Santa Rosa County

The Buffalo Rock Company is celebrating the grand opening of its new Santa Rosa Campus. The more than 350,000 square-foot facility, located in the Northwest Florida Industrial Park near I-10, will create 150-200 jobs and relocate 200 positions with above average pay.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners have approved the sales contract to secure and protect 27.57 acres of environmentally sensitive Soundside property in Gulf Breeze.

Santa Rosa commissioners will vote Thursday on the purchase of two partial parcels to construct a stormwater retention pond in the Five Points area. The drainage pond is pivotal to continuation of the Woodbine Road Improvement Project on the north end of the congested roadway.

Santa Rosa commissioners are looking at options for establishing a dedicated funding source for land conservation in the county.

A ribbon-cutting will be held Friday, Nov. 21 for the new VetCV Mission Next Center at the Pensacola State College Milton campus. The military and veterans resource center will be the first for Santa Rosa County and the first of its kind in Florida.

Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are getting a new Regional Traffic Management Center that will use technology to enhance traffic flow and improve safety on roadways in the two counties.

Rural Roots Day, to be held Saturday in Jay, honors the importance of agriculture in Santa Rosa County.

In an unusual move, an inmate scheduled to be executed this month in the 1998 sexual assault and murder of a Northwest Florida woman has decided not to fight in court.

Santa Rosa County is now studying the feasibility of constructing two aquatic centers in the county, at a combined cost of over $42 million. Recommendations include a larger competitive swimming facility in the south end, with a smaller facility aimed at recreational swimming activities in the central portion of the county.

Leonardo Helicopters US, a world leader in aerospace, defense and security, opens a new 73,000-square-foot maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Whiting Aviation Park in Santa Rosa. The company is expected to generate new high-wage jobs and boost the local economy.