July 2015 Features

  • How Business and Personal Credit Cards Are Different

    July 30, 2015

  • Why Your Company Needs a Wellness Program

    July 30, 2015

    If one of your company’s top players decides to defect to the competition due to a unique benefit offering, the result can be catastrophic. Not only could your business experience a decline in productivity, the costs associated with finding new talent and trying to fill the void in the meantime could be incalculable. One way to stay competitive in this increasingly aggressive job market is to invest in a sound wellness program.

  • Ace Electric Celebrating 40 Years of Growth

    July 28, 2015

    Forty years ago, Thomas (Tom) Stalvey, Sr. started with a strong work ethic and determination to build Ace Electric, Inc., into a successful company that today performs all sizes of electrical projects throughout the Southeastern United States.

  • 5 Tax Related Changes for Your Healthcare in 2016

    July 28, 2015

  • VFD Forms Response Team With Citizens Fire Academy Graduates

    July 27, 2015

    The Valdosta Fire Department is once again partnering with the community through its Citizens Fire Academy Response Team (CFAR), a new citizens group designed to assist firefighters with non-suppression activities.

  • Atlanta Braves EVP, Mike Plant, Well-Trained for Olympian Task of Moving Team to Cobb County

    July 23, 2015

    The first sporting event at the Atlanta Braves’ Turner Field in June of 1996 was not a baseball game, but, rather, the venue for the U.S Olympic Track and Field Trials, followed the next month by the actual Olympic Games. That irony is not lost on Atlanta Braves’ Executive Vice-President, Mike Plant, an Olympian speed skater and member of several Olympic committees, who has taken on overall responsibility for the 2017 move of the team to SunTrust Park in Cobb County.

  • Teachers Become Students During AP Summer Institutes at VSU

    July 22, 2015

    Valdosta State University’s Regional Center for Continuing Education hosted the 2015 Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institutes last week.

  • SGRC Seeking Public Comments on 2040 Transportation Vision Plan

    July 21, 2015

    The Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) is seeking public comments on the proposed 2040 Transportation Vision Plan (TVP) for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO). The TVP outlines the vision for transportation investment in Valdosta, Lowndes County and surrounding areas for the next 25 years.

  • 6 Easy Steps to Creating Your Entrepreneurial Sales Process

    July 20, 2015

    How many times have you felt like you had gotten “lost” when trying to sell a prospect on your product or service? How frustrated have you been when you felt like you weren’t in control of your sales interactions? Navigating the sales process isn’t always easy. It’s something even experienced salespeople can have trouble with.

  • Six Valdosta-Lowndes County Expansions Spur $27.25M Investment, 95 Jobs

    July 14, 2015

    The Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority continues to see the growth of Valdosta-Lowndes County businesses with expansion of existing companies driving both investment and job growth resulting in $27.25 combined capital investment and 95 direct new jobs.

  • Curt Fowler on Listening to Your Customers

    July 13, 2015

    There are a lot of great ways you can be listening to your customers. Surveys, using different tools including the Net Promoter Score, are just one of the tools you can use to listen to your customers. Here are some others you can try.

  • Interim President of VSU Dr. Cecil Staton Announces Administrative Restructuring

    July 07, 2015

    During his first official day as interim president of Valdosta State University July 1, Dr. Cecil P. Staton issued a series of announcements to the campus community regarding permanent and temporary restructuring at the administrative level.

  • Valdosta Mayor John Gayle Receives Certificate of Achievement

    July 07, 2015

    Valdosta Mayor John Gayle received the prestigious Certificate of Achievement from the Georgia Municipal Training Institute at the Georgia Municipal Association’s (GMA) 82nd Annual Convention in Savannah on June 29th.

  • $1 Billion Planned for Transportation Improvements in Region, Comments Sought for VLMPO

    July 06, 2015

    The Southern Georgia Regional Commission is seeking public comments on the 2040 Transportation Vision Plan for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO). This document, which outlines the vision for transportation investment in Valdosta, Lowndes County and surrounding areas for the next 25 years, projects over $1 Billion in spending on transportation for the region.

  • Merger with Renasant Means Positive Changes Ahead for HeritageBank of the South Clients

    July 01, 2015

    Last December, Renasant Corporation of Tupelo, Ms. and Heritage Financial Group, Inc. of Albany, Ga. announced their definitive merger agreement. The all-stock transaction, which closes today (July 1), will result in HeritageBank of the South merging with and into Renasant Bank. Len Dorminey, former president and CEO of Heritage and new executive vice president of Renasant Corporation and president of Renasant Bank's Georgia region, predicts a smooth transition for customers, stockholders and team members.