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Volusia Matters PodcastEP 179 RJ Larizza & John Reid
Jayson Meyer’s new Fountainhead Innovation Center at the I-95/ US 1 interchange in Ormond Beach is about to deliver some real benefits for Volusia County. The…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 178 Lou Paris - Volusia Economic Development
Jayson Meyer’s new Fountainhead Innovation Center’s new business model is introducing LaunchPad Volusia, a free, nine-week business accelerator offered through…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 177 John Nicholson
Jayson Meyer’s plans for the new Fountainhead Innovation Center……just north of Destination Daytona….I-95 / US 1 interchange in Ormond…. building is coming…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 176 Drake Wyman - Daytona Regional Chamber
Podcast News Topics The new Fountainhead Innovation Center located just north of destination Daytona….at the I95 / US 1 interchange in Ormond…. The building is…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 175 Krista Goodrich Volusia School Board
Progress is happening every day at the new Fountainhead Innovation Center at the US 1/I-95 interchange, north of Destination Daytona. If your business is…
Volusia Matters PodcastEp 174 Lake Helen Mayor Roger Eckert
Podcast News Topics Progress is happening every day at the new Fountainhead Innovation Center at the US 1/I-95 interchange, north of Destination Daytona. If…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 173 Ponce Inlet Mayor Lois Paritsky
Podcast News Topics Progress is happening every day at the new Fountainhead Innovation Center at the US 1/I-95 interchange, north of Destination Daytona. If…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 172 Mayor Diezel Depew
Progress is happening every day at the new Fountainhead Innovation Center at the US 1/I-95 interchange, north of Destination Daytona. If your business is…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 171 Sheriff Mike Chitwood
Progress is happening every day at the new Fountainhead Innovation Center at the US 1/I-95 interchange, north of Destination Daytona. If your business is…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 170 Volusia County Tax Collector Will Roberts
Volusia County News: Economic Growth, Elections and Local Government Here are the latest Volusia County updates covering economic development, election…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 169 State Rep Bill Partington
Daytona Regional Chamber to host a luncheon regarding Fla’s Property Tax Adm 3 on Sept 1, 11 AM - 1 PM at Halifax River Yacht Club. It’ll explore Fla's…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 168 Carmen Balgobin - Volusia School Superintendent
New Smyrna Beach and the County both run paid parking programs on coastal parking areas they control. County uses Park Volusia and vehicle registration…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 167 Kristin Weiss Daytona Regional Chamber President / CEO
Podcast News Topics Fountainhead Innovation Center Update……Jayson Meyer wants to turn this building into a place for entrepreneurs, students, and the…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 166 John Nicholson
Fountainhead Innovation Center Update……Synergy CEO Jayson Mayer is offering a limited number of smaller office suites for businesses, entrepreneurs, and…
Volusia Matters PodcastEp 165 Mark Harper News Journal Reporter
Fountainhead Innovation Center Update…… Jayson Meyer CEO of Synergy Billing wants everyone to know about exciting updates at the Fountainhead Innovation Center…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 164 Dr Pam Carbiener - Baby Steps Daytona
Fountainhead Innovation Center….(just north of Destination Daytona at the US 1 / I – 95 interchange) Is now making a limited number of smaller office suites…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 163 Lisa Lewis
June 25 - at VCARD’s Real Estate Values Forum, Volusia Property Appraiser Larry Bartlett stated early totals for countywide market and taxable values for land…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 162 Deland Mayor Chris Cloudman
County, School District, and the county’s 16 cities are now in the budget development phase for FY 2026-27. Last week was candidate qualifying week……several…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 161 Rep Chase Tramont
2026 preliminary tax roll from County Property Appraiser Larry Bartlett gives early totals for countywide market and taxable values for land, homes, buildings…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 160 John Nicholson
May 29 - legislature approved a $114.5 billion state budget… Major allocations include K-12 Education ($21 B), Higher Education ($9.9 B), Healthcare spending…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 159 Kevin Captain - Volusia EMS Chief
On Monday, legislative leaders agreed on a $114.5 billion state budget….major topics include education funding, healthcare spending, environmental projects…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 158 Economic Development Director Lou Paris
Update on new Fountainhead Innovation Center by Synergy CEO Jayson Meyer….we’re moving to the old WyoTech Bldg at Destination Daytona… May 20 – DB City…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 157 TPO Eric Sander / Colleen Nicoulin
May 8 - Team Volusia Bd met to hear an update on business prospects from CEO Keith Norden. Team Volusia will provide another update to County Council on May…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 156 Dr Victoria Fahlberg
May 6 - DB City Commission… voted 4-3 to renew City Manager Deric Feacher’s contract for another 3 years. heard a discouraging report from US Army Corps of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 156 Dr Victoria Fahlberg
May 6 - DB City Commission… voted 4-3 to renew City Manager Deric Feacher’s contract for another 3 years. heard a discouraging report from US Army Corps of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 156 Dr Victoria Fahlberg
May 6 - DB City Commission… voted 4-3 to renew City Manager Deric Feacher’s contract for another 3 years. heard a discouraging report from US Army Corps of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 156 Dr Victoria Fahlberg
May 6 - DB City Commission… voted 4-3 to renew City Manager Deric Feacher’s contract for another 3 years. heard a discouraging report from US Army Corps of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 156 Dr Victoria Fahlberg
