Community turns out to help Vanacore celebrate 25 years

Ormond Beach Observer
Business

When a home is built, it has a ripple effect throughout the community. From the subcontractors who build it, to the realtors who sell it and the furniture store that eventually furnishes it, the home industry impacts a lot of people, including the home buyers.

This was evident August 24 as more than 200 people attended the 25^th anniversary party of Vanacore Homes, which coincided with the unveiling of their new golf duplex villas, called Scottsmoor, in the Halifax Plantation Communities.

“Just think how many lives they have touched over 25 years,” said Cindy Dalecki, owner of Marketing 2 Go, who worked with the company owners, Todd and Scott Vanacore, on the celebration.

Business people at the celebration included Alison Boscovich, of State Farm, who said she is glad to see new homes going up.

“They meet the new building codes and people can get lower insurance rates,” she said.

Vanacore Homes has built nearly 2,500 homes and town homes throughout Volusia and Flagler counties. They have a staff of 15 people, four of which have worked at the company for 12 years.

Gretchen Smith, government affairs director for the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce, said the Chamber was excited to see growth in Flagler County and neighboring Ormond Beach.

“It’s great to see the home-building business back again,” she said.

Rick Fraser, executive director of the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce, agreed the building industry is back. Each month the chamber gets a report and home sales and prices have been rising steadily, he said.

Fraser also noted that the Vanacore Brothers have been active in the community, saying they were the first to donate money in the coalition of businesses that started the beautification of North U.S. 1.

AWARD WINNERS

The company was honored at the Flagler Parade of Homes award ceremony this year, receiving four awards, for the fourth year in a row. Their models received two Grand Awards, a Reader’s Choice Award and an Award of Excellence.

Vanacore Homes was the top winners at the Volusia Parade of Homes awards ceremony this past March with two first place awards. Their models also received a second place award and a third place.

At the ceremony, the Vanacores thanked those who worked with them over the years.

“We want to express our gratitude to the incredible network of vendors, subcontractors and friends we’ve made over the years,” Scott Vanacore said.

TREE FORTS TO HOUSES

From building many, many “tree forts” together as kids, the brothers have become one of the area’s premier builders.

Asked how two brothers worked together over the years, at first Scott Vanacore said, with a smile “a lot of patience.”

But then, seriously, he said they have a lot of mutual respect. The day-to-day duties are not divided, they both do “whatever it takes” to get the work done, he said.

In addition to homes, Vanacore is also in the storage business, and nearing the completion of a 50,000-square-foot storage facility in Flagler County. They have three in Ormond Beach under the name Stor-It Self Storage.

“That’s what got us through the slow times,” Todd Vanacore said.

Call 672-8285 or visit vanacorehomes.com.

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Did you know?

The Vanacores also own Stor-It Self Storage and are near completion of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Flagler County.