{"id":1585,"date":"2011-08-29T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/planning-commission-meets-tonight.html"},"modified":"2011-08-29T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:37:52","slug":"planning-commission-meets-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/planning-commission-meets-tonight.html","title":{"rendered":"Planning Commission meets tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/GLpc\/Meetings.htm\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"\nwidth=\"310\" height=\"48\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/GLpc\/images\/header.gif\"><\/a>\nThe organization that considers every rezoning request\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/GLpc\/Members.htm\">\nfor Lowndes County\nor any of the cities of Valdosta, Dasher, Hahira, or Lake Park,<\/a>\nthe Greater Lowndes Planning Commission,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/GLpc\/Meetings.htm\">\nmeets tonight, 5:30 PM, 29 August 2011.<\/a>\nThis appointed body decides nothing, but it does make recommendations to the\nelected governing body of the appropriate county or city,\nwhich does take those recommendations into account before deciding.\nIf you want to rezone, or if there&#8217;s rezoning near you,\nyou would do well to go to the Planning Commission meeting\nbefore it gets to your local elected body.\n<p>\nThe Planning Commission&#8217;s remit is not just rezoning cases.\nAccording to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?page=102\">\nthe City of Valdosta&#8217;s writeup:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nThe mission of the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) is to look\nbeyond short-term solutions in planning for the future of the Greater\nLowndes community; to improve the public health, safety, convenience and\nwelfare; and to provide for the social, economic and physical development\nof communities on a sound and orderly basis, within a governmental\nframework and economic environment which fosters constructive growth\nand efficient administration.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe Planning Commission meets at the old Lowndes County Commission offices:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/GLpc\/images\/Lowndes2a.jpg\"><\/a>\nLowndes County Board of Commissioners Building\n<br>\n325 W. Savannah Ave.\n<br>\nValdosta, GA 31601\n<\/blockquote>\nI would link to their agenda, but the they&#8217;re only up to June in posting\nagendas and May in posting minutes.\n<p>\nHowever, you can go see for yourself:\n<blockquote>\nAll meetings are open to the public; however, opportunities for speaking\nare only provided at the regularly scheduled Public Hearing meetings.\n<\/blockquote>\nI think that means not at work sessions.\nThey will sometimes ask audience members questions, as well.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The organization that considers every rezoning request for Lowndes County or any of the cities of Valdosta, Dasher, Hahira, or Lake Park, the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission, meets tonight, 5:30 PM, 29 August 2011. 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