{"id":22579,"date":"2022-01-18T14:28:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T19:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=22579"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T19:28:20","slug":"virtual-world-bimbo-qsr-ace-electric-vlda-2022-01-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2022\/01\/virtual-world-bimbo-qsr-ace-electric-vlda-2022-01-18.html","title":{"rendered":"Virtual World, Bimbo QSR, Ace Electric @ VLDA 2022-01-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nMaybe it&#8217;s time to go to one of these.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s tonight at 5:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>\nBimbo QSR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walb.com\/2021\/04\/29\/valdosta-chosen-site-new-food-processing-facility\/\"><br \/>\n&ldquo;will produce several different types of hamburgers, hot dogs, and sandwich buns for quick-service restaurants&rdquo;<\/a> according to WALB,<br \/>\nin a 100,000 square foot building on South Saint Augustine Road for a claimed investment of $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>\nVirtual World Technologies does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vwtonline.com\/\"><br \/>\nmanaged technology services<\/a>, although curiously it doesn&#8217;t seem to update its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ValdostaVWT\/posts\/991002690968984\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nAce Electric <a href=\"https:\/\/aceelectric.net\/\">has been around here a long time<\/a>.<br \/>\nEvidently they&#8217;re doing something new.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"Bimbo QSR and Virtual World, VLCIA Agenda\" name=\"M:Bimbo-QSR-and-Virtual-World-VLCIA-Agenda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/vlcia\/2022-01-18--vlcia-agenda\/many.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/vlcia\/2022-01-18--vlcia-agenda\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Bimbo QSR and Virtual World, VLCIA Agenda]\" border=0><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/vlcia\/2022-01-18--vlcia-agenda\/many.html\">Bimbo QSR and Virtual World, VLCIA Agenda<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere is the<br \/>\n<a href=\"mnt\/ext2\/www\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/dsswa\/2022-01-19--dsswa-agenda\">agenda<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\n<p style=\"border:1;width:75%;float:right\">\nMission: Create an environment to attract new industry and promote the<br \/>\ngrowth of existing industry to drive job creation and capital investment.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:120%\">\nValdosta-Lowndes<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDevelopment Authority\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"border:1\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong><br \/>\n2022 Board of Directors<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBrad Folsom, Chair<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTom Call, Vice Chair<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAneesha Johnson, Secretary<br \/>\n<br \/>\nJerry Jennett, Director<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTerri Lupo, Director\n<\/td>\n<td>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<Br><br \/>\nTerm Exp 1\/1\/2023 (County Appointee)<br \/>\n<Br><br \/>\nTerm Exp 1\/1\/2026 (City Appointee)<br \/>\n<Br><br \/>\nTerm Exp 1\/1\/2024 (City\/County Joint Appointee)<br \/>\n<Br><br \/>\nTerm Exp 1\/1\/2027 (City Appointee)<br \/>\n<Br><br \/>\nTerm Exp 1\/1\/2025 County Appointee)<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<p><H3 style=\"text-align:center\"> BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING <\/H3><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><br \/>\nTuesday, January 18, 2022, 5:30 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<H4 style=\"text-align:center\"><br \/>\nAGENDA<br \/>\n<\/H4><\/p>\n<p>\n* Vote<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-roman;\">\n<li>\nWelcome, Invocation &#038; Call to Order Brad Folsom<\/p>\n<li>\nApproval of Minutes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nGeneral Monthly Minutes December 15, 2021 Brad Folsom *\n<\/ul>\n<li>\nConsideration of Financial Report, December 2021 Tom Davis *<\/p>\n<li>\nPresentation of 2020-2021 Audit-Mr. Mark Rogers<\/p>\n<li>\nProject Management Report Stan Crance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nVirtual World Technologies<\/p>\n<li>\nBimbo QSR\n<\/ul>\n<li>\nBusiness Development Report<\/p>\n<li>\nStrategic Development Report<\/p>\n<li>\nDirector&#8217;s Report Andrea Schruijer<\/p>\n<li>\nAttorney Report Bill Holland<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nBimbo QSR Easement *<\/p>\n<li>\nAce Electric Inc. *\n<\/ul>\n<li>\nItems for Consideration<\/p>\n<li>\nCitizens to be Heard<\/p>\n<li>\nExecutive Session TBD<\/p>\n<li>\nAdjourn Monthly Meeting\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nNext Monthly Meeting: Wednesday, February 15, 2022\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n -jsq\n<\/p>\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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe it&#8217;s time to go to one of these. It&#8217;s tonight at 5:30 PM. Bimbo QSR &ldquo;will produce several different types of hamburgers, hot dogs, and sandwich buns for quick-service restaurants&rdquo; according to WALB, in a 100,000 square foot building on South Saint Augustine Road for a claimed investment of $25 million. 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