Economic Development Newsletter: January 2020

Welcome 2020!

The New Year holds great promise for events, projects, and plans that will continue to enhance our image and reputation as a very special place: one that offers exceptional amenities and economic opportunities along with the highly sought and...

Census Bureau ramps up hiring efforts

The U.S. Census Bureau is ramping up its national recruiting efforts to hire up to 500,000 temporary, part-time census takers for the 2020 Census in communities across the country to reach its goal of more than 2 million applicants.

The positions pay $16 a...

Arbor Day Celebration & Tree Giveaway on Jan. 18

Join hundreds of vendors and over 12,000 visitors from across the region for "Caribbean on Canal" as the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce brings its 11th annual Home Show & Business Expo to Canal Street Business on Saturday, Jan. 18 fro...

Author Tim Dorsey to speak at NSB library on Jan. 18

Detour and traffic shift planned for Canal Street at U.S. 1 Jan. 21-24

Canal Street just east of U.S. 1 will be closed nightly starting Monday, Jan. 20 to Thursday, Jan. 24 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. The closure is needed to prepare the roadway for a traffic shift and for construction activities along Canal Street.

Electronic mes...

Ribbon cutting celebration for new Pettis Park playground on Jan. 22

Join the party on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. when the City of New Smyrna Beach will host a ribbon cutting celebration to commemorate completion of a new playground on Pettis Park at 800 Mary Ave.

Following remarks by city leaders and a ceremonial ribbon ...

Jazz comes to "Babe" James on Jan. 24

Jazz comes to the Alonzo "Babe" James Community Center on Friday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. when teenage vibraphonist James Hall's Quartet performs live in this free concert.

Please click the 'Event Details' link below for further details.

Free baseball clinic at NSB Sports Complex on Jan. 25

Southeast Volusia Youth Sports is excited to announce sign-ups for a FREE baseball clinic featuring Cudas Baseball coaches and more on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex. Live sign-ups for the Spring 2020 seaso...

Little Theatre to present local stage play as part of NEA Big Read program

The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach is putting on five upcoming performances of an original play as part of Volusia County’s NEA Big Read program. “Without Shoes” was written by Karen Poulsen – a local resident a...

Celebrity chef to give Chinese cuisine demo at New Smyrna Library on Jan. 30

Novelist Celeste Ng’s bestselling “Everything I Never Told You” focuses on the dramatic events in the life of a Chinese-American family. So it’s only fitting that a culinary program with a tie-in to Ng’s n...

Classical music concert set for New Smyrna Beach Library on Jan. 31

David Pedraza and Sergei Skobin will present “A Recital for Viola and Piano” at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31 at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

Pedrazza, who plays the viola, was born in Mexico and was part of...

SBA offers disaster assistance to small businesses in Florida affected by Hurricane Dorian

Low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to Florida small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and private nonprofit organizations affected by ...