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DeLand planning staff report: population and permit activity up; intern presents updated development metrics
Summary
A City of DeLand planning intern presented an updated development trends report showing steady population growth, an increase in commercial permit value, improving labor-market indicators and a modest decline in median home price; staff noted major projects and a pending code update and public survey.
Tyler, a summer planning intern for the City of DeLand, presented the department’s updated development trends report, which showed steady population growth, rising commercial permit value and improving local employment indicators while noting modest softening in home sale prices.
Tyler told the planning board that average annual population growth rates have accelerated: "Since 1990, average growth has been 2.82%. The average growth rate since 2000 has been about 3.02%. Since 02/2010, it has been about 3.27%," and the department projects a year-end population near 44,871 based on available building and certificate-of-occupancy data.
The presentation summarized recent permit and construction activity. For residential construction,…
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