{"id":25305,"date":"2025-10-22T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25305"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:50:51","slug":"workshop-1-lowndes-county-comprehensive-plan-update-2025-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/workshop-1-lowndes-county-comprehensive-plan-update-2025-10-20.html","title":{"rendered":"Workshop 1, Lowndes County Comprehensive Plan Update 2025-10-20"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nWhy I went to the\r\n\r\nMonday GLPC Work Session<\/a>:\r\nafter it was the first Workshop for the Greater Lowndes Comprehensive Plan, including the cities of Valdosta, Hahira, Remerton, Dasher, and Lake Park.\r\nUpdates to the Comprehensive Plan are required by the state of Georgia every five years.\r\n

\r\nJames Horton of the Southern Georgia Regional Planning Commission (SGRC)\r\nconducted the Workshop.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Workshop<\/a>\r\n
Workshop 1, Lowndes County Comprehensive Plan Update, James Horton, SGRC, Monday, October 20, 2025<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nFor the current Plan, see:\r\n
\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/DocumentCenter\/View\/1512\/2021-Greater-Lowndes-Comprehensive-Plan-PDF?bidId=<\/a>\r\n

\r\nJames Horton gave a very comprehensive review of what’s in the Comprehensive Plan and what it is for.\r\nThen most of the session consisted of people filling out a SWOT analysis, mostly online.\r\nThat’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.\r\nYou can SWOT, too: follow the QR code.\r\n

\r\nAfterwards, County Manager Paige Dukes mentioned she had just been to\r\na session with One Valdosta-Lowndes (OVL) and we all needed to\r\nmake all these plans work together.\r\nI was slow to get the camera restarted, so I missed the first part of what\r\nshe said, but you can get the gist from what’s on the video.\r\n

\r\nEach of the cities has its own planning beyond what’s in the Comprehensive Plan,\r\nParks and Rec and the Tourism Authority each have their plans,\r\nand of course OVL was intended for projects that affect all of the above.\r\n

\r\nReminds me of the old joke about when there were a dozen standards,\r\nso somebody started another standard to merge the standards.\r\nThen where were a dozen plus one standards.\r\n

\r\nJames Horton says:\r\n

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\r\nThe next meeting is Workshop 2 on Monday November 17, 2025 at 325 West Savannah Avenue at 6:00 PM following the work session of the Greater Lowndes County Planning Commission.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nAnd the third Workshop will also be after a GLPC Work Session, on January 20, 2026.\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Attendees<\/a>\r\n
Attendees @ Workshop 1, 2025-10-20 –jsq for LAKE<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Southern<\/a>\r\n
Southern Georgia Regional Commission, Est. 1963, 2025-10-20 –jsq for LAKE<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nBelow are links to each LAKE video, followed by a LAKE video playlist.\r\nPlus some documents sent by James Horton.\r\n\r\n