Tag Archives: Existing Industry Coordinator

Georgia Beer Company Lease Agreement @ VLCIA 2018-02-07

There was weeping, when Georgia Beer Company got approval to lease to own
the former Valdosta waterworks.

[Some crying from the applicants]

Some crying from the applicants

Here are LAKE videos of what happened at the

Special Called Meeting of the
Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority
, February 7, 2018, and a few stills, followed by a LAKE video playlist, and some pictures of the subject property then and after opening.

Pastry, Hunting, Market Strategy @ VLCIA 2018-02-20

On their agenda for tomorrow are bonds for

Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe
.


Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. logo

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 5:30 PM

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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Special Called Meeting @ VLCIA 2018-02-07

Update 2019-07-21: LAKE videos and still pictures.

Alcohol and the economy, on

the agenda
for this morning’s
Special Called Meeting of the Development Authority.
I think I’ll go to see Brad Folsom as the new Mary Gooding.

Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority

Agenda/Special Called Meeting

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 11:30 am

Industrial Authority Conference Room

103 Roosevelt Drive

Call to Order

  • For the purpose of voting on amended Economic Development Agreement
    and Lease Agreement for GA Beer Company

Adjourn Special Called Meeting


Only one item, Agenda

Georgia Beer Company’s website
says “We are not open for business yet”,
but its
contact page
says “Say hello to the first Georgia brewery in Valdosta.”
They also have a facebook page.
Neither of which says where they will be located.
So, VLCIA, in one of your numerous mostly-empty business parks, or elsewhere?


GA Beer Co. logo

Looks like GA Beer Co. had a kickstarter fundraiser a couple of years ago, which says they all met at VSU.

Presumably this is the same Community and Economic Development Strategy
recently approved by the

Lowndes County Commission
.

-jsq

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Nature Nates parking and mailbox @ VLCIA 2016-11-15



5:30PM today,
Nature Nate’s parking lot expansion and the never-ending mailbox controversy are back
on the agenda for the Development Authority.

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 5:30 pm

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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Videos: South Georgia Alliance and BRAT @ VLCIA 2016-10-18



The Development Authority is

twice as under budget as it is under revenue
,
and they expect tax collections to catch up in January.

National Manufacturing Day
had great local and national media coverage.
Fussell Tire

wants to build a warehouse with a non-coforming face towards St. Augustine Road
;
the board sent back a look askance.
They’re also

still feuding with the Post Office
about mail delivery to Nature Nate, the only tenant in Miller Business Park.

Prospective businesses
want to see communities that

“have their arms wrapped around millenials”
,
including bike trails.
Hm, what about

water trails
, asked WWALS president John S. Quarterman?

They

lacked a quorum

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South Georgia Alliance and BRAT @ VLCIA 2016-10-18



Yes, the Industrial Authority is meeting today at 5:30 PM
about BRAT, South Georgia Alliance, and
National Manufacturing Day
,
before it meets

tomorrow at 11:00 AM about VSU bonds
.

Here’s today’s agenda:

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 5:30 pm

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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Videos: Under budget but low tax collection, Nature Nate ahead, PO Box Woes @ VLCIA 2016-09-20

Authority under budget, Nature Nate’s ahead of schedule, USPS contentious, manufacturing week, and WWALS water trails: all packed into a brief meeting last Tuesday of the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority.




CPA Tom Davis
said the Development Authority is
under budget but tax collection is also slow, with no new funds expected until January.


Existing Industry Coordinator Stan Crance announced that

Nature Nate’s is beyond projections, now up to 25 jobs and $3 million capital investment and needs more parking.
They’d also like to move their postal mail delivery from a downtown post office box to a local mailbox.
But Nature Nate’s is the only tenant of Miller Business Park,
and USPS requires central box units for any business park.
This would require modifying the roundabout “just in case any other businesses were to locate out there”.
Some Development Authority board members found this USPS requirement to be a contentious situation, “worse than Continue reading

Business Plan @ VLCIA 2016-09-20

It’s again 5:30 today. The day before yesterday

they changed it to noon
,
and yesterday



they changed it back to 5:30 PM
,
but they didn’t fix that in
the online agenda.

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 12 noon

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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Again no new business prospects @ VLCIA 2016-08-16

That could be good because it makes them focus on existing industries.



Here’s the agenda.

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 5:30 p.m.

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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New Marketing person @ VLCIA 2016-07-19

Tonight at 5:30 PM they welcome
new marketing person
Meghan Schunhoff, whose



linkedin profile

says she also works for
The Triangle Furniture Football Friday Night Radio Show- Black Crow Media
and she previously worked for
South Georgia Medical Center.

She is listed on the Development Authority’s Our Team web page as Marketing & Research Manager, with no picture or other information yet.
Maybe it’s her job to put that there….

Meanwhile, thanks to Lu Williams for posting
the agenda.
FYI, they didn’t meet last month.

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 5:30 p.m.

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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