- April 23, 2024
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The Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce launched its Youth Leadership Program last week with a reaction course.
The program's first class consists of 16 high school students from Seabreeze High School and Father Lopez Catholic High School. Each student is earning community service hours while participating in the program, which consists of six afternoon sessions and a graduation dinner in November, according to a June chamber news release.
The program, which was developed by the 2020 Leadership Ormond Beach Class 17, is meant to help graduates "build strong connections that keep the Ormond Beach community in their hearts and minds, whatever path they ultimately choose after their high school graduation," the news release stated.
Ormond MainStreet is hosting a statewide quarterly meeting for Florida Main Street at The Casements on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 12-13. There are about 60 accredited Main Street programs in the state, and they all gather several times a year for learning sessions and networking, per an email by Becky Parker, of Ormond MainStreet.
Representatives from both the state and national level, including the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, National Main Street and the National Park Service, traveled to Ormond Beach to attend and present at the meeting.
The primary theme of the meeting is disaster preparedness and recovery.
Ormond Beach's Christmas parade theme has been decided.
A total of 301 people responded to the city's poll, and 64.1% voted for "Christmas on the Coast." The other two possible themes, "A Musical Christmas" and "Christmas: Past, Present and Future," earned 18.3% and 17.6% of the vote, according to the city.
The 31st-annual Home for the Holidays Parade will take place on Saturday, Dec. 10. A tree lighting ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m., and the parade will start at 6:30 p.m.
Want to take part? Call Community Events Coordinator Sonja Johnson at 386-676-3241 for application information.
On Friday, Sept. 2, representatives from the Ormond Beach Police Department and the Ormond Beach Fire Department delivered school supplies to the city's six public elementary and middle schools, according to Facebook posts by both agencies.
The donations were received by the departments during their school supply drives: OBPD's "Fill-the-MRAP" event on Aug. 6 and OBFD's Back to School drive from July 26 to Aug. 7.
