Article: Tortoises to get new digs: The move is going slowly for crews trying to relocate 50 gopher tortoises from a DeFuniak Springs site.

Article: DeFuniak Springs eyes downtown revitalization.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  May 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Heather Civil May 2--DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- Gillis Douglass thinks DeFuniak Springs is ready to return to the days when downtown ... said Douglass, vice president of the DeFuniak Springs Business and Professionals Association ...

Article: DeFuniak Springs considering new impact fees: ...
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  February 22, 2007 ;     665 words ... ... Byline: Heather Civil Feb. 22--DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- City officials might ask developers ... enforcement and fire protection. The DeFuniak Springs City Council is considering charging ... station with about 14 firefighters. DeFuniak Springs will need a second fire station within ...

Article: DeFuniak Springs airport starting to take off.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  July 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Heather Civil Jul. 5--DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- Ten years ago the DeFuniak Springs Municipal Airport was little more than ... to expand the airport even more, said DeFuniak Springs Assistant City Manager Larry Laird ...

Article: Lowe's eyes DeFuniak Springs.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  May 13, 2007 ;     639 words ...Byline: Heather Civil May 13--DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- A new Lowe's home improvement ... not confirmed that it will build in DeFuniak Springs, but the company has submitted plans ... News. "We have not done that in DeFuniak Springs." Lowe's will issue a news release ...

Article: Company may move from DeFuniak Springs to Freeport.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  June 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Heather Civil Jun. 29--DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- The city is facing the loss of ... Manager Larry Laird worries that the DeFuniak Springs area might lose jobs if workers are ... They're fixin' to move out of (DeFuniak Springs) anyway," Marse said. "They ...

Article: Family starts over in DeFuniak Springs.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  August 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Heather Civil Aug. 29--DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- One year ago, Max Gagnard, his ... driving his family from New Orleans to DeFuniak Springs, where they have relatives, in tortuously ... They realized that they would be in DeFuniak Springs for a long time. 'It was just an ...

Article: DeFuniak Springs, Fla., Receives $550,000 Commerce ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... officials from the city of DeFuniak Springs during a visit to Northwest ... Wednesday. The grant will help DeFuniak Springs improve the infrastructure ... and add more utilities. DeFuniak Springs company Aero FX Inc., which ...