The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a nonprofit research and education organization has selected the Vince Whibbs Community Maritime Park as one of three finalists for the North Florida 2016 Awards of Excellence.
The Awards for Excellence Program is intended to be the centerpiece of ULI's efforts in North Florida to identify and promote best practices in all types of real estate development. The awards recognize the full development process of a project: planning, construction, economic viability, and management, as well as design. Steve Dana of Jerry Pate Design nominated the Community Maritime Park in the Open Space category. Jerry Pate Design was one of the owner’s representatives on the Maritime Park Project. The Community Maritime Park is the first-ever finalist from Pensacola and North West Florida. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/PFvzid.