Sell Residential Land to Pay Legal Debts
By Mike Lednovich The Port of Fernandina took the first step Wednesday toward potentially selling [...]
May
Solar Farm Proposed on Heavily Wooded Airport Land
By Mike Lednovich The leaseholder of Amelia River Golf Course wants to clear-cut 36 acres [...]
May
Businesswomen: How to Shine
The Eight Flags Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) invites all businesswomen [...]
Apr
New Round Coming Up for Training Entrepreneurs
Since 2020, $1,000 Start-Ups, Inc. has helped launch 30 small businesses in Nassau County through [...]
Apr
In-Person Job Fair Coming Up
The Nassau County Chamber of Commerce is hosting an in-person job fair on Thursday, May [...]
Apr
Businesswomen: ‘Ungeek’ Your Technology
Attention all Nassau County businesswomen, the Eight Flags Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s [...]
Apr
Florida Main Street Day Is Coming Up
Tallahassee – Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced today, March 15 as this year’s [...]
Mar
Port-City Meeting Worked in More Ways Than One
By Mike Phillips The city commission and port executives and commissioners had a mutually respectful [...]
Jan
Local Man Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 35-year-old Fernandina Beach man, Cooper Morgenthau, has pleaded guilty to [...]
Jan
Job-Hunting? Here’s a Virtual Job Fair Jan. 12
More than 30 companies throughout the region will be connecting with job seekers during the CareerSource [...]
Jan
The Port Thinks Big – and Bigger – and Bigger
The Port of Fernandina has completed its first draft of a 10-year master plan. It’s [...]
Dec
Businesswomen: Holiday Event with Donna Paz Kaufman
All businesswomen of Nassau County are invited to join the Eight Flags Chapter of the [...]
Nov
Major Commerce Park Planned for Wildlight Development
Pattillo Industrial Real Estate (PIRE) has announced the development of a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial complex [...]
Nov
Right Whale Rule Drawing More Opposition
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Organized pushback against federal efforts to reduce North Atlantic right whale [...]
Nov
Big Career Fair Opportunity in Jacksonville
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), CareerSource Northeast Florida and Patriots for Paychecks have partnered [...]
Oct
Small Business Fair Coming Up
By L. Najimy $1000 Start-Ups will hold its Annual Celebrate Small Business Fair on Saturday, [...]
Oct
Local Insurance Business Bought by Integrity Marketing
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth [...]