DAYTONA WEST
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VOLUME 1, NO. 1
SEPTEMBER 2019
More development, more traffic
Study looks at how planned projects will affect transportation near LPGA Boulevard. PAGE 3
Why we are here Dear reader: A community newspaper helps build that community, and we are thrilled to land in your mailbox with the first edition of your very own Daytona West Observer. We intend to deliver around this time every month, with the same mission statement as our sister paper, the Ormond Beach Observer: to inspire our communities with extraordinary local content and to help our partners prosper. Thanks for reading. — Brian McMillan, editor@ ormondbeachobserver.com
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YOUR TOWN Help out the Bahamas All Realty Pros Assured offices are now dropoff locations for those wishing to contribute the following to help hurricane victims in the Bahamas: toiletries and feminine hygiene products, diapers and wipes, first aid items, cleaning supplies, canned goods, box fans, leather work gloves, hand sanitizer, nonperishable foods, water, tents. Visit 211 E. International Speedway Boulevard, Suite 104. “What happened to the Bahamas could have happened here,” said Realty Pros Assured cofounder, Bill Navarra. “We want to show our gratitude by helping.”
Margaritaville celebrates the 50-year anniversary of Woodstock. PAGE 6 Lois Gerber got groovy at the Woodstock event in Margaritaville when she met “Jimi Hendrix.” Meet Gerber on Page 7.
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County says Volusia is growing smart ‘Smart growth is not no growth,’ said the county director of Growth and Resource Management. JARLEENE ALMENAS
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Volusia County has been growing in a smart way since 1967, said Clay Ervin, Volusia County director of Growth and Resource Management, adding that projections for 2040 still keep the county in a “comfortable” state. Ervin recently presented an
updated presentation on smart growth at the Roundtable of Volusia County Elected Officials on Monday, Sept. 9, where he discussed data gathered from municipalities on current population numbers and what those could look like in 2040. For Daytona Beach, that could mean a 2.7% increase over a 22-year period, based on estimated population counts in 2018. “Smart growth is not ‘no growth,’ and we have to remember that,” Ervin said. “The whole point of making sure that you are able to respond and be able to evolve and be able to place
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Clay Ervin, county director of Growth and Resource Management.
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Inside Hope Place Families get a second chance at the home off LPGA. PAGE 4