The Daytona Aquarium and Rainforest Adventure is making a splash in Volusia County! But when you think of an aquarium, you think of big animals, and that requires a big footprint. Luckily, the business didn’t have to start from scratch. Instead, they used a practice the real estate industry calls adaptive reuse. Rather than build […]Read More
New apartment complexes are fast becoming common — and prominent — fixtures throughout Volusia’s landscape, extending from open undeveloped areas to urban infill districts.Just in the past four years, more than 7,800 units have been built or are under construction across the county. And many more are being planned. MULTI-FAMILY GROWTH PATTERNS — In East […]Read More
The 21st century is the information economy driven by knowledge workers. Ideas determine our destiny. Having and implementing the winning idea at a key moment can produce extraordinary results for a company, a non-profit organization or a government agency. In the 20th century, there were only 66 years between the Wright brothers getting an airplane […]Read More
“Loving kindness is my motivator, and doing the next right thing is the path forward.” Angela TenBroeck’s words resound over our Zoom session and serve as a through line of the conversation from which this article springs. Depending on the hour, Angela’s roles shift dynamically. During our interview, her mayor phone rang – she presides […]Read More
When you’re a government official, all eyes are on you. That’s why Sheriff Rick Staly keeps the badge and photo of late Orange County Sheriff Mel Colman on his desk. Those eyes looking out at him from the photograph remind him of a great leader whom he admires and aspires to be. “I was fortunate […]Read More
