{"id":19653,"date":"2018-02-07T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=19653"},"modified":"2019-07-21T17:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T21:33:56","slug":"special-called-meeting-vlcia-2018-02-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/special-called-meeting-vlcia-2018-02-07.html","title":{"rendered":"Special Called Meeting @ VLCIA 2018-02-07"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2019-07-21:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/georgia-beer-company-lease-agreement-vlcia-2018-02-07.html\">LAKE videos and still pictures<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nAlcohol and the economy, on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildlowndes.com\/images\/uploads\/Agenda02-07-2018_Special_Called_Meeting.pdf\">\r\nthe agenda<\/a> for this morning&#8217;s\r\nSpecial Called Meeting of the Development Authority.\r\nI think I&#8217;ll go to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/tucker-rd-west-ridge-business-park-appointments-vlcccta-vlcia-lcc-2017-12-11.html\">Brad Folsom as the new Mary Gooding<\/a>.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center\">\r\nValdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority\r\n<br>\r\nAgenda\/Special Called Meeting\r\n<br>\r\nWednesday, February 7, 2018, 11:30 am\r\n<br>\r\nIndustrial Authority Conference Room\r\n<br>\r\n103 Roosevelt Drive\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight:bold\">\r\nCall to Order\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nFor the purpose of voting on amended Economic Development Agreement\r\nand Lease Agreement for GA Beer Company\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight:bold\">\r\nAdjourn Special Called Meeting\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Only one item, Agenda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=19650\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"19652\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Only one item, Agenda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/e99afff52927c60d2c199f36255c41c5.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nGeorgia Beer Company&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiabeercompany.com\/\">website<\/a>\r\nsays &ldquo;We are not open for business yet&rdquo;,\r\nbut its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiabeercompany.com\/contact-us.html\">\r\ncontact page<\/a> says &ldquo;Say hello to the first Georgia brewery in Valdosta.&rdquo;\r\nThey also have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/georgiabeerco\/\">facebook page<\/a>.\r\nNeither of which says where they will be located.\r\nSo, VLCIA, in one of your numerous mostly-empty business parks, or elsewhere?\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1344331474\/georgia-beer-co\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GA Beer Co. logo\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/ksr-ugc.imgix.net\/assets\/004\/643\/946\/8ec8fe6db2ca088a15911533a0520fd8_original.gif?w=680&#038;fit=max&#038;v=1444189160&#038;auto=format&#038;gif-q=50&#038;q=92&#038;s=ab5e194019f3ace89c3fecaa22ec260d\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nLooks like GA Beer Co. had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1344331474\/georgia-beer-co\">kickstarter<\/a> fundraiser a couple of years ago, which says they all met at VSU.\r\n<p>\r\nPresumably this is the same Community and Economic Development Strategy\r\nrecently approved by the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/videos-approved-resolution-against-state-fee-diversion-economic-strategy-road-abandonment-lcc-2018-01-23.html\">\r\nLowndes County Commission<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2019-07-21: LAKE videos and still pictures. Alcohol and the economy, on the agenda for this morning&#8217;s Special Called Meeting of the Development Authority. I think I&#8217;ll go to see Brad Folsom as the new Mary Gooding. 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