Junto Men's Luncheon

To update a previous column, I guess the bikers and spring breakers still like us, because tourism and convention business was up sharply in March.

SCORE offers workshop with U.S. Customs

In reading comments in area newspapers and on social media lately, the Volusia County half-cent sales tax increase is dead in the water.

Hospitals hire business developer

Design center opening

Volusia County's population grew about 1.7% from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Surgeon earns board certification

The Halifax area is continuing to see a stagnant convention and tourism business, according to recently released bed tax collections by the County of Volusia.

Economic Prosperity Hour

Bottlenecks are one of the worst things that can happen to any traffic thoroughfare.

Bank hires business relationship manager

Well, it's become apparent we've reached that tipping point where too much of the Volusia County housing market has exceeded the affordability level.

Vacation rental management firms merged

Whether we like it or not, and a lot of local folks don’t, the hospitality industry continues to be one of the strongest growth industries in Volusia County.

Health center celebrating anniversary

As I’m sure you’ve heard over the years, for a strong local economy, you need higher-paying jobs with good benefits.

Chamber celebrates opening of barber shop

For, oh, so many years there has been a lot of talk about what to do with Main Street in Daytona Beach.

Builders cite Latitude as top 55-plus community

For the second straight month, sales of existing houses by Realtors were down in the Volusia/Flagler area.

Check out lighting showroom

Volusia County’s economy was humming along in the third quarter of 2018 with 3 percent growth in employment and 3.75 percent growth in wages from the third quarter of 2017, according a report just released by the state labor agency.

ADDY Awards set for Hard Rock Hotel Feb. 23

The lodging industry ended 2018 on a high note in Volusia County with bed tax collections up 4.91 percent in December from December 2017.

Business After Hours

As regular readers of this column know, I'm fairly pro-development, but also expect sensible infrastructure to go with it.

Women Realtors honor title company

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or too busy watching old Geico ads, you may have noticed there are a lot of new houses going up in Volusia County.

DIS enters partnership with Olympus America Inc.

Brunswick Boat Group officially announced its plans Friday, Jan. 25, to open the Brunswick Fiberglass Boat Technology Center, a recreational boat design and technology center, at Edgewater.

The cost of housing in Volusia County is still going up as sales start to decline.

Ormond chamber banquet

Employment growth and tourism slowed toward the end of 2018 in Volusia County, casting a shadow on an otherwise great year for the economy.

Halifax Health names new chief of nursing

The Wallschlaegers, one of Volusia County’s most influential families of real estate developers, took a big step recently, selling the huge Hacienda del Rio manufactured home park in Edgewater to Sun Communities for about $54.9 million.

For luxury travel, Odyssey Travel provides the best expertise available.

Breakfast meeting slated

As many of my regular column readers will remember, one thing I harp on quite often are the economics of opportunity.

Catching the momentum of Latitude Margaritaville and other developments along LPGA Boulevard in Daytona Beach, a Jacksonville real estate developer submitted plans for five projects in the area.

Morning networking

For all the business boom going on in parts of Volusia County, overall economic growth countywide is frustratingly slow.