{"id":15927,"date":"2016-02-29T09:52:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=15927"},"modified":"2016-02-29T09:56:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T14:56:28","slug":"cac-office-on-skipper-bridge-rd-a-wal-mart-on-bemiss-rd-glpc-2016-02-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/cac-office-on-skipper-bridge-rd-a-wal-mart-on-bemiss-rd-glpc-2016-02-29.html","title":{"rendered":"CAC office on Skipper Bridge Rd. + a Wal-Mart on Bemiss Rd? @ GLPC 2016-02-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nFinally with\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/02292016-194\">the agenda<\/a> for tonight&#8217;s Planning Commission,\r\ncase codes and\r\nan address for the\r\n<a href=\"#Valdosta\">\r\n3-in-1 Bemiss Road rezoning<\/a>,\r\nbut still no address for the\r\n<a href=\"#REZ-2016-03\">\r\nCAC Skipper Bridge Road rezoning<\/a>,\r\nand none of the board packet: no maps, text, nothing else\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/AgendaCenter\">on Lowndes county&#8217;s website<\/a>,\r\nfor tonight&#8217;s \r\n6PM Planning Commission Regular Session.\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"Center of three properties: 4196 Bemiss Rd.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=15922\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:300;float:right\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Center of three properties: 4196 Bemiss Rd.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1d58455b04de44471ea36500af0011ee.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n\r\nThat Valdosta\r\n<a href=\"#VA-2016-03\">\r\nthree-part<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#VA-2016-04\">\r\ncase<\/a>\r\nincludes\r\n<a href=\"#VA-2016-05\">\r\nan annexation request<\/a>.\r\nThe agenda says it&#8217;s for Gusto Development, but no such company\r\nis registered with the Georgia Secretary of State.\r\nMaybe they mean <a href=\"https:\/\/ecorp.sos.ga.gov\/BusinessSearch\/BusinessInformation?businessId=2137525&#038;businessType=Domestic%20Limited%20Liability%20Company\">\r\nGusto GA Valdosta (Guest), LLC<\/a>,\r\nregistered &#8220;12\/8\/2015&#8221; with Principal Office Address: 736 Cherry St., Chattanooga, TN, 37402, USA.\r\nThat&#8217;s the address of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hutton.build\/\">The Hutton Company<\/a>, &#8220;We Know Dirt; Real Estate Development Construction&#8221;.\r\nThe land is owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/childrens-activity-center-3-in-1-valdosta-cases-on-bemiss-road-glpc-2016-02-22.html\">Bassford Properties LLC<\/a>,\r\nas noted in the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/childrens-activity-center-3-in-1-valdosta-cases-on-bemiss-road-glpc-2016-02-22.html\">previous post with the LAKE videos of the previous week&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>,\r\nwhich shows what little the public was allowed to know,\r\nsuch as that it&#8217;s for a grocery store and a gas station.\r\nThis might be a clue as to which company:\r\nAlex Green, timesfreepress.com, 9 November 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/business\/aroundregion\/story\/2014\/nov\/09\/wal-mart-brings-small-size-neighborhood-ma\/272786\/\">\r\n3 new grocery stores coming to Chattanooga, and they may be Wal-Marts<\/a>,<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nWal-Mart Neighborhood Markets, first introduced in 1998, are only\r\none-fourth the size of a typical Walmart Supercenter in the United\r\nStates and offer about 28,000 grocery items.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nA developer who has built Neighborhood Markets around the South is\r\nseeking rezoning for three new grocery outlets in Chattanooga. The\r\ncompany, Polestar Development, is a subsidiary of the\r\nChattanooga-based Hutton Co., and looking to build at an old\r\ncommunity pool lot in East Ridge, on a flat lot tucked between\r\nHeritage Park and an old strip mall off East Brainerd Road and at a\r\ngrassy, flat lot next to a church in a flood-prone area between\r\nBrainerd and the sprawling retail district of Highway 153.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nSounds very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/4196+Bemiss+Rd,+Valdosta,+GA+31605\/@30.916187,-83.2597676,664m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88ee681b3a16f35f:0x6677ec0c254fc20d\">this Bemiss Road site just north of Cherry Creek<\/a>.\r\nAnd <a href=\"http:\/\/bdgse.com\/documents\/Walmart-Athens-Ga.pdf\">Hutton Co. built a Wal-Mart in Athens, GA, too<\/a>.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\nGreater Lowndes Planning Commission \r\n<br>\r\nLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park \r\n<br>\r\n<strong>\r\nREGULAR MONTHLY MEETING\r\n<br>\r\nAGENDA\r\n<\/strong>\r\n<br>\r\nLowndes County South Health District Administrative Office \r\n<br>\r\n325 West Savannah Avenue \r\n<br>\r\n<strong>\r\nMonday, February 29, 2016 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing \r\n<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Order\" href=\"#Order\">\r\n<strong>\r\nCalL to Order, Invocation, Pledge\r\n<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"Approval-of-the-Meeting-Minutes-January-25\" href=\"#Approval-of-the-Meeting-Minutes-January-25\">\r\nApproval of the Meeting Minutes: January 25, 2016<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<center>\r\n<H3>\r\n<a name=\"Lowndes\" href=\"#Lowndes\">LOWNDES COUNTY CASES:<\/a> \r\n<a href=\"#Lowndes\">Video<\/a>.\r\n<\/H3>\r\nFINAL ACTION by the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners \r\n<br>\r\nTuesday, March 8, 2016\r\n<br>\r\nLowndes County Judicial and Administrative Complex\r\n<br>\r\nCommission Chambers, 2<small><sup>nd<\/sup><\/small> Floor \r\n<br>\r\n327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia \r\n<br>\r\n5:30 p.m. \r\n<br>\r\nPoint of Contact: Jason Davenport, County Planner, (229) 671-2430 \r\n<\/center>\r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"REZ-2016-03\" href=\"#REZ-2016-03\">\r\nREZ-2016-03 Lowndes County Children&#8217;s Advocacy Center<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<strong>Property Location:<\/strong> Skipper Bridge Road, Valdosta, Georgia \r\n<br><strong>Request<\/strong> to rezone 1 acre from R-A (Estate Agriculture) to O-I (Office Institutional) \r\n<center>\r\n<H3>\r\n<a name=\"Valdosta\" href=\"#Valdosta\">\r\nCITY OF VALDOSTA CASES:<\/a>\r\n<\/H3>\r\nFINAL ACTION by the City of Valdosta Mayor-Council\r\n<br>\r\nThursday, March 10, 2016 \r\n<br>\r\nValdosta City Hall, 216 E. Central Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia\r\n<br>\r\nCouncil Chambers, 2nd Floor 5:30 p.m.\r\n<br>\r\nPoint of Contact: Matt Martin, City Planning and Zoning Administrator (229) 259-3563\r\n<\/center>\r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"VA-2016-03\" href=\"#VA-2016-03\">\r\nVA-2016-03 Gusto Development<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<br><strong>Property Location:<\/strong> 4196 Bemiss Road \r\n<br><strong>Request<\/strong> to rezone a total of 9.18 acres from Planned Commercial Development (PCD) and Highway Commercial (C-H) to \r\nCommunity Commercial (C-C) \r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"VA-2016-04\" href=\"#VA-2016-04\">\r\nVA-2016-04 Gusto Development<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<br><strong>Property Location:<\/strong> north side of Guest Road, about 200&#8242; east of Hanover Lane \r\n<br><strong>Request<\/strong> to rezone 0.645 acres from Planned Development (P-D)(county) to Community Commercial (C-C)(city) \r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"VA-2016-05\" href=\"#VA-2016-05\">\r\nVA-2016-05 Gusto Development<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<br><strong>Property Location:<\/strong> north side of Guest Road, about 200&#8242; east of Hanover Lane \r\n<br><strong>Request<\/strong> to\r\n&ldquo;annex&rdquo; 0.645 acres from Lowndes County to the City of\r\nValdosta\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Center of three properties: 4196 Bemiss Rd.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=15922\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"15925\" width=\"600\" height=\"648\" alt=\"Center of three properties: 4196 Bemiss Rd.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/0ea3e0a706cd628244c01fd5e2d914fd.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"OTHER-BUSINESS\" href=\"#OTHER-BUSINESS\">\r\nOTHER BUSINESS<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"ADJOURNMENT\" href=\"#ADJOURNMENT\">\r\nADJOURNMENT<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finally with the agenda for tonight&#8217;s Planning Commission, case codes and an address for the 3-in-1 Bemiss Road rezoning, but still no address for the CAC Skipper Bridge Road rezoning, and none of the board packet: no maps, text, nothing else on Lowndes county&#8217;s website, for tonight&#8217;s 6PM Planning Commission Regular Session. 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