PORT ORANGE PONCE INLET VOLUSIA INSIDE SOUTH DAYTONA DAYTONA BEACH SHORES BUSINESS NEWS Big commercial projects will be all across Volusia Page A7 Vol. 9, No. 16 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, May 9, 2014 $ 19 OFF ANY Community Advanced AirREPAIR 767-1654 Volusia County Council rejects Must be presented at time of repair cannot be combined w/any other offer. notes Same Day Pioneer Park plan in Samsula Emergency Service Country concert set 7 Days a week By Erika Webb cast the dissenting vote. Farms, which is Country Singer Bobby [email protected] Two wealthy develop- owned by develop- State Lic#CAC1817470 Meeks will perform a free ers, each with a personal er Sheldon Rubin concert featuring country Hours of discussion laced with vision for the area, have of Boynton Beach. Lasts and Lasts and Lasts SM Port Orange classics from 6 to 7 p.m. Fri- input from nearly two dozen citi- been grappling. Residents also He has been plan- day, May 9, at the city of zens May 1 ended in a 6-1 vote of have been divided — some advo- ning a project 386-767-1654 Port Orange Amphitheater, WE FIX AIR CONDITIONERSwww.AdvancedAirandHeat.com the Volusia County Council to cating for convenience and poten- called Pioneer 784123 1000 City Center Circle, Port deny changes that would have tially increased property values Square — to be Orange. allowed construction of a Publix promised by retail development; anchored by Pub- For more information, supermarket at the corner of Pio- others resisting growth and com- lix — for the site across from call (386) 852-0963. 2010. neer Trail and Airport Road mercial sprawl in the historically Venetian Bay’s entrance for at least Intense opposition has between Port Orange and New rural agricultural community. four years. come from ICI Homes Chairman Butterflies will Smyrna Beach. The 9.6-acre parcel at the center RR Farms first applied to the and CEO Mori Hosseini, deter- Councilwoman Joyce Cusack of much controversy belongs to RR county for a map amendment in try again See PIONEER, A4 The Butterfly & Herb Fes- tival originally scheduled for last weekend will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat- urday, May 10, at Full Moon Wonder woman Les Mis sells out Natives, 1737 Fern Park Drive, Port Orange. The event was resched- Athens, showcases uled due to rain. There have also been changes to the seminar schedule. area’s talent Seminars will include: •10 a.m. — Raising But- terflies by Bunny Jo By Erika Webb as Fantine stirred a theater •10:30 a.m. — Back to [email protected] full of souls when she sang I Dreamed a Dream. “The director constantly See NOTES, A2 Beautiful, heartrending ballads and jaunty worked with me and tried melodies replayed for days to make sure that instead in the heads of those who of acting the song I was Ormond Beach flocked to live perform- really feeling the song ances of Les Miserables at from my heart so the audi- Dental Group the Athens Theatre in ence would feel it too,” Ms. DeLand last month. Baldwin said. Many will say the magic Director David Rupe was slow to wane. And also had cast members who knew there was so playing name games and much talent in Volusia otherwise fostered famil- County? iarity for chemistry’s sake From a Port Orange from the first rehearsal. orthodontist turned con- “What’s been absolutely stable to several Volusia amazing about this is the NEED DENTURES? County students, a Rin- entire cast is like one big gling Bros. clown college happy family,” Ms. Bald- SAME CUSTOM graduate to a first-time win said. DENTURE DeLand resident Jeanne DAY FIT Randy Barber/staff photographer Athens performer as well $495 as a host of others, the Savoie, a longtime fan of REGULARLY $1000 (CODE 5110) Cancer survivor and Zumba instructor Carly Braga of Port Orange shows off her vitali- musical was a hit. the musical, was anxious FILLINGS $150 ty during the survivors lap around The Pavilion at Port Orange for the 2014 Relay for Alexa Baldwin, a manag- to see the local perform- CROWN/CAPS $675 Life on Friday, May 2. 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Walmarts in West Volusia ENTERTAINMENT B1 able for occupancy Satur- County, while nothing is day, May 10, with con- happening with two sites in struction completion of Whitepalm, chose Port Isles, with “occupancy place, a walking trail and East Volusia that Walmart BLUESFEST expected in August. Orange because of “the rates in the mid to upper hammocks underneath already owns. The 300-plus unit com- development and eco- 90 percent range,” he said. the palm trees,” Mr. The five-acre property in plex, on Williamson Boule- nomic opportunities of Rob Crumpton, presi- Crumpton said. “It has a south DeLand, owned since vard across from The the city,” said Matt Benak, dent of LIV Development, great community feel and 1971 by Lee Swallows, is Pavilion at Port Orange, director of operations and said, “Our product speaks a nice coastal feel.’ under contract for purchase has been pre-leasing for 90 asset management. As the for itself. We take a lot of The apartments’ design by South Carolina-based days, garnering 51 lease city has expanded in the pride in our design. Once includes high-end kitchen WRS Inc., a real estate commitments thus far. west, upscale multi-family Whitepalm is complete, it finishes, spacious units, investment company that About 75 units in two of residential options are will be the best in the screened porch options works with national retail- Bands will bring the blues the complex’s eight largest limited. area.” and garage availability. ers like Walmart. It has cre- to Beach Weeks residential buildings will “We feel like (the city) The complex features “Our whole overall ated 25 Walmart-anchored be available this month. has been a little bit under- many amenities, including design, from the units to shopping centers with more Other units will become served,” Mr. Benak said. “seven acres of lakes with a the buildings, is to create a than 7.75 million square feet INDEX available in two to three “We have Class A luxury five-acre lake in the mid- great community within a of retail space since 2001, week increments as con- apartments” that have dle, a resort style pool, a according to the company’s Business A7 Out & About B1 community,” Mr. Crump- Classified B9 Police Report A5 struction progresses. proven to be popular in huge fitness center, a yoga ton said. website. 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Daytona/Daytona Beach Shores Hometown News Friday, May 9, 2014 Ware said. both are labors of love. active and busy production Talent Typical Athens produc- “I would love to do it season, and we both benefit From page A1 tions attract around 40 seven days a week,” Dr. from our collegial relation- actors to auditions. Lowe said.