Palm Coast Gathers Key Stakeholders for Inaugural Workforce Development Roundtable
While international travel remains below pre-pandemic levels, domestic visitors pushed tourism to new heights in the third quarter of 2024. According to a media release from Visit Florida, the Sunshine State’s tourism marketing arm, more than 34 million visitors traveled to the state during the July to September quarter, an increase of 1.8% over the same period in 2023. The total represents
The Florida Legislature passed the Live Local Act in 2023 to address affordable housing issues. The legislation contained three key features, the most important being “pre-emption,” whereby local land development
The City of Palm Coast proudly hosted the third annual Countywide Capital Improvement Project Summit, bringing together representatives from Flagler County, the cities of Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell, and the
Consumer confidence has traditionally been one of the key measures of the health of the U.S. economy. But no longer. Consumer confidence is now a bogus statistic, suitable only for cherry picking a data point that sounds
Like an over-protective mother that believes no one deserves their child – at least when it comes to romantic happiness – the U.S. economy is never going to be quite good enough for the Federal Reserve Board to provide some
Hot Diggity Dogs & Shakes in Bunnell has been purchased by David Zummo, according to a media release. The restaurant has been in operation since 1984. Zummo is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America with
After more than an hour of sometimes contentious debate, the Volusia County Council voted earlier this month to wait until next year to consider a residential development moratorium. The move to institute the moratorium
The City of Palm Coast has been awarded the “Best Tasting Drinking Water” title in the Florida Section American Water Works Association’s Region II contest. The competition, held on November 6, 2024, at the UF/IFAS
The local economy is not a monolith but a collection of different economies – from small business to local government and individual consumers. And every one of them can impact the others in a variety of ways …
First Coast Region
With art programs for youth and adults, exhibitions, classes, events and more, First Coast Cultural Center is a cultural hub for northeast Florida. Established in 1996, the center moved in December 2023 into a
Greater Daytona Region
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
Did You Know?
Monopoly, the board game that celebrates capitalism, will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2025. Except the venerable champion of family game night is actually older than that. While many have wrongly credited
Tips + Tools
As we move into the final stretch of the year, it can only mean one thing: Tax season is almost here. And that means fraudsters are getting ready to launch their schemes and the Internal Revenue Service is not immune
