Oil Rig Reef Backing Sought From Gulf for Destin Reef
Destin Chamber of Commerce heard a proposal to convert a used oil rig into a fishing reef off Destin. Gulf Oil Corp may donate an 80 by 225 foot rig template, tax write off potential noted. Tenneco’s similar reef sunk last year, travel time to it cited.
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Vanita Trippe
Destin
Okaloosa County
Patterson
Tenneco Oil Co
Pensacola
Chamber
Ken Beaird
Chamber Board
Destin Seafood Festival
Bill Wycoff
Jerry Roberts
Diana Bosworth
Richard Eimers
Rudy Sutton
Jack Mullins
Bob Janca
Stormwater Plan OK'd by Okaloosa County After Flooding
Okaloosa County commissioners authorized the project engineer to begin Legion Drive drainage improvements for Legion Village townhouses. Developer Ross Franklin agreed to excavate and resod to retain runoff, with berms and retention areas planned for 84 homes. Data on retained drainage will be presented next week as ties to red tagging and policy updates unfold.
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Rid Kreis
Okaloosa
Legion Drive
Dave Heinrich
Ross Franklin
Franklin
Legion Village
Spring Lane
Main Street
Heinrich
Legion
Mike Mitchell
Okaloosa County
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Gulf of Mexico
Jim Neilsen, Jr
Linda Barrington
Bill Atkins
Jane Moore
Jim Brechin
Anita Krohn
Emerald Coast Tourism Development Council
Tom Rappazini
Gary Alden
Pete Balzer
Arnie Winograd
Jerry Melvin
Ruby Rivard
Bill O'Keefe
Jack Becklund
Ernie Shahid
Emerald Coast Council
Indian Bayou
Golf & Country Club
Ine
Dance
Chuck Hamilton
U.S.D.A
Meat Market & Deli
Galleria Destin
Connie
Caressa
Allure
St Pope Shoe Boutique