Developer of Hampton Inn for NSB's Flagler Avenue positions project for supplemental funding even before primary funds secured; doesn't wash with one commissioner
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Photos by Dale Smith / Hampton Inn developer David Swentor gestures as CRA Director Tony Otte stands by his side in explaining the timing of a special designation that could generate additional funding, even before the hotel has secured its primary funding at Tuesday night's New Smyrna Beach City Commission meeting. Mayor Adam Barringer, shown at far left, supported the request, but Commissioner Jim Hathaway, seated next to him, did not.
Editor's note: The following story was submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith:
NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The City Commission tonight approved a resolution allowing the developer of the proposed Hampton Inn & Suites on Flagler Avenue to be designated as a Qualified Target Industry Business.
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Courtesy photo for NSBNEWS.net / Charred remains are what's left of this residence in Edgewater's Seahorse Mobile Home Park that after an early Saturday fire on July 10 caused by an electrical problem, fire officials said. .jpg)
Courtesy photo VCBJ / Convicted child sex offender Richard Ervin of New Smyrna Beach was being held without bail in October at the Volusia County Brnch Jail on 10 warrants out of Pinielas County on child sex charges.
Courtesy photo / A fire at Everglades Boats in Edgewater was extinguished by nearly 50 firefighters from Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange and command staff from Ponce Inlet and South Daytona.
Courtesy photos/NSBPD / Chad Michael Johnson, 38, of New Smyrna Beach, was being held Aug. 31, at the Volusia County Branch Jail on an armed burglary charge.
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