What’s Happening at Work Webb – Daytona Beach
After an exciting ten days of Bike Week 2019, it is time to say goodbye to our biker friends and enjoy our wonderful Volusia County this weekend as a local!
2019 EdgeFest Chili Cook Off
The City of Edgewater invites you to join them in Edgewater on Saturday, March 23 from noon until 4 p.m. at Hawks Park (1108 South Ridgewood Avenue) for our annual EdgeFest Chili Cook Off contest. You can taste all the amateur and professional chili for just $5 and kids under 10 taste for free. It is tasters’ choice so your votes will pick the winners. Proceeds from the EdgeFest Chili Cook Off will go towards the Local School Scholarship Fund which helps Edgewater students make their college dreams come true. They will have music, games and lots of fun so come hungry and ready for a good time! More information is here.
The 30th Annual Spring Daytona Run
The 30th Spring Daytona Turkey Run presented by White Diamond welcomes thousands of beautiful classic and custom cars, a massive swap meet, arts and crafts on Artisan Alley, music, great food and drink, and DOGS! The family event kicks off at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 22nd at the Daytona International Speedway, and runs through Sunday, March 24th. Get all your plans right here!
5th Annual Yoga Flash Mob & Pool Party at Hard Rock Daytona
The 5th Annual Yoga Flash Mob is Saturday, March 30th at 10 am at Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach will support of Halifax Humane Society, Inc.! The yoga class will take place on the northeast deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean! The class will be a beginner’s Vinyasa/Buti Yoga Flow led by Ormond Beach yoga instructor, Lacey Lynch! Great for ANY age or LEVEL! $15 each… Registration begins at 8:30 am – spots will be first come first serve!
More information is here
What’s Happening at Work Webb – Melbourne
Spring is in the air! As we officially say goodbye to Winter, to celebrate, there are some fun events in Melbourne this weekend!
Yoga Outside the Lines: The Art of Flowing
Are you a yogi who loves to draw! On Saturday March 23rd, here is a fun event for you! Yoga and Drawing allow you to slip into this zone of simultaneous concentration and relaxation. They are both active meditation and a contemplation practices. When explored in tandem, yoga and drawing will take you to new realms. This event is called flow—a mental state where you’re fully immersed in the present moment. More information on this fun day here.
Jr. Brick Builders (Ages 12 & Under)
Grab your kids and show off your brick building skills at the monthly Jr. Brick Builders club! Every month we have a new building competition and prizes for the winners! This event on March 23rd is perfect for ages 12 and under and all materials provided. The theme for March is Cars & Trucks and will be held at the Brevard County’s Franklin T DeGroodt Memorial Library. More information on the Jr. Brick Builders and more fun events at the Library are here.
Downtown Melbourne 5K Run and Walk
Attention Wizards, Sorcerers & Friends! On Saturday, March 23rd, it’s time to bust out your running shoes, your finest house colors, and maybe brush up your best spells for the Downtown Melbourne’s Harry Potter-themed 5K Run/Walk!! The magic happens when a community comes together to support each other! This is the 37th Anniversary of the Downtown Melbourne 5K Run and Walk. A Space Coast Runners’ Runner of the Year Event is a run for the children and the last race in the 2019 Run for the Kids Race Series. Proceeds benefit – The Haven – a shelter for abused, abandoned and neglected children. For more information and to sign up here!
What’s Happening at Work Webb Daytona
Our “What Winter” outlook for this weekend may be sad for some that like the cold weather, but it leaves plenty of things to do in the gorgeous Florida sunny outdoors! We have some suggestions for an indoor activity or two as well! Here are some fun events happening this weekend!
Volusia County News: Summer Lifeguard Tryouts Begin Feb. 23
Are you or your teen interested in a job that involves sun, sand and saving lives? If so, we have the perfect summer job for you! Volusia County’s Beach Safety Division is hiring lifeguards to help keep beachgoers safe this summer. Upcoming tryouts are mandatory for those interested in a position. Tryouts begin this weekend in Ormond Beach and continue throughout the county for the next couple of weeks. More information on qualifications and specific tryout locations can be found here.
