Planned Commercial Bakery Seen As Potential Catalyst For Growth At Port Orange Industrial Park

PORT ORANGE — Twenty years ago, the city developed the Eastport Business Park in hopes of creating a magnet for jobs.

Today, the sprawling industrial park, which covers 270 acres, is home to 82 companies that employ at least a couple of hundred people.

But city officials and business leaders agree the business park, which has remained largely stagnant after its first few years, could become a far more powerful economic engine.

They're hoping a New England company's pending arrival could be the catalyst they've been waiting for.

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