Category: key west chamber of commerce

KEY WEST AIRPORT READIES FOR $80M UPGRADE

Written by Upper Keys Mortgage Syndicated User on April 30, 2021. Posted in Business, key west chamber of commerce, Key West News, Monroe County airports, Travel, Upper Keys Florida Mortgage, Upper Keys Mortgage.

Despite the beloved island charm of Key West International Airport, the days of passengers walking across the tarmac when arriving and departing soon will be gone. Richard Strickland, Monroe County airports director, presented plans at a meeting on April 27 for a new concourse at the Key West airport that will include a new security checkpoint, new gates, a new “hold room” for departing passengers, new concessions, a new baggage claim area and glass-enclosed jet bridges, or jetways, to connect the planes with the building. The targeted completion date is October 2024. “There will be much more...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: CRUISE SHIP PROPONENT USED TO BE ‘ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS’

Written by Upper Keys Mortgage Syndicated User on April 7, 2021. Posted in Arlo Haskell, Business, Cruise Ship Debate, Historic Tours of America, key west chamber of commerce, Key West News, Opinion, Safer Cleaner Ships, Upper Keys Florida Mortgage, Upper Keys Mortgage.

I won’t take up too much of your ink on the curious claims made by Ed Swift in his recent letter. He says he has no financial involvement in the draft legislation that would overturn the results of last year’s Key West election and force large cruise ships back into Key West. But this will come as a surprise to Kate DeLoach and the other lobbyists at the Southern Group, the high-priced firm that represents both Historic Tours of America and Mark Walsh’s Pier B Development Corporation in their effort to punish their neighbors for voting against large cruise ships and continue to exploit our shared...