The Tanyard Community

05/21/2026

Next week Garbage and recycling collection will be delayed by one day as city offices will be closed Monday May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. Monday customers will be serviced on Tuesday May 26 and Tuesday customers will be serviced on Wednesday May 27.

Our offices will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.

Monday routes will be moved to Tuesday
Tuesday routes will be moved to Wednesday

Find out more: https://www.cityofpensacola.com/DocumentCenter/View/28832/2026-Holiday-Collection-Schedule

05/08/2026

Saturday start your day off right by doing good for a neighbor in need! Leave healthy, nonperishable food donations at your mailbox for your letter carrier to pick up. It's Stamp Out Hunger Day, and it's the easiest way to give!

💌‼️ 2 DAYS ‼️💌

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is THIS SATURDAY!

📅 Saturday, May 9, 2026

🌧️ In the event of rain, if your donation will be exposed to the weather, please double-bag it to protect it from getting damp! 🌧️

Participating is easy! 📫 Simply place healthy, non-perishable food donations in any bag by your mailbox on May 9 before your normal mail delivery! Your Letter Carrier will pick up your generous donations and deliver them to a local food pantry!

🥫 Find more information at www.mannahelps.org/events/nalc-food-drive/ 🥫

04/29/2026

04/22/2026

The Garden of Peace and Hope offers a quiet space for people who have lost loved ones to violence. It is located at Corinne Jones Park on Government Street in The Tanyard Community.

Lavon Brown helped to create the Garden of Peace and Hope as a place to remember and honor homicide victims. See link below ⬇️

📸 Tony Giberson/Pensacola News Journal

04/21/2026

🐝 Bee Election Ready this summer!

The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections team is buzzing into library branches starting in April through June to help you get election ready. Stop by during one of their visits to register to vote, learn about vote-by-mail options, sign up to be an election worker or get answers to your voting questions.

Pensacola Library
April 25 • 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
May 21 • 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Tryon Library
May 2 • 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
May 27 • 12 p.m.–4 p.m.

Century Library
May 5 • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Brownsville
May 7 • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Bellview Library
May 9 • 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
June 9 • 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Southwest Library
May 16 • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
June 15 • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Westside Library
May 29 • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Molino Library
June 11 • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Swing by during any of these times, no appointment needed!

04/12/2026

Please note another road closure in the Tanyard, at South B and West Government. The detour is already in place Sunday afternoon.

🚧Road Closure🚧

The intersection of West Government Street and South B Street will be temporarily closed starting Monday, April 13 as crews work on installing new stormwater piping.

👉🏽Residents will maintain access to their homes during the construction.
👉🏽Drivers traveling on West Government Street, between A and C Street, will be detoured to West Intendencia Street.
👉🏽Drivers traveling on South B Street, between West Main Street and West Intendencia Street, will be detoured to A and C Street.
👉🏽Work is expected to wrap up by May 13, weather permitting.

For more information, please contact City of Pensacola Engineering at [email protected] or call 850-435-1685.

04/04/2026

🚧As a reminder, Barrancas Avenue, between L Street and I Street, will be temporarily reduced to two lanes beginning Monday, April 6.

City and ECUA crews will install new sanitary sewer infrastructure at the three-way intersection of K Street, Barrancas Avenue and Main Street.

Construction will begin in phases, with westbound traffic detoured from turning left at the Barrancas Avenue intersection throughout the project.

👉Phase 1 | April 6: Main Street, from Barrancas Avenue to I Street, will be shut off to through traffic. Traffic will be detoured via I Street for six weeks.

👉Phase 2 | May 11: Southbound vehicles on K Street accessing Barrancas Street will be detoured to Zarragossa Street. Westbound traffic on Main Street will be prohibited from turning left at the Barrancas Avenue intersection and will be detoured to I Street.

Phase 1 construction will be complete by May 11 and Phase 2 by June 23, weather permitting.

ℹ️For more information, please contact City of Pensacola Engineering at [email protected] or 850-435-1685.

01/21/2026

Escambia County, in partnership with the Canopy Council and the Canopy Restoration Project, invites residents to join an upcoming volunteer tree-planting event. Volunteers are needed to help transport trees and mulch and assist with planting.