{"id":1141,"date":"2012-01-30T12:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/vlcia-and-local-counties.html"},"modified":"2012-01-30T12:55:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T17:55:36","slug":"vlcia-and-local-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/vlcia-and-local-counties.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA and local counties"},"content":{"rendered":"In which of these five, seven, eleven, or thirteen counties\nis <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/01\/why-doesnt-vlcia-buy-locally.html\">\nAthens, Georgia?<\/a>\n<p>\nAccording to\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/regionalhub.html\">\nRegional Hub<\/a>,\n<blockquote>\nValdosta is a regional hub for eleven Georgia counties and two Florida\ncounties.\nValdosta-Lowndes County acts not only as the regional hub for retail,\nmedical, transportation and entertainment. Our community is also the\nregional hub for employment for five contiguous, predominantly rural\nGeorgia counties and two Florida counties (as indicated in the chart\nto the right) and supports a thirteen county region referenced from\nthe 2000 Census (see chart attached below).\n<\/blockquote>\nThe five Georgia counties are (alphabetically)\nBrooks,\nCook,\nEchols,\nLanier,\nand\nLowndes,\nand the\ntwo Florida counties are Hamilton and Madison.\nIn which of those seven counties is Athens, Georgia?\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/regionalhub.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/images\/stories\/laborldraw.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nThe thirteen counties, barely legible on VLCIA&#8217;s webpage, are:\nBerrien GA,\nBrooks GA,\nClinch GA,\nColquitt GA,\nColumbia FL,\nCook GA,\nDougherty GA,\nDuval FL,\nEchols GA,\nFulton GA,\nHamilton FL,\nLanier GA,\nand\nMadison FL.\nFulton County, Georgia?\nOK, that&#8217;s odd.\nHm, the table is entitled\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;Journeys To and From LOWNDES GA (Threshold = 50)&#8221;.\n<\/blockquote>\nIt&#8217;s about vehicles travelling in and out of Lowndes County.\nSo Fulton makes some sense, due to people travelling between here and Atlanta.\nLocal region, though?\nNot Fulton.\nDitto Duval County, Florida. Jacksonville, local? I think not.\n<p>\nSo maybe call it an eleven county region.\nIn which of those eleven or thirteen counties is Athens, Georgia?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In which of these five, seven, eleven, or thirteen counties is Athens, Georgia? According to Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA), Regional Hub, Valdosta is a regional hub for eleven Georgia counties and two Florida counties. Valdosta-Lowndes County acts not only as the regional hub for retail, medical, transportation and entertainment. 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