{"id":2199,"date":"2011-04-12T12:47:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T16:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/100-black-men-rezoning.html"},"modified":"2011-04-12T12:47:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T16:47:05","slug":"100-black-men-rezoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/100-black-men-rezoning.html","title":{"rendered":"15.a) VA-2011-09 rezoning for 100 Black Men @ VCC 7 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5613158947\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5224\/5613158947_4897cbc8c8_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nRezoning some land for 100 Black Men of Valdosta was the\nfirst order of business on the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?recordid=1083&#038;page=193\">\nagenda for Valdosta City Council for 7 April 2011<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\n5.a. Consideration of an Ordinance to rezone 0.24 acres from Single-Family\nResidential (R6) to Office-Professional (O-P) as requested by 100 Black\nMen of Valdosta (File No.  VA-2011-09). The property is located at the\nsoutheast corner of Martin Luther King, Jr.  (MLK) Drive and South Troup\nStreet. The Planning Commission reviewed this request at their March\nRegular Meeting and recommended approval (7-0-1 vote).\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nPlanning Director Matt Martin,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=upsDTe1p9Ec\">\npresented the case.<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upsDTe1p9Ec\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nFormer Council Member Willie Head\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/100-black-men-rezoning.html\">\nspoke for the rezoning,<\/a>\nrepresenting 100 Black Men of Valdosta.\nHe mentioned several programs they have, some related to economic development.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tvzTt1YXXDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nWillie Head occupied the seat currently held by Deidra White until he\nretired from the Valdosta City Council last yet.\nAs he left after the meeting, I heard his name mentioned as a possible\ncandidate for mayor.\n<p>\nNobody wanted to speak against,\nso <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XylxygTm5eA\">\nthe council voted<\/a> unanimously to approve the rezoning.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XylxygTm5eA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>\n<small>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n100 Black Men of Valdosta is the organization that was having\nits annual dinner that same evening.\nHere are\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/05\/100-black-men-valdosta-15-may-2010.html\">\nsome videos from last year&#8217;s dinner,<\/a> including\nJohnny Ball presenting an award to Pastor Angela Manning\nand a speech on mentoring by President Roy Copeland.\n<p>\nLAKE didn&#8217;t go to this year&#8217;s 100 Black Men dinner (too many events;\ntoo little time).\nHere&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x1281105683\/Community-gathers-for-black-tie-event\">\nthe VDT&#8217;s report on this year&#8217;s dinner.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rezoning some land for 100 Black Men of Valdosta was the first order of business on the agenda for Valdosta City Council for 7 April 2011: 5.a. 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