They sure did talk about Miller Business Park a lot. Here’s the agenda. Here’s a playlist: Videos: Regular Session @ VLCIA 2012 01 17 Regular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA), Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland chairman, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett, Andrea Schruijer Executive Director, J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Project Manager, Valdosta, […]
According to what Col. Ricketts said at their most recent regular meeting, apparently what VLCIA is accepting bids for today is Phase 2, not Phase 1, of Infrastructure for Westside Business Park. I still give them credit for at least posting an announcement of today’s meeting on their website. The red rectangle indicates the area […]
At least this time it’s on their website (under “RECENT NEWS”): Notice of a Special Called Meeting of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority for the purpose of reviewing bids and awarding a contract for Westside Business Park Phase I Infrastructure Project on Friday, January 27, 2012, 12 Noon at the Authority offices, 2110 N. Patterson […]
Update 3:45 PM 3 November 2011: Better transcript and pictures. See also what happened after the meeting. Dr. Michael Noll, longtime opponent of the Industrial Authority’s formerly proposed biomass plant, asked that same board at their most recent meeting: What can we do as a community to better cooperate, to better communicate? He also referred […]
A private prison in Lowndes County would be a bad business decision: it would not increase employment, it would be likely to close because of lack of “customers”, and it would drive away knowledge-based workers. The letter I read to the Industrial Authority Board and Staff Tuesday on behalf of some members of the community […]
A protester I hadn’t seen before: I live in the shadows of where they were talking about building it. So I’m a little sceptical when they tell me that, you know, it’s safe. They told me the same about Agent Organge before I went to Vietnam. It turned out it was dangerous to us. He […]
Apparently VLCIA has few or no tracts of 200 acres or up out of their 577 acres. New Executive Director Andrea Schruijer said: We’re looking at having prospects in, or existing industries are looking to come here, we don’t actually look like we have a 577 acre tract that we can market. It’s actually a […]
Every protester has a story: We’re here to protest the building of the biomass plant. We think it’s ill-conceived to contaminate our air. Our children, retirees, all sorts of folks…. Here’s the video: Ill-conceived to contaminate our air –Barry Z. Hyatt @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Biomass protesters, Regular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA), […]
In case you thought they had gone away, here’s a video of biomass protesters at the most recent Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA) meeting. I suggested they put up some permanent signs. Here’s the video: Protesters @ VLCIA 19 July 2011 Regular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA), Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland chairman, […]
People keep mentioning the okra gift, and George Rhynes was kind enough to video it for his blog, K.V.C.I., so here it is. I suggested to VLCIA as I earlier did to the Lowndes County Commission that they hang up a clock so people can see how much more time they have to speak. You […]