{"id":749,"date":"2012-06-19T15:08:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T19:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/local-grass-and-100-vseb-local-contractors-for-landscaping-westside-business-park-vlcia-2012-05-22.html"},"modified":"2012-06-19T15:08:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T19:08:58","slug":"local-grass-and-100-vseb-local-contractors-for-landscaping-westside-business-park-vlcia-2012-05-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/local-grass-and-100-vseb-local-contractors-for-landscaping-westside-business-park-vlcia-2012-05-22.html","title":{"rendered":"Local grass and 100% VSEB local contractors for landscaping Westside Business Park @ VLCIA 2012-05-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mbrc1ge8wmQ&#038;list=PL740609842B101B55&#038;index=37&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mbrc1ge8wmQ\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe very first 100% VSEB contract!\nIn a welcome change of pace, Allan Ricketts announced at the 22 May 2012\nIndustrial Authority meeting that staff had accepted a proposal to\nhave local conctractors plant native local grasses as part of\nlandscaping Westside Business Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVSEB is the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?page=427\">\nValdosta Small Emerging Business<\/a> program.\nHe identified the grass as Little Bluefield.\nLater he said that was the same as\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugwood.org\/productivity\/pdfs\/NRCS-GA-645-NWSG9-07.pdf\">\nLittle Bluestem,<\/a>\nwhich is a well known native warm season bunchgrass (Schizachyrium scoparium).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mbrc1ge8wmQ&#038;list=PL740609842B101B55&#038;index=37&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mbrc1ge8wmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<small>\nLocal grass and 100% VSEB local contractors for landscaping Westside Business Park\n<br>\nRegular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\n<br>Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland chairman, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett,\n<br>Andrea Schruijer Executive Director, J. 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