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Pensacola, Florida
Population: 64,000
Located in Escambia County
Pensacola, Florida
PENSACOLA…FLORIDA’S BEST KEPT SECRET!
If you’re from the North, imagine mild winters of three months or less. Temperatures that rarely let snow stick more than mere moments to our beautiful St. Augustine turf. Imagine 99% pure quartz, snow-white beaches where sugar fine sands sift gently beneath your footsteps as you stroll along the nation’s most beautiful coastline.
Pensacola is also known as the Cradle of Naval Aviation. Amongst our citizens of nearly 400,000 in Escambia County alone, many of our neighbors are either active military, students, teachers or retired. Most aviators’ careers began in our wide variety of aviation schools and specialty courses. We have now acquired additional branches of the military other than just the Navy with the closure of other bases around the country.
What a wonderful city to learn the history of our great nation. Geronimo was once a guest along with many of his wives at Fort Pickens, which is located at Pensacola Beach. Our museums tell wonderful accounts of a city proud to be known as the City of Five Flags. When touring the downtown area, many of the nations who have tried to hold Pensacola for their own, have left indelible marks on our architecture from French, to Spanish and British….we have it all. The majestic Live Oaks were sought by many a sailing firm during the era of beautiful handcrafted sailing craft and now are protected in their natural habit for generations to admire.
New Orleans is 3 hours to the west, Atlanta is 5 ½ hours to the Northeast, Disney World is 8 hours away – that’s close enough for a weekend. With the every growing expansion of the airport right in the heart of the mall area, everything is accessible.
Fresh water bass fishing, deer season, big bill fishing, snorkeling near sunken freighters or old sailing ships lost to hurricanes of the 1800’s, tons of arts & crafts festivals year around, IMAX theatres where you fly with the Blue Angels. You can have it all when you visit and fall in love with this magnificent city by the Gulf of Mexico.
Pensacola, best known as the “Cradle of Naval Aviation”, has trained aviators for every major conflict during the 20th century. Annually, 40,000 enlisted and officer students begin their initial training in the Pensacola Bay Area. The military is the largest economic engine in the greater Pensacola area, with more than $2.39 billion in salary and wages produced annually by more than 20,000 active duty and military/federal employees and 30,000+ military retirees. Additionally, military spouses are estimated to contribute $170 million annually in local salaries as part of the $2.39 billion.
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