Today Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. announced plans for its future Suzuki Marine Technical Center USA, scheduled to be built on a 20-acre waterfront property in Panama City, Florida. While the official launch date for this project is still unknown, Suzuki is currently finishing renovations on existing building sites on the property.

The world has been overwhelmed with the ever so known COVID-19. This worldwide pandemic has unfortunately altered the way we live our lives. Working from home, towns, and businesses closing, people being quarantined, are just a few things that have been affecting our world and our communities.

It seems almost everyone in the Northwest Florida community—and much of the Southeast in general—remembers the early morning of Wednesday, February 13, 2019, when the dreaded news of Grayton Beach’s beloved Red Bar burned down to the ground.

Caliza Restaurant at Alys Beach has received the Diners’ Choice Award as a result of being voted by diners as a top-rated restaurant experience.

On February 1, Scenic Sotheby’s International Realty hosted a celebration of its agents and staff at The Henderson Beach Resort and Spa in Destin, Florida. This annual event is to recognize the successes of the brokerage’s team members throughout 2019.

On the morning of Wednesday, January 22, 2020, the VIE magazine staff gathered with the VIE Beach House – A Show Home creators Jim Accola and Scott Kurfirst of Coastal Elements Construction, Suzy Accola and her team from Q Tile, the film crew from AlohaBorah Media, and Pastor Gary Wingo and Jan Wingo of the Chapel at Seaside.

Welcome to our ever-evolving story about the VIE Beach House – A Show Home. We have been busily working on a year-long marketing and sponsorship program with the house debuting in Fall 2020.

Panama City Beach is excited to announce its 2020 calendar of events including longstanding annual festivals, concerts and events that honor the destination’s reputation as the Real.Fun.Beach.

On the heels of the fiftieth anniversary of the infamous Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, which took place in Bethel, New York, in August of 1969, the Seaside Repertory Theatre (The REP) presented its ninth annual tribute concert event. Woodstock: The Tribute Concert took place at The REP on Tuesday, November 19.

Alaqua Animal Refuge’s inaugural Animoré weekend was truly a festival to celebrate the love of animals. The 6th Annual 100 Point and Cult Wine Dinner and the first-ever Barn Jam took place October 18 and 19 in Freeport, Florida, and raised over $1,100,000 to support Alaqua’s Capital Campaign, “Second Chances Start Here."

Beau Interiors is set to host its 4th Annual Christmas Open House on Sunday, Nov. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Shoppers are invited to celebrate the season with live music by The Gulfgrass Ramblers, light bites, specialty drinks, giveaways, sales, and more!

One year later, citizens of Mexico Beach and the surrounding areas of the Florida Panhandle are still dealing with massive cleanup endeavors, rebuilding homes and reopening businesses, waiting for insurance claims to go through, and working hard to get area schools ready to resume—but they have hope for the future.