\nDate: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:47:01 -0500 (EST)\n
\nSubject: Alert: Chamber needs your help to protect Moody!\n
\nDear Chamber Member,\n<\/p>\n
\nOur Chamber recognizes the $448 million economic impact Moody Air\nForce Base has on our regional economy each year. We meet with Air\nForce officials at the Pentagon annually and ask them, “What else\ncan our community do to protect MAFB from the next BRAC?” The\nanswer, every year: prevent encroachment, and the best way to do\nthat is by protecting the Military Activity Zone (MAZ).\n<\/p>\n
\nToday\n\n(Tuesday, Dec. 11) at the Lowndes County Board of\nCommissioners meeting<\/a> there are two agenda items that could put\nMoody at risk.\n<\/p>\n\n \n\nSpot zoning for a proposed densely settled subdivision in the MAZ<\/a>\nis an invitation to other developments and inherently sets a precedent.\nIt’s a very slippery slope. How will the County tell the next one\n“no”?\n<\/p>\n \nThe second agenda item would\n\nchange the zoning ordinance<\/a>\nto allow even more densely settled neighborhoods in the MAZ.\n<\/p>\n \nOne of the reasons we’ve been able to keep MAFB here\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \nAnother Georgia community (Warner Robins)\n\nis actually using taxpayer dollars<\/a>\nto buy back residential properties in\n\ntheir military activity zones<\/a>\nas a result of their failure to prevent encroachment.\n<\/p>\n \nThe Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny this subdivision,\nand\n\nto deny the proposed changes to the MAZ<\/a> that would allow more\ndense residential development. The County Commission should vote to\ndeny, too.\n<\/p>\n \nThe\n\nChamber’s GAC Executive Committee<\/a> voted unanimously to oppose\nactions that allow encroachment and weaken the MAZ. The Chamber\nencourages our members to contact our County Commission members to\nlet them know how you feel about protecting MAFB. The Chamber\nencourages our members to attend the County Commission meeting at\nthe Dec. 11 meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Administation Building.\n<\/p>\n \nPlease respond to this email to share your thoughts.\n<\/p>\n \nSincerely,\n \n\n \n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Received today (yes, I’m a Chamber member). -jsq From: “Tim Jones, Chairman of the Board ” <chamber@valdostachamber.com> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:47:01 -0500 (EST) Subject: Alert: Chamber needs your help to protect Moody! 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<\/a>\n\nfor more than\n70 years is because MAFB can be utilized for a number of types of\nmissions, largely because of the protected activity zone. Both\nagenda items, if passed, could increase encroachment into the MAZ\nand could very well limit MAFB’s future mission possibilities.\n
\nTim Jones, Chairman of the Board\n
\nValdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![](\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c34842a68970b-pi.jpg\")
<\/a>\nI added the links above.\nAll that Tim Jones said,\nplus Crawford Powell’s discovery that the proposed subdivision\n\nwould be a fire code violation,<\/a>\nplus\n\naccording to Forbes Valdosta MSA housing prices are still dropping<\/a>,\nso\n\ndo we even need any more housing, anyway?<\/a>\n<\/p>\n