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Downtown Pensacola’s T.T. Wentworth Museum is one step closer to a new name, after receiving the state’s blessing to change it.
The Florida Historical Commission approved changing the museum’s name to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.
“The board voted to authorize me to reach out to the state Historic Preservation officer, to see if we could get before the Florida Historical Commission to request the name be changed, that happened,” said Rob Overton, who oversees the UWF Historic Trust.
“I drafted the letter, and the Historical Commission met Friday, Feb. 5,” Overton said. “I participated in that meeting; it was an agenda item that they had [under] new business. They stated our request, fielded some questions, a good bit of discussion, and the Historical Commission approved our request.”
DAYTONA BEACH For years, the city has been battling to eradicate state deed restrictions that block it from creating private development along the banks of the Halifax River.
Last week, the city finally notched a small victory among the dozens of acres it s been trying to liberate from public-use-only mandates.
On Tuesday the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved lifting state deed restrictions on a small piece of riverfront city land next to the Halifax Harbor Marina. The .41-acre property that had been the home of the Armed Forces Reserve Center for nearly 50 years could now be closer to becoming part of a new development with condominiums, a hotel, restaurant or some other new use.