Comments on: Bergosh Talks Beulah Growth, OLF-8 (And Why Car Washes Are Being Built)

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 23:59:15 +0000

Jeff i iive across the street too and I don’t want it, and I didn’t want any part of the transaction you made without any of Beulah ’s input in order to get that land. I thought you were supposed to represent us. I guess I was sadly mistaken.

By: dave lamb

dave lamb — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 02:41:32 +0000

There once was apiece of land in Beulah Land that was the 4H home where many spent summer days with fond memories. Too bad it is now NFCU and parking lots.
The new 4H center is no where near as nice as LBC. no lake, no cabins, no activity center, no thriving pine woods and cattle roaming around. I guess this is progress.

By: James Stafford

James Stafford — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:39:31 +0000

My wife and I moved to Beulah from S Florida 18 months ago in part to get away from the big city. Have been very unimpressed with the county’s approach to zoning and development. I am 100% for property rights, but good zoning actually promotes economic growth over the long term by making an area a more desirable place to live and work. DR Horton Inc. approach is to buy a chunk of pasture, cram as many virtually identical single family homes on it as possible and repeat. This a hugely profitable company (nothing wrong with that, btw) that has the resources to build something that could be a showpiece not just for the county but for DR Horton. I’m familiar with some of DPZ’s projects in other parts of the state and they are excellent. You have only to visit Rosemary Beach to see it in action. County residents need and deserve a place like this. Commissioner Bergosh says he likes North Escambia News, I hope he’s reading the comments here.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 07:32:57 +0000

If all you folks in Beulah think the car washes are bad, wait until they start putting a weed dispensary right across from a check cashing place all in sight of 2 Dollar Generals. That’s what my once nice area of town has become. I’d gladly trade that for a car wash or 2 or 3.

By: J

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 07:24:02 +0000

Back when my great grandfather was a commissioner he looked for his people.he made sure what was already there was maintained. Ditches and culverts cleaned out roads taken care way before problems start. Escambia county can not handle what they already have.why keep making more problems commence . Look at box lake road deal where are the business and jobs they promised. Hurricane season here again just take care of what mess you have already made. People of escambia county would respect you more .

By: JOHN

JOHN — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:06:58 +0000

Zoning is desperately needed, but It’s harder to get zoning laws in unincorporated areas than inside cities, towns, and townships.

By: S.

S. — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:40:20 +0000

“When people buy a piece of property, they have property rights. I can’t tell them, hey, you can’t build a car wash.”

Attitudes and subsequent zoning polices like that are the reason why we can’t have anything nice. Instead, we just get more low quality, low overhead, and redundant businesses crammed together like car washes and self storage.

By: RWA

RWA — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 01:47:04 +0000

Glad other folks are tired of seeing car washes being built one right after another. Pensacola has areas that flood due to the fact trees keeping being removed to build more places that we don’t need. Stricter zoning regulations will dictate what people can and can’t build on property and it is done in other cities. We need city/county leaders that look to the future instead of the here and now.

By: Fred Pope

Fred Pope — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:54:16 +0000

J you are sooo correct!!!!!!

By: Olin Schultz

Olin Schultz — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:11:39 +0000

The only thing that I got out of the Town Hall Meeting last night were more questions than answers! Repaving Beulah Rd. instead of 4 lanes is throwing away money and this could be used to fund the interchange project. Frank Reeder widened is only there to benefit the Olf project. It is putting the cart before the horse. Remember when NFCU was built how bad the traffic was on the two lane 9 mile Rd? Add three new subdivisions north of 9 mile Rd. on Beulah Rd. Plus a new subdivision in the works with 65 plus houses and we are back to square one! It seems as though the BCC have a lack of communication at the least! If the residents of Beulah want more taxes because their Property value increases then it’s all great! When is enough enough?