Somebody in the hospitality industry in Volusia County has got to be making a lot of money these days.

PR chapter installs new leadership

I get a lot of strange surveys and polls covering everything under the sun, but one that recently caught my attention was “Florida property buyers prepared to buy former meth labs (at a 44% discount).”

Lifestyle Realty Group adds agents, staffer

Sales of existing houses by Realtors in the Volusia-Flagler area slowed in July, down 6.5% from July 2020.

Chamber hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony

The latest employment report from the state labor agency shows the Volusia County economy is still struggling to get over the pandemic hump.

Global Crafts leaving area

Editor's Note: The bed tax collection report was for June, not July.

Tanger Outlets Daytona Beach welcomes Zumiez

We now have some detail on the plans to use NASCAR land at Bellevue Avenue and Williamson Boulevard in Daytona Beach.

Residential construction went up sharply in June in the Volusia-Flagler area with builders obtaining permits for 721 new housing units compared to 250 in June 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Morning Mix & Mingle Postponed

The red hot Volusia-Flagler housing market continued in June with Realtors in the two-county area reporting sales of 1,393 existing houses, up 8.4% from June 2020.

B&B planned in NSB

The unemployment rate going up to 5.8% in June from 5% in May in Volusia County doesn’t look good, but it’s fairly meaningless.

Family Business After Hours

Beach Street building sold in Daytona Beach

The huge rebound in tourism continued in May in Volusia County with bed tax collections up 120.71% from May 2020.

Business After Hours

As you can guess from our advertisements, small businesses are the lifeblood of Hometown News in Volusia County.

The Root Co. of Ormond Beach has sold three adjacent office buildings in downtown Daytona Beach to DTBB LLC, an entity affiliated with Brown & Brown Inc. for $14 million.

Animal services director elected to state board

The Volusia-Flagler housing market was strong in 2020 despite the pandemic with builders obtaining permits for 4,711 residential units, up from 3,406 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

A company with GMC in its name opening one town from where the super bowl of stock car racing takes place sounds like a natural fit.

Volusia County’s labor market is slowly recovering with the state reporting the unemployment rate at 5% in May compared to 5.2% in April and 14.3% a year ago.

Agri-business committee to meet June 29

Avison Young arranges construction loan for condo

Tourism in Volusia County has come roaring back with bed tax collections up 517.25% in April from the nearly non-existent travel in April 2020.

Law firm opens in Ormond Beach

Sometimes real estate developments are more interesting when little is said about them in public notices.

Morning Mix & Mingle

The housing market in Volusia County produced some big numbers in March, but then April said, “Hold my beer.”

Hospital earns five-star rating

A popular argument for why so many businesses are having difficulty getting enough workers is the extended federal unemployment benefit of $300 a week.

The hospitality industry came back in a big way in March, not only far surpassing last year, but also above March 2019.

New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater Job Fair

Real estate agent joins Ocean Properties

We’ve gotten a great indicator of when this area will return to normalcy with NASCAR announcing that for its return to Daytona International Speedway for late summer night racing Aug. 27-28 there will be no restriction on the number of fans allowed to attend.

Stetson investment team advances to national final

I haven’t been keeping up much with Volusia County’s companies with publicly traded stock lately, so I thought everyone might be interested in how they’re doing these days.

YMCA hires membership and fitness director

The eye-popping numbers of the housing market in Volusia County can’t help but make you think we’re blowing up another bubble.

Unemployment remained high in Volusia County in March at 5.1%, up from February’s 4.8% rate, but down from 5.9% in March 2020.

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