Food Truck Rally tonight in downtown Daytona Beach

Food Truck Rally in downtown Daytona Beach tonight

Head to downtown Daytona Beach tonight for a Food Truck Rally. From 5 to 9 p.m. enjoy music, fun and food trucks on Magnolia Avenue between Beach Street and Palmetto Avenue.

Participating food trucks include Back To Eden, Bells Kitchen And Smokehouse, Cajun Cravins' 2 Go, Carte Blanche, Cool Beans Barbeque, Lee's Famous Cheesesteaks, LuLu’s Dumplings, Slapped Kitchen, Sweet Shelia's Funnel Cake, Taco's Land, Tainted Fruit & Treats, Grateful Cow, Wicked Good Mini Donuts and Wing it to the Bone.

The Downtown Daytona Nights Food Truck Rally is sponsored by Downtown Development Authority and Riverfront Shops of Daytona Beach.

Enjoy a Fall Festival at Saturday's Farmers' Market

Put on your Halloween costumes for free digital portraits by a professional photographer at the Downtown Farmers’ Market’s Fall Festival this Saturday! Also look for free trick or treat goodies, a pumpkin giveaway (first-come, first-serve) and more. Join the fun on Magnolia Avenue from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, visit Riverfront Shops of Daytona Beach.

Oktoberfest celebration Saturday night in downtown Daytona Beach

Celebrate Oktoberfest from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday night in downtown Daytona Beach. The event is free and will be on Beach Street at Magnolia Ave. Attendees can enjoy authentic German food including bratwurst, sauerkraut and Bavarian pretzels, live music entertainment by The Swinging Bavarians, food trucks and more. Beach Street will be closed to traffic from International Speedway Boulevard to Orange Avenue for the event. The event is hosted by the Riverfront Shops of Daytona Beach.

Trunk or Treat at Daytona Beach
City Hall Oct. 31

Bring the families to Daytona Beach City Hall for a howling good time at a Trunk or Treat Sunday, Oct. 31. From 5 to 8 p.m. kids can trick or treat around decorated vehicles and enjoy free games, a pumpkin patch, face painting and more. There will be a costume contest at 6:30 p.m. with prizes awarded for first and second place. Costume contest categories are ages 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 and 13-adult.

Daytona Beach City Hall is at 301 S. Ridgewood Ave. People attending the event can use free parking that is available on Orange Avenue and Palmetto Avenue (limited) and behind the shops on Beach Street and then walk to City Hall.

For more information, please contact Leisure Services at (386) 671-8337.

Permit and inspection fees waived in city core area

To promote neighborhood improvement and beautification, as well as to spur private investment in the core of the city, building permit and inspection fees are being waived for commercial and residential properties within the borders of Mason Avenue to Shady Place and Nova Road to Ridgewood Avenue.

Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, interior renovations, replacing or repairing a roof, adding fencing, improving or adding a driveway and adding windows or doors. Ineligible projects include, but are not limited to, building a new structure separate from an existing building or any new single-family home.

Permit applications are available online and can also be picked up at the Permits and Licensing office at City Hall located at 301 S. Ridgewood Ave. Completed applications can be dropped off at Permits and Licensing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, faxed to (386) 671-8149 or emailed to Contact_PnL@codb.us. For more information, call Permits and Licensing at (386) 671-8163 for assistance or visit the city’s website.

City Manager implements initiatives during first 100 days

Describing becoming the city manager of Daytona Beach as his “dream job,” Deric C. Feacher is excited to mark serving as the city’s top administrator for 100 days. “My goal during my first 100 days was to Accelerate Daytona Beach,” he said. Balancing more than 175 community speaking engagements and meetings while getting to know his staff, which he refers to as his teammates, Feacher has already implemented initiatives that were part of his short-term action plan.

Initiatives underway include an expansion of the facade grant program in the Midtown Redevelopment Area and a two-year moratorium on building permit fees in the city’s core to encourage private investment. His vision is to also build better relationships with the six colleges and universities located in Daytona Beach, expand the city’s youth and senior programming at facilities, work to transform older neighborhoods through beautification and redevelopment and ask visitors to respect our city. Read the manager’s update online.

Registration is open for youth basketball league

Daytona Beach's youth basketball league is now open for registration for boys and girls ages 4 to 17. A free skills clinic will be held the first week of November for ages 6 to 17 at the Midtown Cultural and Educational Center at 925 George W. Engram Blvd. The clinic starts at 5:15 p.m.

The player draft will be at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 through Nov 17 at the Midtown Cultural and Educational Center. Practices will begin Nov. 22, followed by games starting Dec. 4 and will continue through Feb. 12. The registration fee is $40. The final day to register is Nov. 23.