Inner Peace: Meditation for Everyone
On February 20th, enjoy a guided breathing meditation to help reduce your daily stress and anxiety and a short teaching on how to use meditation practice to live with more peace, compassion, and wisdom. The session includes two guided meditations, teaching, and discussion. Wednesday, February 20th at 3:30 pm at the Port Orange Family YMCA Healthy Living Center located at 4701 City Center Parkway, Port Orange, FL 32129.
You do not have to be a Y member to attend.
CHALK It UP! Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition
It ’s the 2nd Annual Chalk It Up! Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition to be held February 23, 2019, on Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach in conjunction with the City of New Smyrna’s 57th Annual Art Fiesta. The many Art Fiesta attendees will delight in strolling along Canal Street to view the chalk creations. The chalk artists will begin at the intersection of Canal Street and Sams Avenue in New Smyrna Beach, extending West along Canal Street. Registration for the Chalk It Up! More information is here
New Location – Historic Downtown Melbourne Florida
If you are following us on social media, you may have seen some posts about our new location in Historic Downtown Melbourne, Florida. This location officially opens this Friday, February 1st, and we are incredibly excited about this new venture for several reasons.
We are a Family Business.
One of our own will be running the day to day of Work Webb Melbourne. Our eldest daughter, Kady Webb is moving to Melbourne and joining the Work Webb team as the office manager of the Melbourne location. She recently graduated from college and is very excited about being a part of the family business, and so are we!
Another Historic Downtown
We love the historic feel of our Daytona Beach office, and that environment continues to our new location. Historic Downtown Melbourne is a charming part of the city with a history that dates to the 1800s. In recent years it has become the destination for locals and travelers, alike, who are looking for a quaint and historic town for shopping, dining, and entertainment. The downtown has a packed event calendar, and we are excited to feature them in our What’s Happening Around Work Webb blog series. Sign up to learn about these events hosted in Melbourne on our website blog.
A Great Building
We love our Kress Building, and our new location is just as charming. Work Webb Melbourne is located in a fully renovated 120-year-old former hardware and farm supply store. The office décor has an industrial feel and is very welcoming. Here are some photos:
Surrounded by Great Food
There are some fantastic restaurants new our Melbourne office. Hell n Blazes is a place that we have frequently visited. They are a family-and-friends microbrewery known for traditional brews as well as the adventurous spirit that defines craft beer. Their website boasts, “Consistently pouring 12-18 unique house beers, with a 25-bottle wine list, the taproom pairs the old Florida lifestyle with the comfort of your own living room!”
There is also a wine and art gallery, The Living Room and Pan-Asian eatery called Mangetsu located in Historic Downtown Melbourne. As we try out more of the restaurants, we will post about them on social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest) as well as our blog. The Facebook page for Melbourne Main Street is a good source of information too, follow them here to learn more.
2019 has started with a bang of excitement!
What’s Happening at Work Webb
Family Fun Day
Have you had a chance to check out One DAYTONA yet? The shops and the restaurants (as well as Cobb Theaters) are exciting for tourists and locals alike. If you have not had the privilege, join the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia on September 15th at One DAYTONA as they unveil their Learning Mobile and have a Family Fun Day! From 10a-noon, it’s a day of Family Fun and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Art) with a free book and animal backpacks (while supplies last)! There will be a DJ, a face painter, a balloon artist, splash pad, STEAM activities and more! This is a free event and fun for the whole Family!
For more Information, call the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia at 386-323-2400
Free Concert at the Daytona Beach Bandshell Concert Series
The 2018 Bandshell Summer Concert Series is wonderful! Enjoying the sights and sounds of summer at this historic coquina amphitheater is so easy – park in the Ocean Center garage, take the crosswalk to Ocean Walk Shoppes and the Daytona Beach Bandshell in Oceanfront Park, rent a VIP chair for only $10, purchase a drink and enjoy the free show.
This free seasonal concert series has only a couple of dates before the season end. This week enjoy U2 & INXS Tribute: “Vertigo and Original Sin”
beginning at 7:00 p.m. Don’t forget to catch a free Daytona Beach fireworks show at 9:45 p.m. More information is here.
