In a few paragraphs, I m going to tell you about our plans to provide some subscriber-only content on our website. But first, a little about why local journalism matters.
In December, The News-Journal received nine first-place awards from the Florida Press Club for coverage in 2020 in local news, education, business, sports, commentary, and COVID-19 coverage.
Our reporters and editors take pride in those accolades. But what counts even more is the high quality of the daily news report we provide our readers. Just in the past two weeks, we reported the following exclusive stories:
• The continuing twists and turns for the thousands of residents of Volusia and Flagler counties who are desperately vying for a very limited number of coronavirus vaccines.
As the residents of rural Osteen have long feared, development is likely headed their way.
The Deltona City Commission recently, and narrowly, approved a request to change the 95.34-acre parcel, dubbed Enterprise Osteen West, from Volusia County Rural to City Low Density Residential. Volusia County s rural designation allows for one single-family unit per acre to one unit per 10 acres; the city s low-density residential designation allows for up to six units per acre.
The 4-3 vote Commissioners Loren King, Dana McCool and David Sosa cast the dissenting votes held on Jan. 19 also amends the Future Land Use Element of the city s Comprehensive Plan by adding a goal, objective and policy regarding the property.