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You’ll never have quality growth and quality companies without money for infrastructure. “You’ll never have quality growth and quality companies No matter any of the differences in how the buildout should without money for infrastructure,” Duva said. “They are going to be handled, there’s little doubt of a boom in an area with prime have a real mess on their hands out there if they really don’t start access that’s close to the beach. moving soon.” “It is a good place for future growth,” Adams said. Volusia County Council Chair Ed Kelley said there is time. “We’re still not at half the building permits” of 2006-07, before the property market crashed, he said. “The area is recovering, but it is one of the last to recover from the recession in Florida.” With the start of the new housing developments, that will provide more tax revenue to help expand infrastructure, he added. | 42 | EVOLVE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINE Charles Newbery is a freelance journalist and writer. His work has appeared in the Financial Times, LatinFinance, The New York Times and other publications. He also writes business content for companies and ghostwrites op-eds for executives. He can be reached at [email protected].