DAYTONA BEACH
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Beaches • NASCAR • Spring Break
Daytona was named for local landowner, Mathias Day Jr. of Mansfield, Ohio. The town was incorporated in July 1876. Daytona’s nicknames are: “The World’s Most Famous Beach” and “The Spring Break Capital of the World”. The city has over 23 miles of beaches with no-time restricted public access.
Daytona was home to Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), a prominent African American educator and civil rights leader until her death on May 18, 1955. She was the founder of Bethune Cookman University in 1904 and promoted the school with tourists and donors to demonstrate what educated African Americans could do.
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, the daughter of slaves, who became an educator and civil rights activist, was known as “The First Lady of The Struggle” because of her commitment to gain better lives for African Americans. Upon her death, columnist Louis E. Martin said, “She gave out faith and hope as if they were pills and she some sort of doctor.”
On July 14, 2022, a statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, the daughter of slaves, the first Black American to be honored by any state in the Capitol Statue Collection, was added representing the state of Florida. This was done under a federal law signed by President Lincoln during the Civil War, each state gets to place two statues of home-state heroes in the U.S. Capitol, in Statuary Hall.
Daytona Beach is home to the headquarters for NASCAR, who banned the Confederate flag from all of its events. The city is historically known for its beach, where Daytona’s wide beach of smooth hard-packed sand allows motorized vehicles to drive on the beach (maximum speed 10 mph) in restricted areas.
This compacted sand attracted automobile and motorcycle races beginning in 1902. And this hard-packed sand made Daytona Beach a mecca for motorsports, and the old Daytona Beach and Road Course hosted races for over 50 years. This was replaced in 1959 by Daytona International Speedway.
On June 10, 2020, in the wake of protests related to the murder of George Floyd, NASCAR announced that the display of the Confederate flag will be prohibited from all of its events and properties.
Daytona Beach hosts large groups of out-of-towners during the year, who visit the city for various events, notably Speedweeks in early February when over 200,000 NASCAR fans come to attend the season-opening Daytona 500. Spring breakers descend on Daytona, March through May every year.
Other events include the NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 race in August, Bike Week in early March, Biketoberfest in late October, and the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race in January.
The City of Daytona Beach is a growing community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. As a business-friendly community, Daytona Beach welcomes new visitors and new residents, tech entrepreneurs, and value-added businesses.
Daytona Beach local communities always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic business-friendly communities. The City of Daytona Beach’s citizens are rolling out the “Welcome to Daytona” welcome mat to visitors, new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and more value-added businesses.
Business startups in retail sales, clothing, fashion, music, beauty, healthcare, legal, medical services, information technology, restaurants, online sales, cleaning services, beauty salons, barber shops, and new entrepreneurs are always in demand in many local growing business communities like those in Daytona Beach. Shop Local! Buy Local!
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