Something to look forward to next week:
One Night. One Mission. One DAYTONA Tasting Event
Hosted by VCAN2020
On Thursday, September 20th enjoy samples of fine eats and drinks from all of the ONE DAYTONA restaurants with fellow business community members. Your participation will help VCAN2020 raise funds and awareness to toward our mission of eliminating childhood hunger and homelessness in our county by 2020!
VCAN2020 is an initiative of Food Brings Hope with a mission to eradicate hunger and homelessness among young people in Volusia County by 2020. We invite you to help us achieve our goal by attending a tasting event co-sponsored by the Volusia Young Professionals Group and ONE DAYTONA.
One Night. One Mission. One Daytona, a benefit for VCAN2020, will be held September 20th from 6:00-8: 00 PM at the Victory Circle at ONE DAYTONA. Buy your tickets here.
Five Free Things to Do in Daytona Beach
There’s a lot to do in the Daytona Beach area on a regular basis Whether it’s merely a day at the beach or an action attraction, the destination offers value after value. Here is a list of FREE things to do around our offices.
Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory Tour
154 South Beach St., Daytona Beach, 1.800.969.2634
Located in the historic Riverfront Shops right down from our offices, Angell & Phelps Chocolates has been a Daytona Beach tradition since 1925. Take a free, guided, 30-minute tour through the chocolate-making process. Tours begin at 10 and 11 a.m., and 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. each Monday through Saturday.
Friends of the Bandshell Concert Series
Daytona Beach Oceanfront Bandshell, Daytona Beach, 386.947.8007
This free seasonal concert series is held May – September each Saturday beginning at 7:15 p.m. The concerts are held at the oceanfront, historical coquina bandshell and feature a variety of musical styles including jazz, rock, swing, country, big band, and Latin music. Be sure to stick around for the free fireworks show at 9:45 p.m. Bring along a beach chair or rent one at the facility.
Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation Home & Gravesite
640 Mary McLeod-Bethune Blvd., Daytona Beach, 386.481.2122
Bethune-Cookman University is one of the most abundant resources of African-American historical and cultural exhibits in Florida. Bethune’s home, located on the university’s campus, serves as the headquarters of the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation. Free, guided tours are available by appointment.
Southeast Museum of Photography
Daytona State College, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, 386.506.4475
The Southeast Museum of Photography is one of only 12 specialized museums of its kind in the United States, and one of fewer than 30 throughout the world. The museum is Florida’s official museum of photography. Free admission. Check the website for hours.
611 S. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach.
This oceanfront park features decorative walkways, a shaded playground, picnic areas, restrooms, outdoor showers and two beach access ramps. The four-acre facility also provides free, off-beach parking. Open sunrise to sunset.
Daytona Beach has much more to offer residents as well as vacationers. Follow our blog as a source of what is happening around our offices as well as in our town.
What’s Happening at Work Webb
This Saturday and Sunday, March 24th and 25, is the 9th Annual Halifax Oyster Jam Music Festival! This festival helps raise awareness of the essential role oysters play in keeping our waterways and ecosystem healthy while restoring the local oyster population. Besides lots of oysters, liquid refreshments and other food options, the 2018 Halifax Oyster Jam Music Festival will feature lots of great live entertainment. All of the oyster shells are collected after the festival and given to the Marine Discovery Center who in turn, make oyster mats that are placed in local waterways to start new oyster beds. Drink some beer, shuck your oysters and listen to live music to support this worthy cause. The party starts at 11 am and continues to 7 pm on City Island on the Intracoastal Waterway in Downtown Daytona Beach, FL. Admission is $8 a person at the gate, children under 12 enter free. For more information visit their website here http://www.theoysterjammusicfestival.com/
If you love beer, oysters, and live entertainment, this music festival has it all for you. Hope to see you there.
What’s Happening this Weekend
This tour has two of the best things combined: Beer and Bacon!
