Girls Gone Wild “Saga” Continues
By: Elizabeth Cate
Joe Francis a No Show for Court Proceeding
Source: WMBB News Department
Fire Near New Airport No Cause for Concern
By: Jessi Chapin
Lucky Puppy Dog Rescue Adoption Event
By: Erin Hawley
Bay Med Hosts Construction Tour
By: Allyson Walker
Florida’s Unemployment Climbs but Panhandle Boasts Some of the Lowest Rates
Source: Associated Press
Thomas Drive and Joan Avenue to be Closed for Construction
Source: City of Panama City Beach
Rates for High-Risk Accounts Going Up
Source: Associated Press
Shoppers Should Know Their Rights Before the Holidays
Source: Associated Press
H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinic on Saturday at the Bay County Health Department
Source: Bay County Health Department
For Additional Headlines - go to our News Section »
- Man Arrested for Catching Goliath Grouper
made by gator@work - Three Bay County Hospitals Go Smoke-Free
made by gator@work - Three Bay County Hospitals Go Smoke-Free
made by retired one - Man Arrested for Catching Goliath Grouper
made by concernedcitizen - Four Arrests Made in Connection to Weight Loss Clinics
made by kfarmer
- Joe Francis a No Show for Court Proceeding
- Girls Gone Wild “Saga” Continues
- Update: New Details in Cocaine Case Emerge
- Woman Charged with Fatally Shooting Husband After Blaming Dog
- H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinic for People 24 and Under
- Fountain Woman Charged with Husband’s Murder - First Appearance
- Cocaine Trial for Amy Cooper Continues
- 10 Worst Toys of the 2009 Holiday Season
- Tuberculosis Case at Arnold
- Mistrial Declared in Case Against Amy Cooper
Bay Town Trolley officials are kicking off their new campaign and their footwear to encourage visitors and residents to flip flop aboard the weekend beach route.
Those walking along the beach will run into over 1 thousand free flip flops placed in strategic areas to encourage more trolley ridership. It’s part of a new campaign by the Bay Town Trolley to advertise 50 cent rides from one end of the beach to another.
City officials are helping spread the word with piles of free flip flops on the beach anyone can pick up and wear to step aboard the weekend trolley which runs every half hour from Pier Park to Wal-mart along Front Beach Road.
With only 4 more weeks of this summer route, officials are hoping the campaign will help spread the word and make it stick as they aim to continue the route next summer.
Since mid-June when the weekend route started, it’s already seen over 3 thousand riders.
“Gas is so expensive and everything in our economy is escalating so we’re offering an alternative to the visitor and the poeple that live here,” said Panama City Beach Mayor Gayle Oberst adding that she’s noticed a difference on the beach.
“In all of the growth situations across our country you’re seeing that cities are turning to mass transit and the reason of course is the economy and the gas situation and we’d like to think we’d like to think we’re going to be on the beginning edge of that for Bay County,” she said.
The route isn’t the only thing trolley officials are doing to provide more service to their growing ridership. In March, they extended service hours to 8 pm and at the beginning of August they added an additional trolley to the beach route.
At the end of September city leaders will take ridership into account and decide on whether or not to continue the weekend beach route service.
WMBB.com requires that you be a registered site member to post comments and content.
First, we are not being sneaky and gathering your email or other information to sell to telemarketers or e-mail spam companies.
Registration on this site is required simply to allow us to keep people who would post discriminatory, threatening and harassing messages and comments from doing it again.
By having user registration, we hope to provide you with a better user experience. Please view WMBB.com's full Terms & Conditions