The Walton Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce their official speaker lineup for their annual symposium, “The Next BIG Thing” presented by Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, happening Tuesday-Wednesday, September 6-7, 2022, at Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort and Spa. Throughout the two-day event, guests will hear from a [...]
The Walton Area Chamber of Commerce will host “The Next BIG Thing” on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in the Baytowne Conference Center. Presented by Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, the annual symposium has three distinctive tracks, including leadership development, business and entrepreneurship, and women in business. The event [...]
The Market Shops, located at the entrance to Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, hosted its 6th Annual Bloody Mary Festival on Saturday, October 23, 2021. The annual event, powered by Step One Automotive Group, raised $30,000 for Habitat for Humanity - Walton County, a record-breaking amount for the festival. The sold-out event welcomed over [...]
Costa Enterprises McDonald’s hosted a benefit night on Wednesday, December 16 at their Niceville and Bluewater Bay locations. A portion of the sales made at both locations were combined and given directly to Kohltan Ward’s family. On Monday, January 11 the Costa Enterprises team presented a check of $1,000 to the family. Both McDonald’s locations [...]
On Thursday, June 25 the HSU Educational Foundation hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony in tandem with the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event to unveil the new HSU Innovation Institute, a facility centered in the Fort Walton Beach Commerce and Technology Park, designed to inspire innovation among both the [...]
The Market Shops will host a OneBlood Drive on Friday, July 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All donors will receive a complimentary COVID-19 Antibody Test in addition to the regularly administered wellness checkup consisting of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and iron count, including cholesterol screening. The antibody test is authorized by the Food and [...]
On Wednesday, June 24, Destin Water Users, Inc. (DWU) celebrated the completion of their newest water tower, Tower 5, with a valve turning ceremony honoring all of the companies and individuals who worked on the project. Located at 719 Forest Street, the celebration brought together representatives from each company who played a part in creating [...]
On Wednesday, June 24, Back Beach Barbecue will celebrate their three-year anniversary. Due to continued precautions surrounding the spread of COVID-19, the Bay County restaurant will celebrate the occasion by opening up their dining room and outdoor patio, where tables are spaced six feet apart, for loyal patrons to come enjoy their signature barbecue. The [...]
Voting for Emerald Coast Magazine’s 2020 Best of the Emerald Coast has officially begun. The ballot for this year’s award can be found online or in the June/July 2020 issue of Emerald Coast Magazine. Now in its 21-year anniversary, Rowland Publishing and Emerald Coast Magazine created “The Best of the Emerald Coast” award to recognize various [...]
Costa Enterprises McDonald’s celebrated two recent graduates, Josiah Gould and Candice Montague, who were able to attain higher education degrees through Costa McDonald’s Archways to Opportunity Programs. Due to COVID-19, traditional graduation ceremonies were cancelled, so the Costa team took it into their own hands to celebrate the accomplishments of Gould and Montague. Complete with [...]