Good News Bay Episode 1- General Mark McQueen

Episode 1: General Mark McQueen
What’s been happening in Panama City since Hurricane Michael?  How are we recovering?  What are some of the new city projects?  In this episode, Steve sits down with Panama City’s City Manager, Mark McQueen to discuss the city’s efforts in making Panama City the primer city in the Florida Panhandle and the power of prayer in Mark’s personal life.

Podcast Timeline

00:51 Introduction and biography Gen. Mark McQueen

5:53 Gen. McQueen’s overcoming Covid 

12:27  Power of prayer 

13:50 Bay County recovering & rebuilding 

20:20 Making Panama City the “Primer City in the Panhandle”

21:45 Historical Downtown transformation 

23:05 Millville, St. Andrews, Glenwood Community Plans approved 

25:50 New projects in Bay County 

28:30 New home developments 

30:20 Tyndall Air Force Base & Eastern Shipbuilders contracts 

32:05 First-time home owners assistance 

34:03 Bay County infrastructure updates

35:56 Bed-tax dollars 

40:40 Closing comments 

Podcast Resources

Referenced Article: USA Today: Coronavirus recovery: What Americans can learn from hurricane-ravaged Panama City, Florida: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/26/coronavirus-florida-panama-city-adopts-lessons-hurricane-michael/5164057002/ Referenced  LinksReHouse Bay:  https://rehousebay.org 

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Steve Taylor is the senior pastor at Emerald Coast Fellowship.  Steve and his wife, Christi, live in Panama City, Florida and have two children.  Steve has served at ECF since 2007.  It’s his prayer through this podcast we can make Bay County brighter one conversation at a time! 

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