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3 Appointments to VLC Conference Center and Tourism Authority LCC 2012 Jan 9-10



Who is on the Tourism Authority Board, and why do they have
such rapid changeover in executive directors?

The Commissioners considered Monday 9 January and made Tuesday 10 January
three appointments to the Tourism Authority:
Commissioner Joyce Evans (reappointment),
Jerome “Andy” Anderson (reappointment),


and Greg Charbeneau apparently to replace
Linda Jenson (who had been appointed to fill a vacancy for ? Montgomery).

5.a. Valdosta/Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority

County Manager Joe Pritchard said at the Tuesday Regular Session that
Greg Charbeneau is a Vice President at Wild Adventures.
Here’s

video of that session:




3 Appointments to VLC Conference Center and Tourism Authority LCC 2012 Jan 10

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 January 2012.

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



According to

Wild Adventures’ own press release
of 29 July 2011
and

the VDT 14 August 2011
,
Greg Charbeneau is also their general manager.

We learned a little more at the Monday Work Session, but not much.
Here’s

video:




3 Appointments to VLC Conference Center and Tourism Authority LCC 2012 Jan 9

Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 9 January 2012.

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

VLCCCTA’s own

webpage

has no indication that such a board even exists,
much less

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Solar conference in Birmingham, U.K.

Birmingham lures solar conference from London.
Maybe soon we’ll read Valdosta lures solar conference from Atlanta.

Solar Power UK wrote 15 December 2010,

Sun Shines on Birmingham’s Solar Industry
:



Birmingham is to host the annual Solar Power UK Conference and
Exhibitionin October 2011. Over 3000 solar industry participants, 30% of
which will be overseas visitors, are due to descend on the city during
the conference following sell out events in Munich and London in 2010,
generating a predicted £4.15m for the city.

That’s about $6.7 million U.S. dollars.

It is the only time the event has been hosted outside of London in the
UK and the first time the conference will be lighting up the city. The
decision comes as Birmingham is increasingly recognised as a hub for the
developing UK solar industry…

So becoming a leader in solar netted Birmingham a major conference,
which brings income in addition to the jobs and energy generated
directly by the solar projects.

Continuing:

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