HOT TOPICS
The Navarre Pass: For more than 40 years, various citizens and volunteer groups have organized and lobbied for efforts to see a navigable public "pass" developed for purposes of access to the Gulf of Mexico from the Santa Rosa Sound. Leaders of the Chamber of Commerce have served in various roles in these efforts. While the Chamber does not currently have a formal role, we do support the concept of a public pass and will continue to have our "eyes and ears"
on this effort.
Currently a grassroots committee meets occassionally to further pursue this initiative. It is known as the Navarre-Pohlmann Pass Committee. More information on this effort is available from their website, www.navarrepass.com or by contacting the Chairman -- Chuck Pohlmann -- via phone (850-803-7780) or email.
Navarre Incorporation Study: The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce funded Phase I of a feasibility study on Incorporation of Navarre. Phase I only concluded that Navarre is "eligible" or "qualifies" legislatively to consider pursuing a "Phase II" study and what incorporation may or may not entail for Navarre. Phase II would investigate what services Navarre citizens would like to have and whether or not the citizens of Navarre think incorporation would
be the answer to the need for those services. While the Chamber of Commerce supports the effort for a Phase II Study on the issues associated with incorporation, the Chamber will not officially take a stand on an issue that has yet to be fully researched. We ask our members to form their own opinions based on the factsm until such time as the Chamber can decide an an organization whether or not it would be good for Navarre. In essence, we are waiting
to see if incorporation would help "Make the Navarre Area the Best Environment to Live, Work and Do Business."
Phase II is being organized by a separate organization (still under the organizational phases) with outside funding; however, as an "issue of interest" for Navarre businesses and citizens, we will stay involved and publish information here from time to time. By virtue of being volunteers in our community, some participants in Phase II may form and express their own opinions in support or opposition. Please know that just because they are members of the Chamber, their opinion
does not represent an official position of the organization. Click here for a copy of the Phase I Feasibility Study.