{"id":2336,"date":"2011-03-10T21:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/movin-on-up.html"},"modified":"2011-03-10T21:06:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T02:06:10","slug":"movin-on-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/movin-on-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Movin&#8217; on up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesunnews.com\/2011\/03\/10\/2030901\/economic-development-agency-likely.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.sfmuseum.org\/photos10\/empnort2.gif\"><\/a>\nArrived via google alert for keyword &#8220;Valdosta&#8221;:\n<blockquote>\nThose on the committee to hire a new EDC director seem so certain they\nwill offer Lofton the job that he is already making plans to announce\nhe&#8217;s leaving Georgia next week, and can start work here in mid-April.\n<\/blockquote>\nLofton?\nYes, that Lofton:\n<blockquote>\nBrad Lofton, a Georgia native and moneymaker for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority in his home state, is being introduced around Horry County today as the leading candidate for the executive director of the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corporation.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe story is\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesunnews.com\/2011\/03\/10\/2030901\/economic-development-agency-likely.html\">\nEconomic development agency likely has new director<\/a>,\nby Lorena Anderson, in the Myrtle Beach SunNews.\n<p>\nHm, somebody is counting at least one chicken that hasn&#8217;t hatched:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/wiregrass-solar\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5012\/5469693987_30307188a2_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nLofton has been with the Valdosta group since 2006, and has brought\nmillions of dollars&#8217; worth of business and jobs to that county, Wendel\nsaid, including an energy plant that uses biomass and is now getting\nfederal renewable energy credits; &#8230;.\n<\/blockquote>\nAlso notice what they don&#8217;t list as a positive:\nthe solar plant.\nPerhaps an indication of somebody&#8217;s priorities.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arrived via google alert for keyword &#8220;Valdosta&#8221;: Those on the committee to hire a new EDC director seem so certain they will offer Lofton the job that he is already making plans to announce he&#8217;s leaving Georgia next week, and can start work here in mid-April. 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