A Day in DeLand
By MIKE WALKER
     Monday a week ago I had business in DeLand, the county seat of Volusia County and home of Stetson University, so I took this time also to wander around downtown DeLand and shoot some photos. I had been to DeLand before as a good friend attends Stetson and another friend is a DeLand native, but I had not looked at the town in the context of its urban planning, historic preservation, and economy until now.
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