While the NCAA basketball tournament is getting underway, the search for a home for the Florida Museum of Black History already has its own Elite 8. The project to create a museum celebrating Florida’s Black history comes from a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May of last year and includes the selection of […]Read More
While the NCAA basketball tournament is getting underway, the search for a home for the Florida Museum of Black History already has its own Elite 8. The project to create a museum celebrating Florida’s Black history comes from a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May of last year and includes the selection of […]Read More
Every community wants to build a sustainable economy through new business development and assisting existing businesses. The path to economic development success begins with a vision and plan. For Lou Paris, Volusia County’s newly appointed director of economic development, that vision begins with cooperation and coordination between local governments, community organizations and other partners. “Our […]Read More
Those crowds on the roads in Volusia County aren’t just from Bike Week and Daytona 500 visitors but from new residents pushing the county’s population near 600,000. The county’s population grew by 2% between July 2022 and July 2023 according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage Population 2023 Estimates, to 590,357. The increase follows a […]Read More
While the NCAA basketball tournament is getting underway, the search for a home for the Florida Museum of Black History already has its own Elite 8. The project to create a museum celebrating Florida’s Black history comes from a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May of last year and includes the selection of […]Read More
If it feels a bit more crowded on the highways and byways of St. Johns County, it’s not your imagination. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 Vintage Population Estimates, St. Johns County’s population grew by just over 4% between July 2022 and July 2023 to 320,110. The increase follows a trend already underway that […]Read More
Economic development doesn’t happen in a vacuum and nobody in St. Johns County knows that better than Scott Maynard, senior vice president for economic development at the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce. “One of our goals is to have additional land dedicated to industrial development to provide developers with more options,” he said in […]Read More
Economic development doesn’t happen in a vacuum and nobody in St. Johns County knows that better than Scott Maynard, senior vice president for economic development at the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce. “One of our goals is to have additional land dedicated to industrial development to provide developers with more options,” he said in […]Read More
If it feels a bit more crowded on State Road 100, Palm Coast Parkway and around the beach, it’s not your imagination. Flagler County’s population grew by just under 4% between July 2022 and July 2023 according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage Population 2023 Estimates, to 131,439. The increase follows a trend already underway […]Read More
Every community wants to enhance economic development and job growth, but there is no magic bullet or one-size-fits-all approach. For Palm Coast, the path to sustainable development begins with finding the right opportunities and working with public and private partners to achieve economic development goals. Craig McKinney, the city’s economic development manager, recently spoke with […]Read More