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Packet: R-21 to E-A rezoning, Jail door lock and skylight, Subdivision Infrastructure, LMIG Resurfacing Bids @ LCC 2026-08-10

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In the County Manager Report there is this item:
David Crawford – Partnership Health Center (Work Session).

Since Lowndes County does not post video of its Work Sessions, you’ll either need to be there Monday morning at 8:30 AM, or watch it later in the LAKE videos.

This contentious rezoning will be decided after a Public Hearing:
REZ-2026-15 Mardun Ventures, LLC, 6434 Lake Alapaha Blvd, ~10.7ac, R-21 to E-A, County Water & Septic.

The big dollar item I believe comes from state money, i.e., your state taxes,
or is it T-SPLOST, also your taxes?

Cost What
$1,808,850.75 2026 Local Maintenance and Improvements Grant (LMIG) Local Road Assistance (LRA) Resurfacing Bids
$64,302.26 Jail Skylight Replacement
$62,440.00 Jail Door Locking Control System Replacement
$1,935,593.01 Total


[Collage @ LCC Packet 2026-08-10]

Collage @ LCC Packet 2026-08-10

Here is the agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is

on the LAKE website, with images of each page below.

For the rezoning, see also the

the preceding Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026, 8:30 A.M.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Packet: Lake Alapaha rezoning to ag., Howell Road rezoning and annexation to Valdosta @ GLPC 2026-07-27

Three cases with only two sets of applicants will be heard 5:30 PM, Monday, July 26, 2026, by the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC).


[Collage: Packet @ GLPC 2026-07-27]

Collage: Packet @ GLPC 2026-07-27

In a seldom-seen type of case, Michael Jones of Mardun Ventures wants to rezone 10.7 acres from R-21 to E-A, Estate Agriculture, to use for silviculture operations.
The property does contain wetlands and it is near the Alapaha River.

Sheldon Hill and Laine Chaney want to rezone two parcels from R-A to M-2 and C-H,
and to annex it into the City of Valdosta,
at the northeast corner of Inner Perimeter Road and Howell Road.
“The applicants are proposing to market this property for future industrial and commercial development due to its strategic location adjacent to the railroad and its proximity to Inner Perimeter Road. The applicants are requesting annexation in order to allow access to municipal utilities and other City services.”

Here is the

agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is
on the LAKE website,
along with the minutes of the previous meeting, which
surprisingly, were
on the county’s own website!

Images of each page are below.


Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~

~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~

Monday, July 20, 2026 5:30 P.M. Work Session

Monday, July 27, 2026 5:30 P.M. Regular Session

Valdosta City Hall Annex

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601

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