- December 4, 2025
Next month, the Volusia County Council will consider dedicating a local street as a memorial highway for Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist killed in September at a Utah university.
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, Volusia County Council Chair Jeff Brower informed the council that he had requested staff place an item on the agenda for their Nov. 18 meeting, suggesting North Beach Street from West Granada Boulevard to the Flagler County line as a possibility.
"The reason I did that is because that's already known as a place where motorcyclists have freedom rides," Brower said. "... It's a well used area, and for me, as somebody who grew up here, it was always an area that represented freedom in Volusia County."
He added that he was open to other suggestions.
North Beach Street is already part of the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail, which is both a Florida Scenic Highway and a National Scenic Byway. Brower acknowledged this, saying he wasn't sure if making it a memorial highway was feasible.
One Florida county has already named a local road after Kirk. On Sept. 23, the Lake County Commission voted to designate Schofield Road to the state's first "Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway."
A Florida House Bill was also filed on Oct. 7 requiring state universities and colleges to rename roads after Kirk; if the bill passes, Daytona State College would need to rename Pinecrest Avenue to Charlie James Kirk Avenue.
Why should Kirk have a road in his honor in Volusia? Brower said it was simple.
"I think one of the things that we need most right now in Volusia County and the entire U.S. is the ability to communicate with one another — to look at one another, eye to eye, especially when we disagree and hash things out and leave as friends, even when we didn't change the other person's mind," Brower said. "... Charlie Kerr was known for that. That represents his life."
