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Just two years ago, the historically Black college was in such deep financial trouble it was in danger of closing. But the school has survived.

The owner of a 2-acre lot in Daytona Beach's Midtown neighborhood is hoping to build apartments on the site. The plan relies on tax credits.

Daytona commission gives Sarasota company one more shot at building Midtown apartments Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, The Daytona Beach News-Journal © David Tucker/News Journal New Daytona Beach city manager Deric Feacher looks on as Mayor Derrick Henry speaks during the city commission meeting, Wednesday night June 2, 2021 at city hall. DAYTONA BEACH — A Sarasota company has one more chance to line up tax credits for an affordable apartment project before city officials withdraw their vitally important support for the venture. Two years ago, city commissioners chose to endorse Be...

"Dr. Powell's breadth and depth of knowledge about B-CU, his experience and broad community engagement made him the natural choice for this role," Perry said. "He is well-regarded, not just in the B-CU community, but also in business and philanthropic communities throughout Central Florida. He is a clear leader who can execute." Powell officially begins his new role June 1. A Miami native, Powell has an undergraduate degree from B-CU in music education, earned a master's in fine arts in music theory from the University of Florida, and a doctoral degree in music theory from Florida State Univ...

DAYTONA BEACH — E. LaBrent Chrite, who abruptly resigned as president of Bethune-Cookman University on Tuesday morning without first informing the school's Board of Trustees, already has a new job. Chrite is the new president of Bentley University, a private school located in Waltham, Mass. The school is focused on business education and is touted as one of the best business schools in the Northeast. Bentley has undergraduate, masters degree and PhD programs. Its enrollment includes 4,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students. Waltham is a city of about 63,000 peo...