July 22, 2026 — Central Florida (I-4 Corridor & Space Coast) civic and development activity

Central Florida governments put 40 items on the public record over the past seven days, and the largest is a DeLand plan to treat PFAS in the city's drinking water at an estimated cost of just under $60 million.

Water and sewer work led the region this week. DeLand held a public hearing on a plan to take PFAS out of its drinking water, and the plan's own financial section puts the cost at just under $60 million. The same DeLand meeting carried a consent agenda with two pipeline awards worth just under $2 million between them. Port Orange lined up two more sanitary sewer rehabilitation jobs with the same utility contractor.

Three cities also worked on land use. Kissimmee took up a rezoning on about 52.59 acres at 2220 Fortune Road to allow a planned residential community. Apopka reviewed a plan for 42 single family lots on Ponkan Pines Road. Rockledge worked through three linked steps to bring a 3.61 acre parcel into the city and give it industrial zoning.

The work spread across 12 cities and counties, and 26 of the 40 items carried concrete business impact. That is the useful part of an agenda. These are jobs that have been scoped and budgeted but not yet built, so the companies that will do the work are being chosen now.

These are the industries this week's items feed. One item can feed more than one industry, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

Ocoee posted the most items this week at 8, followed by Apopka, DeLand and Port Orange at 6 each.

• DeLand's City Commission held a public hearing on a resolution adopting the Facility Plan and Business Plan for its Water Plant PFAS Treatment and Removal Project. The plan's financial section puts the estimated cost at just under $60 million. The city expects to pay part of it from utility reserves and to borrow the rest through the state's revolving fund loan program. A treatment build this size feeds mechanical and process piping crews, concrete and site work, electrical and instrumentation installers, and the engineering firms that design and inspect it, plus the supply houses that carry vessels, resin and fittings. City of DeLand City Commission Regular Meeting, 2026-07-20
• The same DeLand meeting carried a consent agenda of utility construction items. Staff recommended awarding the Reclaim Water Main Expansion Phase 6 to the low bidder, Treasure Coast Infrastructure of Stuart, for $890,253, and awarding the East Regional Force Main Part B-1 to the same firm for $1,098,300. Staff also recommended hiring Mead & Hunt for construction phase services on both jobs, at $106,059 and $119,315, and approving $149,805 for JL2 design services on Fire Station 84. Water main and force main jobs like these feed underground utility contractors, pipe and fitting suppliers, boring and trenching crews, paving and restoration companies, and traffic control firms, and the design and inspection work goes to engineering offices. City of DeLand City Commission Regular Meeting, 2026-07-20
• Port Orange's City Council took up two sanitary sewer manhole rehabilitation task authorizations with Danus Utilities under its continuing contract CA8193. One covers the Hamlet Subdivision and one covers the Dunlawton Interceptor. The same consent agenda included a contract with Diamond Turf for installing an artificial tee line. Manhole rehabilitation work feeds sewer and lining subcontractors, concrete and grout suppliers, vacuum and jetting services, and the traffic control and restoration crews that follow them down the street. City of Port Orange City Council Regular Meeting, 2026-07-21
• Kissimmee's Planning Advisory Board took up a zoning map amendment covering about 52.59 acres at 2220 Fortune Road, filed as case PUD-26-0003. The request changes the site from multiple family medium density residential zoning to a residential planned unit development. The staff report says one existing agricultural building on the site would come down to build the new residential project, and the city's Development Review Committee recommended approval on June 2, 2026. A residential community on 52 acres feeds demolition and site preparation, grading and stormwater work, concrete and masonry, framing and roofing, plumbing, electrical and HVAC crews, and the surveyors and civil engineers who plat it first. City of Kissimmee Planning Advisory Board, 2026-07-15
• Apopka's Development Review Committee reviewed a major development plan for Wolf Lake Ranch Phase 3 at 3100 and 3250 Ponkan Pines Road, case MDP 25-12. The plan is for 42 single family detached lots and the infrastructure to serve them, filed by Kimley-Horn and Associates for owner Ponkan Pines Nursery. The same agenda carried a second submittal for case SPX-26-1, a special exception at 300 S South Bradshaw Road to allow overnight parking for outdoor storage as a main use. A 42 lot subdivision plus its roads and utilities feeds land clearing and grading crews, underground utility installers, home builders and every trade behind them, and the landscaping and irrigation companies that finish each lot. City of Apopka Development Review Committee Meeting, 2026-07-15
• Rockledge's City Council worked through three linked steps on one parcel of about 3.61 acres at 222 Yellow Place. The Planning Commission recommended approval of a voluntary annexation, a comprehensive plan amendment adding industrial land use, and an industrial park zoning designation. Each step went to the council with a staff presentation and a public hearing. Bringing raw land into a city as industrial ground feeds civil engineers and surveyors first, then site work and utility contractors, and it puts a future building shell in front of general contractors and the trades that fit one out. City of Rockledge City Council, 2026-07-15
• Melbourne's Planning and Zoning Board reviewed site plan approval for the Circles of Care Addition at 2000 and 2020 Commerce Drive, case PLAN2026-0004. The plan adds a new single story building of about 9,048 square feet to an existing facility on a 9.17 acre property zoned M-1 light industrial, at the northwest corner of Commerce Drive and NASA Boulevard. A 9,000 square foot addition feeds a general contractor and the concrete, framing, roofing, electrical, plumbing and HVAC trades under it, plus the paving and landscaping crews that handle the parking and grounds around it. City of Melbourne Local Planning Agency/Planning & Zoning, 2026-07-16
• Cocoa's Board of Adjustment considered a fence waiver for Crestview Village Apartments at 800 N Fiske Boulevard, a 7.19 acre property with 128 units built in 1964. The owners propose replacing about 1,025 feet of deteriorated wood fence along the north and south property lines at 8 feet tall. A 1992 variance already covers part of that run, so the new waiver request covers 795 feet. A fence run this long feeds fencing contractors, lumber and hardware suppliers, and the demolition and haul off services that clear the old material, and an older apartment property doing security work often has more repairs behind it. City of Cocoa Board of Adjustment Meeting, 2026-07-15

