{"id":4929,"date":"2013-07-28T13:48:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T17:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2013-07-28T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T17:56:53","slug":"2013-southern-hospitality-workcamp-was-a-huge-success-tim-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/2013-southern-hospitality-workcamp-was-a-huge-success-tim-carroll.html","title":{"rendered":"2013 Southern Hospitality Workcamp was a huge success –Tim Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nReceived today. -jsq\r\n

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\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nAll,\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nI want to share some good news from our recent Mayor Council public \r\nhearing —\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe 2013 Southern Hospitality Workcamp was a huge success. This \r\nprogram, now in its’ 8th<\/sup><\/small> year brought 212 young\r\n“campers” from around the country into our community.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThey made badly needed repairs to 18 owner occupied homes. This\r\nbrings the total number of homes repaired to 275. Lowes RDC once\r\nagain stepped up and provided all the materials for which we are\r\ntruly grateful.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe value of the labor and materials now is in excess of $1.5M. I\r\nalso want to say thank you to the Valdosta City School system for\r\nonce again opening up Valdosta Middle to house the campers during\r\ntheir stay.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe joy I witnessed in these home owners faces was especially \r\ntouching. The hard work of city staff to plan and execute the work \r\ncamp along with these truly amazing young people is a blessing to\r\nour city and its’ residents.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nMost all saw the horrible news about a local homicide back a few\r\nweeks ago. Hopefully you also saw where within two days the\r\ndetectives with VPD along with staff from the V\/L Crime Lab solved\r\nthe murder and had two suspects in custody. This could not have\r\nbeen done without the hard work of our law enforcement staff and\r\nthe tools you the citizens have provided. Specifically the value of\r\nyour investment into the crime lab and the ability of law\r\nenforcement to use video from our traffic cameras. Those public\r\ninvestments are and have been paying dividends to our community\r\nhelping make it a safer place to live.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAs always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns —\r\nplease let me know.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n<\/a>\r\nSincerely,\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\nCouncilman Tim Carroll \r\n
\r\nValdosta City Council, District 5\r\n
\r\nCity Of Valdosta P.O. Box 1125 \r\n
\r\n216 E. Central Ave.\r\n
\r\nValdosta, GA 31603\r\n
\r\ntcarroll@valdostacity.com\r\n
\r\n\r\nwww.valdostacity.com<\/a>\r\n
\r\nValdosta…A City Without Limits\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nSome news coverage is listed below.\r\nThe photographs are\r\n\r\nby Pat Gallagher for VDT<\/a>, except the composite image which is from the\r\nMetro 17 Valdosta vimeo<\/a>,\r\nand the picture of Council Carroll from \r\nthe city of Valdosta<\/a>.\r\n -jsq\r\n