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Daytona Beach advisory board debates 2026 goals as members weigh blight, beach driving and outreach
Summary
Board members debated five proposed 2026 goals including ways to address blight on A1A/Main Street, gateway improvements, economic-development outreach and potential beach-area reforms; staff will rework language and return recommendations next month.
Daytona Beach — Members of the city’s economic advisory and Brownfields advisory boards spent the bulk of the meeting refining five proposed goals for 2026, focusing on long‑standing blight, gateway improvements, expanded economic-development efforts, demolition/grant strategies to address neglected properties, and beach‑area reforms.
Chair read the board mission and invited discussion of five consolidated goal areas. Board members repeatedly urged that language be data-driven and measurable. "Maybe over the year, we try to figure out a way to understand the economic cost of beach driving on the community," one board member said, arguing that a quantified estimate would help the board weigh resident preferences…
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