Jim Cameron at the end of April will end his 38-year-long run as the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce s point person for government relations.
He is one of the longest tenured staffers the chamber has ever had in its 101-year history. He has served under five executive directors during his time here.
And the 66-year-old isn t ready to call it a career just yet.
He plans to become a consultant, helping clients by doing what he does best: helping people make connections.
Cameron s job as senior vice president of government relations is conveying the chamber s position on various issues to elected officials at both the local, state and federal levels.
DAYTONA BEACH For years, the city has been battling to eradicate state deed restrictions that block it from creating private development along the banks of the Halifax River.
Last week, the city finally notched a small victory among the dozens of acres it s been trying to liberate from public-use-only mandates.
On Tuesday the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved lifting state deed restrictions on a small piece of riverfront city land next to the Halifax Harbor Marina. The .41-acre property that had been the home of the Armed Forces Reserve Center for nearly 50 years could now be closer to becoming part of a new development with condominiums, a hotel, restaurant or some other new use.