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Panama City officials and residents call for formal planning process for downtown marina and uplands

5964910 · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Residents and city staff discussed reusing prior visioning work, hiring consultants and holding public charrettes to guide redevelopment of the Downtown Marina, the Greenway Parkway and adjacent uplands; PFM and Dover Cole materials were cited during the meeting.

Speakers at a town-hall meeting in Panama City urged the mayor and city staff to open a formal planning process for the Downtown Marina, Greenway Parkway and adjacent uplands, and to build on earlier visioning work the city already paid for.

The push came from a resident who said the city should “initiate a planning process” and use materials created by Dover Cole in a prior visioning effort. “They’ve done all the legwork,” the resident told the gathering, asking the mayor to bring the two efforts together so public workshops and updated drawings guide any redevelopment.

City Attorney Nevin Zimmerman and Development Services…

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