Local ice cream shop expands with new location in Daytona Beach
Earlier this year, Lighthouse Ice Cream’s future hinged on finding a new home. Now, just six months after relocating in Ponce Inlet, the local business has two places to call its own. Together, owners Kim Canny and Heather Highfield have expanded the brand to Daytona’s Beach Street, bringing its familiar Hershey’s scoops and a little soda fountain nostalgia to the former Neighborhood Scoop storefront. The new shop, located at 228 S. Beach St., was warmly welcomed last month with a late October ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration downtown. “It’s been busy, but we managed to pull it off. We had great support from the community, our friends and our family. Even Ponce Inlet’s mayor, Lois Paritsky, joined us, which was super nice,” Canny said. “… So, it went really well.” Why did Lighthouse Ice Cream expand? The expansion, months in the making, grew partly out of necessity, Canny and Highfield explained. After more than four years across from the historic Ponce Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, the owners were informed last November that their lease would not be renewed. The news prompted their move to a far smaller Ponce Inlet space in front of Hidden Treasure Rum Bar & Grill
