Destin banking boom targets Destin-South Walton area
Prospective lenders move toward a Destin savings and loan and the Sandestin State Bank with pending state approvals. Barnett Bank awaits FDIC action on a 2500 square foot Destin branch. Destin businessmen and local officials lead the applications, with 180 days to decide and January 1984 construction expected after approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Chitwood
Destin
South Walton Peninsula
Destin Savings and Loan Association
Sandestin State Bank
State Department of Banking and Finance
Barnett Bank of
West Florida
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Highway 98
Johnnie Hollingsworth
Bureau of Licensing and Charters
Walton County
George Ralph Miller
Hollingsworth
Davage
Buddy) Runnels
John McCabe
S&l
Harbor Summit Eyes Fix At Old Pass Lagoon
NWFWMD officials Florida State University researchers and state environmental leaders met to launch a two week start on a harbor pollution study at Old Pass Lagoon. The group aims to identify polluters by percentage, with fish carcass disposal flagged as a major factor and groundwater flow from a north hill area considered for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanita Trippe
Old Pass Lagoon
Northwest Florida Water Management District
Don Esty
Esty
Nwfwmd
Florida State University
Departments of Environmental Regulations and Transportation
Holiday Isle
Tides and Temperatures Data Fragment
Fragmentary coastal log lists dates from the 15th to the 18th with times and numbers. It notes slack, flood, ebb and mentions June. page references 1C and 1B. Named items include the 15th 16th 17th and 18th, with times 1656 and 0535 among others.
Panel Seeks Traffic Relief in Destin Study Review
Okaloosa County Citizens Advisory Committee reviewed congested sites in Destin as part of the Fort Walton Beach Urbanized Area Transportation Study. DOT figures show 98 through Destin carries about 20,160 ADT downtown and 2,280 on Benning Drive near Kelly Street, with 5,940 entering Holiday Isle via Gulf Shore Drive and 13,600 at 98 Gulf Shore intersection daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Destin
Okaloosa County
Kelly Street
Kelly
Benning
Beach Drive
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Greater
Holiday Isle
Gulf Shore Drive
Gulf Shore
Okaloosa
Walton County
MPO
Mike Zeigler
Citizens Advisory Committee
Zeigler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miller
Runnels
U.S. 98
Main Street
S&ls
Frederick Bettinger
Mary Esther
Destin Bridge
Destin Drug Building
Bill Jones
FHP
Bruce Stewart
Harbor ‘Summit
Walton
E.T
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