DAYTONA BEACH If Jim Chisholm s missile launcher pitching arm and talent for darting into an end zone with a football had taken him farther than high school championships and a college scholarship, he might have never found his way to Daytona Beach.
And if he hadn t grown bored working for financial companies in his late 20s, he might have never become a city manager who applied in 2004 to become Daytona Beach s next city manager.
If Chisholm had never sat behind the desk in the big City Hall corner office overlooking Ridgewood Avenue, the Daytona Beach Pier might have stayed under private ownership and deteriorated into an even more dangerous and crumbling eyesore than it was when the city purchased it.
Ormond Memorial Art Museum to undergo $3.5 million renovation
At the corner of Granada Boulevard and South Halifax Drive is a beautiful garden shaded by the Ormond Memorial Art Museum.
Sprawling palms and ferns overcast smooth ponds, and walking paths and wooden benches offer places to soak in the sights or meditate. The sound of cars and busy streets are easily replaced with the gentle murmuring of a waterfall fountain at the entrance of the garden and the white noise of nature.
Many people may not realize the spacious garden is even there behind the museum. But after almost $4 million was raised to expand and renovate the art museum, Ann Burt, former museum director, thinks that’s going to change.
DAYTONA BEACH A new state-of-the-art medical resource for diabetes treatment moved another step closer to reality on Friday, as a new sign marking the Lohman Diabetes Center of Excellence was officially unveiled at Halifax Health Medical Center.
Pointing skyward, Lowell Lohman, the center’s namesake along with his wife, Nancy, envisioned the impact that the project could have on Volusia County diabetes patients who now must travel elsewhere for treatment.
“Our goal is to change that,” Lohman said, moments after the new sign was unveiled. Now, diabetes patients can “look up and see one word that says this is a place … that you can go to get help and that’s incredibly exciting.”