High Voltage Entrepreneur
When he was 8 years old, Dave Hoxeng would drift off to sleep listening to his crystal radio set, his dial already set to a lifetime in the radio business.
Key Players: Gaines Street Makeover
Big names in the Gaines Street renovation project The Short List of Key Players in the Gaines Street Makeover {mosimage}Tallahassee Mayor John MarksMarks was elected in 2003 and actively promotes the revitalization of not only the Gaines Street corridor but…
Timeline: Gaines Street Revitalization
A look, over the years, at the progress on Gaines Street.A Timeline of Events of the Gaines Street Revitalization1991:A preliminary design and environmental study is started for Gaines Street but is put on hold. In September, the Tallahassee City Commission…
Unlocking Southside
Big plans are in the works.Unlocking SouthsideNo longer overlooked, Tallahassee’s south side is full of promise and potential By Jason DehartIf you want to build homes and businesses in Tallahassee, you need to face south. Just look at a map.…
Word On The Street
Opionions on Gaines Street Revitalization What do you think about Gaines Street redevelopment?By Jason Dehart {mosimage}“My dad told the commissioners that in his 50 years of following road and bridge construction, he’s never seen a county, city or state reduce the…
Agenda
A compendium of business news.Praise for the Appraiser▪ Leon County Property Appraiser Bert Hartsfield and his staff will be honored with the Certificate of Excellence in Assessment Administration in September. Just 10 appraising offices have ever won the certificate, presented…
What They're Saying
Community leaders comment on the big issues in the South side.“When you think about the big issues in the south side, one is to prevent student housing from migrating into the neighborhoods that are traditionally single-family dwellings . . .…
New and Notable
St. Joe Company is spreading its mighty wings southwest of SouthWood.St. Joe Company Busy Making Plans — AgainFirst SouthWood. Now Southside.By Jason DehartSt. Joe Company is spreading its mighty wings southwest of SouthWood with an idea that would put a…
Tallahassee is Home to a Diverse and Growing Selection of Religious Institutions
Going to church was practically de rigueur in the 1970s. Most people took church attendance for granted, showing up for worship at 11 a.m. every Sunday without thinking twice about it. Not so 30 years later, says Doug Dortch, senior…
Mary Call Darby Collins – Just Herself
Not many in Tallahassee would respond to hearing her name by asking, “Mary Call who?” She’s well known and widely admired by countless friends and by many others who know her only because of her name and her status as…
Economic Development Outlook
A word from Dr. Bill Law Gaines Street drives educational corridorThe neighborhoods dominated by people who study or work at Florida State, Florida A&M, and Tallahassee Community College have seen generations come and go. The constant is that our institutions…
The Tallahassee Civic Chorale celebrates 20 years of music
Tallahassee Civic Chorale finds a home at Tallahassee Community College
Challenges Ahead
What's in store for the future of Gaines Street?If You 'Vision’ It, Will They Build?By Jason DehartOK, you want to take an existing two-way, four-lane road and turn it into a two-way, two-lane road with on-street parking and other amenities.…
In His Own Words
In his own words rediscovering a father’s love by reading his journals
Mary Jane Ryals, the Big Bend’s First Poet Laureate, Builds Bridges Between Cultures
Ryals’ appointment as poet laureate was followed by the release her latest book of poems
Tallahassee Festival of Books and Writers Conference
A Bigger, Better Conference for Readers and Writers Seeks to Put Tallahassee on the Bibliophile’s Map
What Squirrels Can Teach Us About Retirement
For Boomers, It Looks Like Stashing Nuts Beats the 401(k)
Searching for Gloria Jahoda
A quest to find the ‘outsider’ writer who captured the spirit of North Florida
Taking the Pledge
This holiday season, I solemnly swear: To write a thoughtful, personal message on all my Christmas cards and mail them at least two weeks before Dec. 25. To avoid sending myself into turkey overload by taking a second — or…
Are You a Weather Whiner?
A letter from the publisher of Tallahassee Magazine