The pattern this week is utility and land work in its early stages. DeLand and Port Orange are both putting pipe and sewer jobs in front of their councils, and DeLand's water treatment plan is large enough to draw work for years. Kissimmee, Apopka and Rockledge are all moving raw or underused land toward homes and industrial use, and that work runs in a known order. Surveyors and civil engineers go first, then clearing and grading, then underground utilities, then the building trades, then landscaping and finish work. Anyone selling into those stages can see the sequence starting now, well before a permit or a job site shows up. The firms named in these records are already at the table, and the suppliers and subcontractors around them are still being picked.

This report covers the most recent seven days of public records in the region, July 15 to July 21, 2026. The items come from public government meeting agendas, public notices and permit records that NewBizAlert collects across Central Florida. Every item links to the government document it came from, so any reader can open the original. The counts are counts of items on the public record for those seven days, not a forecast or an estimate. Nothing is held back for a waiting period, so the newest records appear here as soon as the government posts them. An item on an agenda is a planned or proposed action, and a board can approve it, change it or turn it down.

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What is an agenda item?

It is a single piece of business a city or county board plans to take up at a public meeting. It can be a rezoning request, a contract award, a public hearing or a permit. The agenda is posted before the meeting, so the item is public while the decision is still open.

How early is this signal?

Early. A project shows up on a planning or council agenda months before ground is broken, and often a year or more before a business opens. The contracts on these agendas are being awarded now, so the suppliers and subcontractors below the winning firm are still being chosen.

Does an item on this list mean the work is approved?

No. Most of these are proposals a board is scheduled to consider. A board can approve an item, change it, delay it or reject it. We link every item to the government document so you can check the outcome yourself.