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Some Of The News Covered:

Mardi Gras along the Emerald Coast is a fun and exciting time! Fat Tuesdays in the Baytown Wharf of the Sandestin Resort always expects a crowd. With other bars to choose from, Baytown is a great place to celebrate here on the Emerald Coast!

Plans are being made for the Highway 98 Bypass Project. In the plans, a road would connect State Road 87 in Santa Rosa County to U.S Highway 331 in Walton County. The project could take 10 years to complete!

Readers of Southern Magazine selected the Destin area as one of the top family vacation destinations! This is no kept secret. For years the Destin area has brought back generations for vacation.

Navarre Beach may use university employees and/or students for Navarre Beach renourishment inspections. The other option is spending over $200,000 for a firm to do the inspections. Many university employees have jobs with government agencies such as, the Environmental Protection Agency, which could be very beneficial.

Panama City plans to host its first annual Grand Lagoon National Saltwater Fishing Tournament August 20-24. The tournament is expected to draw over 400,000 spectators and 2,000 anglers and crew members. $1 million is planned to be handed out to the winners!

The Uptown Station on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach is expanding! A three story and a one story building with a mix of office and retail space will be added. The project has taken a year to put together, and should take 12-18 months to finish. Building is expected to start in the spring or summer. There will be new tenants coming to Uptown Station. Big Lots is planned to be replaced with a national retailer eventually!

Links From This Episode:

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• Hammock Bay in Freeport, Florida
• Uptown Station in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida

Music selection for this episode is Race You Home of Fort Walton Beach with their song Medicine.

• Race You Home Myspace Page