Woman makes history in Volusia County as first collegiate championship athlete with Down syndrome
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Woman makes history in Volusia County as first collegiate championship athlete with Down syndrome
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A young woman from Arizona made history in college athletics this week when she tee’d off at Plantation Bay in Ormond Beach.
Amy Bockerstette, 22, is the first collegiate athlete with Down syndrome to compete for a championship while playing in the NJCAA Women’s Golf Championship along with her Paradise Valley Community College teammates.
Permits for new homes in Volusia County jumped 22% to 3,564 in 2020, up from 2,906 in 2019.
Permits for new homes in Flagler County climbed to 1,621 in 2020, up 40% from 1,153 in 2019.
The fewest permits for new homes was in 2011 when Volusia had only 474 and Flagler had just 153. and
Most permits for new homes was in 2005 when Volusia had 6,857 and Flagler had 3,043.
DAYTONA BEACH While the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the local economy last year, builders in Volusia and Flagler counties picked up the pace by pulling permits for the most new homes since 2005. When we started coming out of the lockdown last year, we burst out of it, said Toby Tobin, a Realtor with Grand Living Commercial Realty in Palm Coast. Starting in June, building permits for new homes were off the charts.
Two Daybreak Markets, a new brand in the area, are moving ahead in permitting.
In Mandarin, the city is reviewing permits for the Daybreak Market convenience store and 76 gas station, with a separate automated car wash and an attached drive-thru restaurant that will be leased to a tenant.
The store and restaurant will replace a closed Golden Corral restaurant on 3.13 acres at 11470 San Jose Blvd.
Plans show indoor and outdoor seating in the convenience store. No construction cost is shown.
In Southwest Jacksonville, the city is reviewing civil engineering plans for a Daybreak Market convenience store and fueling station at 7589 Plantation Bay Drive.