{"id":1171,"date":"2012-01-17T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T16:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/my-job-create-environment-for-jobs-andrea-schruijer-of-vlcia-lcdp-5-dec-2011.html"},"modified":"2012-01-17T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T16:32:13","slug":"my-job-create-environment-for-jobs-andrea-schruijer-of-vlcia-lcdp-5-dec-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/my-job-create-environment-for-jobs-andrea-schruijer-of-vlcia-lcdp-5-dec-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"My job: create environment for jobs &mdash;Andrea Schruijer of VLCIA @ LCDP 5 Dec 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLA7BF55D0A0F781FA\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ACuspki0mQY\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nIn a refreshing changes from &#8220;jobs, jobs, jobs&#8221; as everything,\nAndrea Schruijer,\nExecutive Director of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\ntold the Lowndes County Democratic Party meeting, 5 December 2011,\nthat it wasn&#8217;t her job to create jobs, jobs, jobs; it was her job\nto create an environment that let jobs be created.\nTowards that end, she announced several new jobs at VLCIA,\nincluding a PR and marketing position.\nVLCIA Chairman Roy Copeland also spoke and helped answer questions\nfrom the audience, including about\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a234n9ldx4Y&#038;list=PLA7BF55D0A0F781FA&#038;index=3&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nwages<\/a>,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xBfXV4mCJGw&#038;list=PLA7BF55D0A0F781FA&#038;index=5&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nworkers<\/a>, and\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vfioq_H0ZPw&#038;list=PLA7BF55D0A0F781FA&#038;index=6&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\ngreen industries.<\/a>\n<p>\nPerhaps not shown is her answer to my question about what does\nVLCIA do to promote new local industry.\nI believe she said VLCIA looks to the Chamber of Commerce for incubation,\nand helps once local businesses are established.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLA7BF55D0A0F781FA\">\na playlist:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLA7BF55D0A0F781FA&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nMy job: create environment for jobs &mdash;Andrea Schruijer of VLCIA @ LCDP 5 Dec 2011\n<br>\nAndrea Schruijer Executive Director of VLCIA,\n<br>\nMonthly Meeting, Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 December 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. 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