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Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen Ecstatic: Daytona Beach International Airport reaches 20-year high in passenger traffic

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Going with a third carrier in JetBlue a year ago has been the difference maker in generating a 20-year high in passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport and Volusia County officials are ecstatic.

Blue Origin president implores 500-plus Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Daytona campus grads to 'take that first step, ferociously'

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Rob Meyerson, president of Blue Origin, a pioneer in 21st-century space flight and exploration, cited his company's motto in Latin and then English for the 500-plus graduates of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's 500-plus fall semester graduates: “Gradatim Ferociter” or “step-by-step, ferociously.”

Ormond Beach-based Vanacore Homes adds new sales agent in Palm Coast locale

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Photo for Headline Surfer / Gabriela Uhlar, shown above, has worked in the buildfing and construction field since 1980.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Volusia County natives and brothers Scott and Todd Vanacore, owners of Vanacore Homes, are pleased to welcome Gabriela Uhlar to their sales team.

Daytona Chamber's Tallahassee Speaker Series features Space Florida President Frank DiBello at Embry-Riddle

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Frank DiBello, a pioneer in Florida private space flight ventures, highlights this month's Daytona Area Chamber of Commerce Tallahassee Speaker Series.

Photo Opp - Daytona Beach-area insurance exec Tony Grippa mugs it up with former GOP presidential candidate George Pataki

Create: Fri, 10/21/2016 - 04:22
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Local insurance magnate Tony Grippa of Brown & Brown Inc., was all too eager to showcase a picture-perfect display shot of himself mugging it up with former New York Gov. George Pataki, who was unable to make much of a dent in the crowded 2016 GOP field for president, with Trump out-muscling even the likes of of former Florida Gov. Jed Bush and US Sen. Marco Rubio, the early favorites.

Business Breaking News

BUSINESS BREAKING NEWS: The three largest employers in Florida, according to Career Karma: 1. Publix, based in Lakeland, 225,000 employees; 2. Jabil, based in St. Petersburg, 200,001 employees; 3. Darden Restaurants, based in Orlando, 185,000 employees... 

Daytona Beach-based United Way Volusia Flagler Selects 15 to Lead New Community Impact Council

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Fifteen community leaders have been selected by the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties’ Executive Board to lead the new vision of Community Impact. 

Ron Wysocarski of Wyse Home Team at Keller Williams Realty: Marginal changes in Daytona area condo market

Sun • Scene • Sand • Surf 

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The big selling points for high-rise condos in Daytona: Start with the sunshine and the scenery. Add the hard sands of the World's Most Famous Beach® where cars are allowed along certain stretches along with off-beach parking. And finally, those awesomely curling waves, referred to in these parts as the surf.
 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- With summer just days away, here's some good news for thew World's Most Famous Beach®: Condominium sales in greater Daytona Beach rose marginally in the month of May -- in a year-over-year comparison as prices dipped slightly.

That's the latest analysis from The Wyse Home Team at Keller-Williams Realty in Port Orange.

Teresa Rand elected 2016 chair of Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce

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Teresa Rand, president & CEO of the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA named chair of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce for 2016.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce has elected its officers for 2016, with a businesswoman as the new face of the organization.

With unanimous support from the nominating committee and board, Teresa Rand, president & CEO of the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA was elected chair for 2016.

As the head of the YMCA, Rand brings a great deal of community knowledge and leadership to the Chamber.

“Teresa has been an active member of the Board for several years including leadership roles in the Membership Division and the Community Development Division," current Chair Chris Bowler said. "In addition, she participated in the Strategic Planning process for the Chamber this past year.”

Joshua Wagner leaves Ted Doran's law firm in Daytona; partners up with Steven Vasilaros

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Volusia County Councilman & attorney Joshua Wagner joining Vasilaros Legal / Headline Surfer®Joshua J. Wagner, the Daytona Beach-area Volusia County Councilman is joining the Vasilaros law firm / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® photo /
Volusia County Councilman Joshua J. Wagner, shown here in the inset, has left power attorney Ted Doran's Daytona Beach law firm to partner up with veteran personal injury attorney Steven Vasilaros, shown second from left in his signature logo for Vasilaros Legal, which will now become Vasilaros Wagner.

 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Say it ain't so! Volusia County Councilman Joshua J. Wagner and power attorney Ted Doran have gotten a divorce of sorts. Wagner left Doran's larger law firm earlier this month to partner up with veteran personal injury attorney Steven Vasilaros.