2020 Perdido Key Chamber_Feb 2020

OUR COMMISSIONER
PHOTO BY AMANDA SOPER
Welcome home. Whether you are here for a
week or forever, you are home when you
are on Perdido Key. From the first time
you set foot on the island, it has a way
of taking up residency in your soul. If
you are a visitor I would try to warn you that, before you
know it, that space in your soul will be a lot bigger than
you thought. You will find that your mind wanders back
to Perdido Key no matter where you are. I would try to
warn you, but why bother? Embrace it and give yourself
a little knowing smile...you have found the Lost Key.
You could not have come home at a better time. 2020 will see
a lot of activity on the island. We have spent years securing our
environment and our wildlife, implementing protections against
rampant development and ensuring the resiliency of the natural
and built environments. We
have developed and secured
natural corridors throughout
the island that will protect us
form the fate of so many of
our neighbor communities,
whose development has
choked out their natural
beauty. More work remains
to achieve the mandates of
the Habitat Conservation
Plan, but the progress we
have made ensures we will
never backslide.
Now we are beginning
a period of emphasis on
building the environment
FROM THE FIRST TIME
YOU SET FOOT ON
THE ISLAND, IT HAS
A WAY OF TAKING UP
RESIDENCY IN YOUR
SOUL. IF YOU ARE A
VISITOR I WOULD TRY
TO WARN YOU THAT,
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
THAT SPACE IN YOUR
SOUL WILL BE A LOT
BIGGER THAN YOU
THOUGHT.
for the people who call the island home. Expect to see
improvements to our traffic on the island, like a traffic circle
at Johnson Beach Road and additional parking options. We
want you to “park once and play all day” on Perdido, and this
year we are breaking ground on the The Perdido Key Multi Use
Path. This is the backbone of the walkability and accessibility
objectives of the Perdido Key Master Plan, and your passport to
all that the island has to offer. You are home when you are
here...get out and explore it!
The
Key, a
rapid
island
heart
Doug Underhill
District 2 County Commissioner,
Escambia County
PerdidoChamber.com • VisitPerdido.com | 850-492-4660
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