May 6 - DB City Commission… voted 4-3 to renew City Manager Deric Feacher’s contract for another 3 years. heard a discouraging report from US Army Corps of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 155 Lori Campbell-Baker
News from Tallahassee…… Special Legislative session has narrowed to a 1 issue: congressional redistricting….lawmakers set aside DeSantis’ proposed AI Bill of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 154 County Councilman David Santiago
Final reminder Synergy Billing’s 20th Anniversary celebration tonight, 5:00–9:00 PM at the former Wyotech site, 470 Destination Daytona Lane. As I’ve said…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 153 John Nicholson
Podcast News Topics Former Wyotech property at Destination Daytona being transformed into Fountainhead Innovation Center under direction of Jayson Meyer…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 152 DB City Manager Deric Feacher
The former Wyotech property at Destination Daytona is being transformed into the Fountainhead Innovation Center, spearheaded by Jayson Meyer. While full…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 151 DeBary Mayor Karen Chasez
Podcast News Topics The former Wyotech property at Destination Daytona is being transformed into the Fountainhead Innovation Center, spearheaded by Jayson…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 150 County Councilman Matt Reinhart
Podcast News Topics Jayson Meyer and his group have been working on the Fountainhead Innovation Center…April 23….Synergy Billing is celebrating 20 years, and…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 149 REP Richard Gentry
Podcast News Topics Synergy Billing is celebrating 20 years and expanding their headquarters into the former WyoTech building at Destination Daytona. That…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 148 School Board Chair Ruben Colon
Podcast News Topics Synergy Billing is celebrating 20 years and expanding their headquarters into the former WyoTech building at Destination Daytona. That…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 147 Deland Mayor Chris Cloudman
Synergy Billing is celebrating 20 years and expanding their headquarters into the former WyoTech building at Destination Daytona. That facility is 93,000…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 146 News and Interview with Jack Nicholson
Volusia State of the County reviews 2025 highlights, key initiatives, financial investments, and district-specific priorities President Trump delivers State of…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 145 OB Mayor Jason Leslie
Feb 17…..by a 4-3 vote, County Council voted down 2 proposals that would have prohibited "blackwater" or water with treated sewage from being recycled into…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 144 Chase Tramont
Feb 9 - Charter Review Commission Meeting Update – Pat Northey Volusia’s 4th Quarter 2025 Economic Statistics Fla Senate/House budget subcommittees are…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 143 Bill Partington
Feb 3 – Per their recent 2026 Goal Setting Session……County Council scheduled several Mini-Budget Workshops Feb 3 – County Council accepted a long-range ECHO…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 142 Jake Johansson
Daytona Beach City Commission delayed a proposed $4.3 million purchase of the Cruisin' Café (at the corner of A1A at Main St) and two adjacent parcels. This is…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 141 School Board Member Krista Goodrich
Podcast News Topics City of Daytona Beach is seeking proposals to renovate the historic Fire Station One into a sit-down restaurant/lounge that preserves the…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 140 Rep Richard Gentry (House District 27)
Erika Kazma, a physical education teacher at Longstreet Elementary School, has been named Volusia’s Teacher of the Year. Chosen out of 70 teachers, she moves…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 139 Will Roberts
Jan 7 - DB City Commission will DB City Attorney and Commission held a shade meeting to discuss litigation strategies and settlement in the Minto Communities…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 138 Daytona Regional Chamber President/CEO Nancy Keefer
Podcast News Topics The DB City Commission will have an attorney-client shade meeting with their City Attorney to discuss litigation strategies regarding…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 137 PO Mayor Scott Stiltner
Podcast News Topics The Federal Reserve voted 9–3 to lower the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, the…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 136 Danny Robins VC Councilman
Dec 1 - Deland City Commission Addressed downtown transportation to and from the SunRail Station by replacing bus service with VoRide service Codified a…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 135 Daytona Beach City Manager Deric Feacher
FDOT will convert SR 44 and Kepler Rd intersection (east portion of DeLand) into a new, single-lane roundabout, as a means to improve traffic flow/safety. Once…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 134 Deltona Mayor Santiago Avila
Flood Control/Stormwater Management Subcommittee Co-Chairs Nancy Miller and Jake Johansson report at Nov 10 Elected Officials Roundtable Charter Review…

Volusia Matters PodcastEP 132 John Nicholson
Volusia Legislative delegation met today…..Oct 29, where Sens Tom Wright, Tom Leek and Reps Chase Tremont, Webster Barnaby, Bill Partington and Richard Gentry…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 131 Lori Campbell-Baker - Daytona Beach CVB
Cities are working to address stormwater management/flood control DB City Commission meets October 15..agenda includes….. City auditor is establishing a fraud…




Volusia Matters PodcastVolusia Matters Newsletter/Interview Cyrus Callum, Volusia Aviation/Economic Resources Director
Podcast News Topics Local entities have finalized their FY 2025-26 budgets…FINAL list of approved budgets/tax rates to be posted in October VM newsletter…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 128 State Atty RJ Larizza; Chief Asst John Reid
Podcast News Topics Local entities are in final stages of setting their FY 2025-26 budgets…hearings conclude next week…..click the VM newsletter included in…
Volusia Matters PodcastEP 127 Dr Albert Mosley
Sept 8 - Elected Officials Roundtable….School Supt Carmen Balgobin the District’s current A rating designated by the FDOE…..Also….County Councilman Jake…