Tag Archives: 12 April 2011

Randall Jones employee recognition VCC 7 April 2011



Mayor Fretti presented a check for $200 to Randall Jones,
who gets his name inscribed on a plaque inside
the front door of City Hall.
Jones is a maintenance supervisor at the water plant.
The mayor said he identified that the

January water outage
involved damage to switch gear and dealt with the problem.
Here’s

the video.




Regular Meeting, Lowndes County Commission, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 April 2011

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Valdosta Downtown Farm Days —Mara Register



Mara Register came to the Lowndes County Commission regular meeting
to talk about Downtown Valdosta Farm Days,
following up from the

Farm Days organizational meeting Monday.

I think her main points were:

  1. Provide additional information about healthy eating
    with food from local farmers,
    thus helping solve the epidemic of childhood obesity in Georgia.
  2. Economic development opportunity for small farmers.
  3. Promote downtown district.

When?
The Saturday after First Friday and the Saturday after Art After Dark.

Where?
The parking spaces around the historic courthouse.

No livestock.
Local produce.
Here’s

video of the first part of what she said.




Regular Meeting, Lowndes County Commission, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 April 2011

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Logistics, such as no cooking, because

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Being proactive —Gretchen Quarterman

At the

Lowndes County Commission work session
on Monday morning,
County Manager Joe Pritchard

distributed a map to the Commissioners
from the Valdosta
Main Street Manager, Amanda Peacock, detailing a proposal for
a Farmer’s Market on the sidewalk of the old County Courthouse.

proactive: serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an
expected occurrence or situation; anticipatory




Lowndes County Commission work session, 12 April 2011, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

While apparently supportive of the initiative, the process could
have

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