{"id":1082,"date":"2012-02-23T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01industrial-authority-retreat.html"},"modified":"2012-02-23T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T14:56:12","slug":"01industrial-authority-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01industrial-authority-retreat.html","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Authority Retreat 2012 02 23"},"content":{"rendered":"The Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority is having\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/two-vlcia-meetings-thursday-retreat-and-board-2012-02-23.html\">\na retreat 9AM-2PM today.<\/a>\nThey have a facilitator, who is going through what looks like the usual facilitated procedures.\nShe claims to be camera-shy, but Chairman Roy Copeland tells me he\nwants the Industrial Authority to be transparent and to be seen as transparent.\n<p>\nHere the facilitator is\ngetting the board and staff to answer some initial questions.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6923296625\/in\/set-72157629437193565\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7052\/6923296625_9ac61346bf.jpg\"><\/a>\n<br>\n<small>\n<center>\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority Retreat, 101 N Ashley St., Valdosta, GA\n<br>\nPictures and videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, 23 February 2012.\n<\/center>\n<\/small>\n<p>\nAfter they gave individual answers, they broke into groups each including board\nand staff:\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6777201716\/in\/set-72157629437193565\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7053\/6777201716_bd3745895f_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6923315561\/in\/set-72157629437193565\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7186\/6923315561_10f4304ee7_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6777202130\/in\/set-72157629437193565\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7037\/6777202130_0211830963_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nI&#8217;m not videoing most of this meeting.\nIf you&#8217;ve ever been to one of these things, you&#8217;d know why:\nunless you&#8217;re directly involved, they&#8217;re, ah, rather longwinded and repetitive.\nIf they come up with something pithy I&#8217;ll try to video that.\n<p>\nThe gist so far seems to be that they want to lead and maybe facilitate\nthe community in economic development.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority is having a retreat 9AM-2PM today. 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