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DAYTONA BEACH — When the coronavirus pandemic sent the Florida economy into lock-down mode in March, the Daytona Beach City Commission voted to temporarily waive building permit fees to keep the local construction industry going. "We wanted to keep people working if they could do so safely," said then-City Commissioner Rob Gilliland. "What we were trying to do was help the little guys." Some small businesses were helped by the waiver. But the biggest beneficiary by far was the area's current largest builder of new homes: Minto Communities, developer of the fast-growing Latitude Marga...

Margaritaville is biggest beneficiary of Daytona's building permit fee waiver Clayton Park, The Daytona Beach News-Journal Latitude Margaritaville draws newcomers to Daytona Beach Replay Video UP NEXT DAYTONA BEACH — When the coronavirus pandemic sent the Florida economy into lock-down mode in March, the Daytona Beach City Commission voted to temporarily waive building permit fees to keep the local construction industry going. "We wanted to keep people working if they could do so safely," said then-City Commissioner Rob Gilliland. "What we were trying to do was help the...