This Saturday two of the best things in the world are coming together for a tour. No, Van Halen is not back together – it’s better than that. Bacon and Beer are joining forces for the Daytona Beach Beer and Bacon Tour! Bacon and Beer! Seriously! Can life get any better? I don’t think so.
So if you have plans this Saturday, and love beer and bacon, cancel your plans and come to downtown Daytona Beach. Stroll down Beach Street tasting multiple different Beers and snacking your way through bacon heaven! The Beer and Bacon will flow on February 17th from 1 pm to 6 pm! Passports are only $20 per person and include a keepsake tasting Beer Mug! Stretching down three blocks from Bay Street to Orange Ave, there will be enough Beer and Bacon to satisfy any thirst and fulfill all the bacon dreams! Each host site will have their selection of Beers for your taste! You can make your way from stop to stop or just hang out and taste everything at one location! Plus, specific locations will have mini menus of bite-size Bacon snacks from $2-$5 for you to get your Bacon fix!!
Have a beer while grubbing on some bacon as you stroll down beautiful historic downtown Daytona Beach! This Saturday, February 17th from 1 pm to 6 pm. To order tickets and get more information this event, go here.
Order your passports early by going to this link.
What’s Happening Around Work Webb
School may be back in full swing, but there is still summer fun to be had around Work Webb. This weekend is the 8th Annual Surf Social put on by the Halifax Historical Society. With a Hawaiian theme again this year, the evening will feature the incredible Stylemasters 2 surfing film along with the best raffle in town. The 8th Annual Surf Social Fundraiser is open to members and the public. Reservations are recommended by calling the museum at 386-255-6976 or emailing your reservations to mail@halifaxhistorical.org. Please leave your name, phone number and whether you are an HHS member or not.
Admission at the door on Saturday, August 19th is $20 each for non-members. HHS members’ tickets and ticket sales in advance to non-members are $18 each. Tickets include wine, beer, cold drinks, good food, and door prizes. This year’s awesome raffle is going to be the best yet. Attire: Your Best Hawaiian Style.
The Halifax Historical Society Museum is located at 252 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach, Florida, between Magnolia and Orange Avenues. Plenty of parking is available in the Palmetto Avenue parking lot behind the businesses on Beach Street, with walk ways through to Beach Street and the museum.
What’s Happening Around Work Webb
There is always something going on in historic Downtown Daytona Beach and the month of June is no different. Work Webb is a HUGE supporter of all the events that take place near our offices and that is why each month we post a “What’s Happening” on our blog. Here are two family friendly events taking place this weekend.
Daytona Beach Downtown Farmers’ Market
Every Saturday in June, the Farmers’ Market is a gathering place for the
community with fresh produce, homemade baked goods, local plants and so much more. Event takes place rain or shine located at the City Island Parking Lot Next to Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Support local farmers and the small businesses located along the Riverfront by seeing what the farmer’s market has to offer. For a full list of merchants click here and for a list of frequently asked questions click here. Hope to see you there!
3rd Great American Summer Cookout
Are you an Indian motorcycle rider or want to be? Then come celebrate Summer at the 3rd Annual Great American Cookout. There is a exclusive text-to-win contest for attendees only so make sure you enter to win. They will be serving up food from 11AM – 3PM. Indian Motorcycle Daytona Beach is located at 290 North Beach Street – just down from the Kress Building in downtown Daytona Beach. Admission is free and bring the family! Click here for map location.
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What’s Happening Near Work Webb in May
Kick off Mother’s Day early with another event put on by Downtown Daytona Signature Events happening right outside Work Webb’s doors. The Corks & Canvas Art and Wine Walk. Enjoy wines, 
champagne and the shops of Riverwalk. Live music will be playing to accompany your stroll among the displayed art. Register to win a Pamper Me gift basket that will be given away during this event. Attendees must check in at Cinematique at 242 S. Beach Street or at the Plaza Park located on the corner of International Speedway Boulevard and Beach Street to receive their Corks & Canvas passport and wine tasting tickets. Go here to get your tickets online or purchase at Wine Me located at 204 South Beach Street – Downtown Daytona Beach. Visit the event’s website for more information here.
Please drink responsibly
Must be 21 to participate.
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