New Year Same You: Trash Your Resolutions
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By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd *Note, this is a satire piece for anti New Years resolutions So, you’ve maxed out a credit card...
Dec 1, 202125 min read
Love Your City: A Guide to Giving Back
By Dakota Parks and staff for Pensacola Magazine Introduction by Dakota Parks There is a lot to love about Pensacola—from the iconic...
Oct 1, 202120 min read
Building the Brand: Women-Owned Agencies Shaping the Future of Business
By Dakota Parks for Northwest Florida's Business Climate In today's digital landscape, where Americans are estimated to encounter between...
Aug 1, 202112 min read
The New Vintage: Curating Nostalgic Collections
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Fashion trends often rotate with the seasons and come in and out of style like clockwork. Mom jeans,...
Jul 1, 20218 min read
Fishing for the Future: How Conservation and Sustainability Promote Healthy Ecosystems
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine Fishing along the Gulf Coast is more than just a hobby or a job—it’s a way of life and a cultural...
Mar 1, 202114 min read
Discovering New Routes: Pensacola's Food Truck Scene Flourishes Despite Pandemic
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd If there is one thing Pensacolians love more than the beach, Blue Wahoos or craft beer, it’s food...
Feb 1, 202114 min read
Keeping the Arts Alive
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine When the world first stood still, suspended and reeling in the wave of initial COVID-19 reports...
Jan 1, 20214 min read
Active Design Fab + Fit Local Fashion
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine So you've put working out on your list of New Year’s resolutions—good for you! Now, what to wear?...
Dec 1, 20208 min read
Merry Queersmas: How the LGBT+ Community Celebrates
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Gathering around the dining room table with family can be daunting—especially with looming discussion...
Nov 1, 20206 min read
A Joyous Defiance: The Poetry of Charles McCaskill
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Lost in the clutches of a fantasy novel or scouring the pages of journals and composition notebooks,...
Nov 1, 20205 min read
Curbing Community Food Insecurity
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine As the nation copes with COVID-19 economic instability, massive layoffs and evictions, food...
Oct 16, 20205 min read
A Garden Oasis: The Garden at Palafox & Main Opens
By Dakota Parks for Business Climate When Michael Carro first opened the Al Fresco food court seven years ago, he set out to bring...
Aug 1, 202022 min read
Diversify Your Circle: Support POC-Owned Businesses
By Dakota Parks and Gina Castro for Downtown Crowd Introduction By Dakota Parks From restaurants to grocery stores, hair salons, barbers,...
Jul 1, 202018 min read
Rewriting the Rules: 2020 Female Graduates Take Charge
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine High school and college graduates are the faces and voices of the future. Despite the fact that...
May 1, 202011 min read
Healthcare Workers on the Front Line: Pensacola Fights Against Covid-19
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine Across America, healthcare workers have been on the front line of the fight against the COVID-19...
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