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One week after clearing the path for new homes to be built near the Ormond Scenic Loop, the Volusia County Council is exploring growth management rules.
5:15 p.m. | Council wraps up meeting Billie Wheeler talked a few upcoming events, then asked to play the video showing bad behavior during Daytona Truck Week that attracted attention at the Daytona Beach City Commission last week. "A lot of these events take over a whole new life through social media and what happens over the bridge is total destruction," she said. "That was appalling to me, to see those things." She said it's got to stop and she's engaging in conversations with several of the beachside city leaders. Ben Johnson said to follow the playbook that stopped Spring Break and Bla...
DAYTONA BEACH — Less than a decade ago, the local economy here was still in the grips of the Great Recession with real estate development activity practically at a standstill. New development was largely viewed as a sign of hope and optimism. Not anymore. Today, a flurry of new home construction, apartment projects and commercial development throughout Volusia County has some citizens and elected officials alarmed that area is quickly becoming over-developed. Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower is one of them. "The flood gates have come open," said Brower while standing on a grassy field alo...
Ormond Beach Scenic Loop supporters get major win as council OKs 36-acre purchase Supporters behind a major effort to preserve the Ormond Beach scenic loop got a major win Tuesday. ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Supporters behind a major effort to preserve the Ormond Beach Scenic Loop got a major win Tuesday. The Loop is described as a 30-plus mile double loop of roadways "traversing some of the most beautiful and diverse natural scenery remaining in all of coastal central Florida." The County Council members voted unanimously to use nearly $1 million in Early Childhood Health Outdoors (ECHO) funds to ...
After months of lobbying to protect a 36-acre swath of land along the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail, activists could see the project funded Tuesday if the Volusia County Council votes in their favor Tuesday. The council is set to vote on whether to spend nearly $1 million to buy the land from a developer, and given the ECHO Advisory Committee's unanimous April 1 vote to recommend the majority of money be drawn from the ECHO fund, supporters of the project are hopeful. "I’m optimistic, but I’m still asking people to send emails and come support it," County Chair Jeff Brower said Friday. "I...