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Resident urges vigilance as county moves on arts funding and warns of affordable housing concentration in Daytona Beach City

Economic Development Advisory Board (Daytona Beach City) · March 19, 2026
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Summary

John Nicholson told the advisory board the county council's recent passage of an arts program and broader budget discussions could lead to cuts elsewhere, and he urged the board to guard against concentrating HUD housing in Daytona Beach City.

John Nicholson, a Daytona Beach resident, urged the Economic Development Advisory Board on March 18 to monitor Volusia County budget decisions after a recent county vote on an arts program and cautioned against overconcentrating HUD-subsidized affordable housing in Daytona Beach City.

"For every dollar that the county invests, we get $5 back," Nicholson said of…

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