- June 29, 2024
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Attending the city of Ormond Beach’s Independence Day Celebration?
Here’s what you need to know.
Ormond Beach will host its annual event from 8-9:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, at Rockefeller Gardens, located at 26 Riverside Drive. The celebration will feature live music, food vendors and a firework show by Fireworks by Santore, starting at 9 p.m.
Public parking will be available at three city lots:
The parking area on South Beach Street adjacent to Cassen Park will not be available, the city stated on its website. The parking area will be closed from midnight, Thursday, July 4, to midnight, Wednesday, July 5.
Looking for handicapped parking?The city will dedicate Bailey Riverbridge Gardens at 1 N. Beach St. for handicapped parking.
The city will offer a free shuttle service to help event attendees cross the Granada Bridge.
The shuttle service will begin at 7:30 p.m., with the last shuttle departing Rockefeller Gardes at 9:45 p.m.
The pick-up and drop-off locations are:
Beginning at 7 p.m., the following road sections will be closed:
The city reminds residents that the Fourth of July celebration is an alcohol-free event. Personal fireworks are also prohibited.
Following the event, residents should expect heavy traffic congestion in the area.
City Hall and all non-emergency facilities will also be closed all day for July 4.
Ormond Beach Community Service Officers helped rescue a kitten trapped in a car’s engine on May 30, according to a police incident report.
Police responded to the 1500 block of San Marco Drive, where a woman’s husband reported he heard the kitten crying from under the hood of his car.
Officers found the kitten, a male grey tabby, in a compartment behind the driver’s side headlight.
The kitten was taken to the Halifax Humane Society.
The Ormond Beach Aviation Advisory Board has sent the Volusia County Council a latter of opposition regarding Belvedere Terminals’ proposed fuel farm project at 874 Hull Road, citing potential detriments to quality of life as well as safety threats.
“The proposed location of the project near the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport is particularly concerning, due to the volume of flight training by pilots using this facility,” Board Chair Joseph Wisniewski said in the June 6 letter. “The sizable presence of student pilots from the many local flight schools brings a degree of unpredictability to flight operations. With the introduction of a fuel farm so close, the potential dangers are undeniably amplified.”
The board asked the council to reject the fuel farm project and encouraged the project be relocated to an alternative site.
Volusia County lifted its countywide burn ban on Monday, June 24.
The burn ban had been in effect since June 6.
Residents, the county stated in a press release, may resume burning activities that “comply with local regulations and Florida Forest Service guidelines.”
“Despite the lift, Volusia County Fire Rescue urges residents to continue exercising caution while conducting any burning activities,” the press release states.
The county encourages residents to:
