{"id":16497,"date":"2016-05-17T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=16497"},"modified":"2016-05-17T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:38:39","slug":"nature-nates-and-geda-vlcia-2016-05-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/nature-nates-and-geda-vlcia-2016-05-17.html","title":{"rendered":"Nature Nates and GEDA @ VLCIA 2016-05-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n<\/a>
\nOn tonight’s Development Authority agenda<\/a>,
\nI’m guessing GEDA is
\n
\nGeorgia Economic Development Association<\/a>.
\nNature Nate, you may recall, is the first occupant of Miller Business Park<\/a>.
\nI continue to suggest the Development Authority put solar panels on much of that
\nunused business park land and turn the business parks into profit centers instead
\nof continual money sinks to service all those bonds that funded them.<\/p>\n

\n

\nValdosta-Lowndes Development Authority
\n
\nTuesday, May 17, 2016 5:30 p.m.
\n
\nDevelopment Authority Conference Room\/103 Roosevelt Drive
\n
\nMonthly Meeting Agenda<\/p>\n

General Business<\/H3><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Call to Order\n
  • Invocation\n
  • Welcome Guests\n<\/ul>\n

    Minutes<\/H3><\/p>\n
      \n
    • Regular Meeting, April 19, 2016\n<\/ul>\n

      Financial<\/H3><\/p>\n
        \n
      • Review Compiled Balance Sheet and Income Statements for April, 2016\n<\/ul>\n

        Community Relations\/Marketing Update<\/H3><\/p>\n
          \n
        • 2016 Business Plan Update\n
        • Marketing Update\n<\/ul>\n

          Project Report — Stan Crance\/Andrea Schruijer<\/span><\/H3>
          \n

          Existing Industry —Stan Crance<\/span><\/H3><\/p>\n
            \n
          • Existing Industry Visits\n
          • BRAT\/Existing Industry Luncheon\n
          • Existing Industry\/Expansion Projects\n
              \n
            • Nature Nates Update\n<\/ul>\n
            • Project Management Training\n<\/ul>\n

              Executive Director’s Report —Andrea Schruijer<\/span><\/H3><\/p>\n
                \n
              • Draft Budget Review\n
              • Marketing Position Update\n
              • Upcoming:\n
                  \n
                • GEDA Spring Conference\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Attorney Report<\/H3>
                  \n

                  Citizens to Be Heard<\/H3>
                  \n

                  Adjourn General Meeting into Executive Session<\/H3>
                  \n

                  Adjourn Executive Session into General Meeting<\/H3>
                  \n

                  Adjourn General Meeting<\/H3>
                  \n

                  Mission of the Valdosta Lowndes Development Authority
                  \n“Create an environment to attract new industry and promote the growth of existing industry to drive job
                  \ncreation and capital investment.”<\/H3>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

                  \n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  On tonight’s Development Authority agenda, I’m guessing GEDA is Georgia Economic Development Association. Nature Nate, you may recall, is the first occupant of Miller Business Park. I continue to suggest the Development Authority put solar panels on much of that unused business park land and turn the business parks into profit centers instead of continual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2,24,178],"tags":[9279,187,190,3024,192,8704,188,8441,9281,8701,9282,8699,10,189,186,8702,12,7,197,185,9005,9280,198,502,183,8714,8338,7756,7986,191,6,7921,7915,8749,7920],"class_list":["post-16497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-government","category-solar","category-vlcia","tag-17-may-2016","tag-andrea-schruijer","tag-attorney","tag-business-park","tag-cpa","tag-economy","tag-executive-director","tag-existing-industry-coordinator","tag-geda","tag-georgia","tag-georgia-economic-development-association","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-j-stephen-gupton","tag-jerry-jennett","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lu-williams","tag-mary-gooding","tag-miller-business-park","tag-nature-nate","tag-operations-manager","tag-regular-meeting","tag-roy-copeland","tag-solar","tag-stan-crance","tag-terri-lupo","tag-tom-call-chairman","tag-tom-davis","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-lowndes-development-authority","tag-vlcda","tag-vlcia","tag-vlda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16499,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions\/16499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}