Sidewalks, tree-shaded streets, historic street lighting, a central park space and easy access to downtown Pensacola's thriving business district have created a renewed interest in downtown living. This project will further realize the long held goal of the CRA to create a 24-hour-a-day population in the inner City through infill residential development.

The renovation of sidewalks, parking spaces, and landscape along a three-block section of Palafox Place in downtown Pensacola has been completed. As a part of the streetscape renovation the city has added 15 new on-street parking spaces for the convenience of downtown visitors. Stretching from Garden Street to Government Street, the three-blocks are the core business section of the downtown area. Downtown Pensacola offers a wide variety of shopping, dining, entertainment and services convenient to downtown employees, residents and visitors. Within this three-block area there are sixty businesses that offer a wide variety of shopping, dining, entertainment and services.

	Following the successful lead of other small and large cities across the country, Pensacola has identified the Palafox Pier as a downtown destination magnet. This $12 million mixed use development at the southern end of Palafox Street on the Palafox Pier includes a 92-slip marina, and two upland buildings: the 7,200 square feet Harbormaster Building that is completely leased and the Icehouse Building with 21,000 square feet that is complete and occupied by Network Telephone and Merrill Lynch. The second phase of development proposed on the pier site, 72,000 sq. ft. of mixed-use space, is under construction. As part of this public/private partnership, the City is investing $1.2 million in public infrastructure improvements such as sidewalks, pedestrian plazas, new pier railings, and historic lighting.

 Built with public-private financing, Seville Harbour looks out on Pensacola Bay and a bustling marina. The combination of offices, restaurants, and nightspots keep the atmosphere active and attractive.

Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians can all travel at their own pace on Zaragoza Street while they enjoy the heritage, shopping and foliage of the Historic Seville District.

In April 2001 the Florida Department of Transportation provided the City with a Roadside Beautification Assistance Program grant in the amount of $250,000 for Phase I of the Pensacola Bay Bridge West Side Landscape Improvement Project. The FDOT program provides assistance for the conservation of natural roadside growth and scenery and for the implementation and maintenance of roadside beautification programs. Phase II of the project will include the addition of streetlights and sidewalks.

What is there to do?

Wonderful restaurants where you can walk from: EATS, JACKSONS, GLOBAL GRILL, DHARMA BLUE and more:

NIGHT SPOTS such as SEVILLE which has Rose O'Grady's!