Tag Archives: Jonathan Irvin

Videos: 1 Lake Park, 2 Lowndes County, 4 Valdosta @ GLPC 2026-04-27

Update 2026-05-10: Packet: 3 rezonings, 4 road items, 1 beer and wine, VLCIA bonds, servers, debris hauler @ LCC 2026-05-11.

“Is a daycare center technically a club for babies?” GLPC Chair Steve Miller.

Lowndes County Planning JD Dillard said he would have to ask the zoning administrator for her interpretation, of 7. VA-2026-03 Request, Jonathan Irvin amended PD, mixed-use Child Daycare – School.

The Planning Commissioners found a way not to recommend denial even of the one item for which Valdosta City staff recommended denial, 6. CU-2026-02 Request by Hedgecock Investments LLC, Conditional Use Permit (CUP). They added to one of the conditions. Calvin Graham was the lone vote against. Afterwards he told me he just didn’t think it belonged there.

Collage @ GLPC 27 April 2026

Everything else sailed through, except the first Lowndes County rezoning got a split vote for recommending approval.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

Packet: 1 Lake Park, 2 Lowndes County, 4 Valdosta @ GLPC 2026-04-27

Update 2026-05-09: Packet: Lake Park annexation item @ GLPC 2026-04-27.

In a rare situation, Valdosta planning staff actually recommend denial of

CU-2026-02 Request by Hedgecock Investments LLC for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP)

Staff for Valdosta or Lowndes County recommend approval of all the other cases before the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) tomorrow at 5:30 PM.

Packet: 1 Lake Park, 2 Lowndes County, 4 Valdosta cases @ GLPC 2026-04-27

Here is the agenda.

The board packet materials are on the LAKE website, with images of each page below.

Except Lowndes County did not send the Minutes of the previous GLPC meeting. I will remind them.

We do not yet have the packet materials for the Lake Park case, because we had the wrong address for the Lake Park planner. I’ve now sent a request.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, April 20, 2026 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, April 27, 2026 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia Continue reading →

Videos: One Valdosta item for expansion of a Child Daycare and School facility @ GLPC 2023-07-31

The one case did not take long at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) at the end of July 2023, only fifteen minutes. It was about a Planned Development amendment for a mixed-use Child Daycare and School facility in Valdosta. They unanimously recommended approval with all seven conditions.

Collage @ GLPC 31 July 2023

There will be one county item for the August GLPC meeting, and none from the various cities.

Here are LAKE videos of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

Packet: One Valdosta item for expansion of a Child Daycare and School facility @ GLPC 2023-07-31

The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission only has one case for Monday, a Planned Development amendment for a mixed-use Child Daycare and School facility in Valdosta.

Collage, GLPC Packet 2023-07-31

The GLPC board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website.

Here is the agenda.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, July 24, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, July 31, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Continue reading →

Former Harveys on Bemiss as Storage, Daycare not for teenagers, many Remerton cases @ GLPC 2021-05-24

Two items were contentious at the May 24, 2021 meeting of the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC): repurposing the former Harvey’s supermarket on Bemiss Road as a storage facility, and a daycare facility that some people were mysteriously concerned would have teenagers hanging around.

There was also rezoning of 32.06 acres on Ulmer Avenue for solar panels. Plus many Remerton cases.

Here are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE playlist. See also the agenda. Continue reading →

On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange