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City intern’s community development report shows steady population growth and strong commercial permit value

5489243 · July 21, 2025
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A summer planning intern presented DeLand’s annual community development report showing continued population growth, a stable number of residential permits and a large increase in commercial permit value between 2023 and 2024.

An intern in the City of DeLand planning department presented the city’s annual community development report at the July 21 commission meeting, summarizing recent population trends, building permit activity, employment data and housing-market figures.

Tyler Figgenscher, identified as a planning intern, said historical population growth rates averaged about 2.82% since 1990 and that the city is projected to reach about 44,871 residents in 2025 using certificate-of-occupancy counts and Bureau of Economic and Business Research figures. He reported that residential building permits…

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