It's a cozy condo graced by the gentle breeze of the Marina. It's the well crafted cottage with the ancient oak in the backyard. It's the spacious loft that puts no walls in the way of creativity. It's the tree-filled lot waiting for your new home. It's the spacious park sprawling down the Halifax River. It's the public Marina you ride your bike through on a crisp Sunday afternoon. It's the cup of coffee you have on your morning commute to the office. It's the college student, the retiree and the busy young professional that all live on the same block. It's the dive bar in the same neighborhood as the four star restaurant. It is everything mixed up in to one delightful urban village.

Five years ago the Urban Homemaker moved back to Daytona Beach, with a mission to create a lifestyle from scratch. Kneading, pouring, and mixing all kinds of elements into something that works, something that allows people an alternative to the cookie cutter lifestyle of homogeneity. We are living in a new paradigm where people want to make their own choices about what constitutes home. Home is seen as a reflection of our unique individuality.


Today, there are many urbanites dedicated to creating a downtown lifestyle from scratch, figuring out how to bring the comfort of home into a city in search of its soul. Creating their own recipes for living and serving up bountiful portions of originality and independence. From $500 apartments to $500K homes, our neighborhood is filled with every demographic you can imagine. With all one thing in common.-we live in a sustainable urban village called Downtown Daytona Beach. Pulling the best of what history has to offer us into the year 2010 to take advantage of public parks, multimodal transportation, local shops and restaurants.

The Urban Homemaker has been cooking up a recipe for a lifestyle that works. Join her March 27, 2010, for a tour of Downtown on our 2nd annual urban bicycle tour. We'll visit some of the coolest places to live and do business. Contact Janet Palm at jp@BeDowntownDaytona.com for more information.


The Urban Home Maker is the superhero and role model of Kelly White. Kelly White is the owner of The Jack White Land Company, a Real Estate Brokerage Firm specializing in Downtown and Historic Neighborhoods. You can reach her at kw@BeDowntownDaytona.com.