- January 31, 2025
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A neighborhood meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3, to discuss a new townhome development near the Ormond Lakes subdivision.
The Ormond Grande project, which is being developed by Parker Mynchenberg, seeks to build a 3,600-square-foot industrial building and 60 townhome units in a 1.4 acre lot off North U.S. 1 and south of Ormond Lakes Boulevard, according to the meeting notice.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Plantation Oaks of Ormond Beach Clubhouse, located at 2380 Chretien Drive. A brief presentation on the project will be given, and the developer is inviting the community residents around the proposed development to attend.
The project will need to go before the city’s Planning Board and the City Commission for approval.
Most of the property is zoned R-5 (Multi-family medium density) with the land closest to U.S. 1 zoned for light industrial use.
As of Friday, Aug, 28, the Ormond Grande project was the only one under review by the city’s site plan review committee, according to the weekly staff report.
This is the fourth residential project in the works for the city, and Mychenberg’s second at the moment; he is also the developer of Plantation Oaks.
The Ormond Memorial Art Museum has received $400,000 of grant funding from the Volusia County ECHO program to help fund the museum’s renovation and expansion project, according to the museum’s September newsletter.
ECHO’s renewal is slated to be in the 2020 November ballot for voter approval.
Last week, the city discharged a total 16.8 million gallons of wastewater into the Halifax River, a figure that has increased weekly since the start of August, according to city staff reports.
“The rainy weather has resulted in excess produced beyond current demands,” said Public Works Director Shawn Finley in an email.
The city stopped discharging effluent in the river sometime mid-March, with the exception of an instance the week of June 26 where 0.01 million gallons of wastewater was deposited in the river. Ormond is permitted to discharge 6 million gallons per day, Finley said.
Volusia County Councilwoman Deb Denys has been named to the Florida Space Caucus by State Sen. Tom Wright.
The group advocates for Florida’s role in space exploration.
