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Daytona Beach advisory board hears Brownfields update as downtown and landfill cleanup advance
Summary
Cobb Cole attorneys told the Brownfields advisory board that recent state law changes and tax-credit incentives are accelerating cleanups; several local sites — including a Bethune-Cookman property, downtown parcels and the Clyde Morris landfill — are moving toward closure or redevelopment in 2026.
Daytona Beach — Attorneys from Cobb Cole updated the city’s Brownfields advisory board on legislative changes, state incentives and progress at several local cleanup sites, saying the changes could speed environmental closure and redevelopment.
"Now the word brownfield means a property that has a contamination issue that's preventing it from being redeveloped," Michael Schnauss Tyler of Cobb Cole told the board during the December meeting. He and colleague Jessica Gao said changes that took effect July 1 altered who can enter the state Brownfields program and clarified incentives tied to site cleanup.
Why it matters: Brownfields agreements let property owners accept a formal cleanup pathway in exchange for regulatory certainty and access to state tax credits that can be sold to private buyers. The board was told the program’s expanded use and larger annual tax-credit cap could make redevelopment of stalled downtown lots and large parcels more financially viable.
What the board was told
Statutory changes and incentives…
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