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Some Of The News Covered:

The Howard Group's Grand Boulevard opened in March earlier this year. Its a $250 million project that sits on 52 acres. The Grand Boulevard is expected to have at least 100 businesses when all three phases are finished in 2010. Cantina Laredo is one of the great restaurants there with some amazing (and potent) margaritas!

The Emerald Coast Poker Run had a very large turn out... Cigarette boats where everywhere. The Destin Bridge and Okaloosa Island Pier were great viewing spots! There was one accident during the Poker Run but otherwise a great time had by all. If you missed it this time, stay tuned. We kept our listeners in-the-know prior to this event and you should be here to check it out next year.

The Emerald Coast is full of nice areas to have a great glass of wine. The Courtyard in Rosemary Beach is one of them! Rosemary is a very beautiful area on the far east end of 30-A. Listen as I give you a complete, first-hand report on all the places you should think about enjoying the next time you are in our area.

The parking lot for Pompano Joe's is expected to be rebuilt by late spring of 2008! The construction starts in November. This will be the third time the parking lot is being rebuilt but it is getting built to now withstand future storms.

Links From This Episode:

Music selection for this episode is Chief Cherry and His Red Beans and Rice of Ft. Walton Beach with Track 1 (live track with no official name... great jam which you must hear):

• Chief Cherry and His Red Beans and Rice Official Site
• Chief Cherry Myspace Page