3 rezonings, 3 grant documents, and a beer license,
discussed 8:30 AM Monday morning at the Work Session,
to be voted on 5:30 PM Tuesday evening at the Regular Session
of the Lowndes County Commission.
Here’s the agenda.
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Continue readingLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
I thanked the Commission for doing the right thing about the
CHIP grant.
And for at least three people sitting up front (Evans, Paulk, and Pritchard)
lowering their monitors so citizens (and even
cameras) could see their faces.
Then I relayed the news about the
$1.5 billion investment in Gadsden County, Florida
for a 400 MW solar project.
Plus ongoing jobs, expanded education, private sources of investment,
and customers for the electricity.
Unlike the failed local biomass project,
National Solar Power’s Gadsden County project already has
Progress Energy signed up as a customer for its electricity.
I recommended that the Commission go on record as being in favor of such
projects locally.
Here’s the video:
Thanks for CHIP and lower monitors; also solar –John S. Quarterman @ LCC 27 Sep 2011
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 September 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Mara Register from the Mayor’s office of the City of Valdosta
came to the Lowndes County Commission to speak about
Valdosta Downtown Farm Days, May through September.
One of the wonderful things about this event is it highlighted our beautiful historic courthouse. It highlighted our local growers and producers, and our historic downtown. But also went further to help promote healthy eating in our community.
…bringing people together to the downtown area to take advantage of the products that were produced here locally. The sense of conviviality was just wonderful,
bringing the community together. It’s very exciting actually to see several of our vendors here this evening.
Ashley Paulk, on his very best behavior that day, recognized his neighbors the Quartermans Continue reading