Resorts Beat Drums For Destin Conventions
Destin resorts push convention market as a sales challenge with unfamiliarity cited by agents Teresa Corbin and Brenda Hilliard while Lee Lohr notes the downturn aids Panhandle events. Planners seek neutral, productive locations offering business plus leisure, but awareness remains low beyond Orlando and Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanita Trippe
Destin
Teresa Corbin
Sandestin
Panhandle
Hilliard
Lee Lohr
State Division of Tourism
Lohr
Corbin
Orlando
Miami
Utilities Make Waves Water plan questioned in Destin South Walton area
NWFWMD faces pushback from Destin Water Users and Destin utility firms over a study proposing the district build a well field on Eglin Air Force Base to wholesale water. DWU accuses the district of excluding stakeholders while Eglin’s stance hangs in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanita Trippe
Destin
South Walton
South Walton Utility Company
Destin Water
Bill McCartney
Northwest Florida Water Management District
Eglin
McCartney
DWU
Nwfwmd
Eglin Air Force Base
George French
Water Department
French
Destin Crime Rise Expected In 1983 Forecast
Destin and Okaloosa Island are deemed the county’s No 2 high crime area by Deputy John McDowell of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department. He warns that 1983 may see more crime as joblessness rises, with shopping centers, parking lots and unsupervised homes as prime targets. He notes Destin’s larceny to boats and concentrated population drive the rating, urges Neighborhood Crime Watch expansion, and cites prior year reductions in property losses from 1981 to 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Destin
John McDowell
Okaloosa County
McDowell
National Sheriff's Association
National Association of Chiefs of Police
Dunlap To Head Destin Community Center in 1983
Joy Dunlap was elected president of the Destin Community Center for 1983 at a special meeting. He outlined goals including expanded recreation facilities, support for the cemetery and library, and launching the Old Post Office Museum project. He urged broader community involvement, a joint recreation committee, and a weekly Log column to inform residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen MacGrogan
Destin Community Center
Joy Dunlap
Dunlap
Danny Woodward
Laurie Kelly
Maggie Flanagan
Primrose
Community Center Board
Destin
Jim Nielson
Malcolm Patterson
Tommy Green
Peggy Davis
Lloyd Taylor
Kenn Taylor
Houston Beaumont
Bob McIlroy
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Resorts
Brenda Hilliard
Garneau
Beach
Jou Rane
Uase
Henderson Beach
Destin Harbor
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