Central Valdosta Development Authority Meeting
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 
5:00pm
City Hall Annex, Multi-Purpose Room

Recognizing Downtown Valdosta as the historic core of the community, the Central Valdosta Development Authority manages the process of enhancing Downtown's position as the governmental, cultural, and economic center of the Greater Lowndes County area by involving businesses, property owners, government, churches, and the entire community.

The Central Valdosta Development Authority meets the Tuesday following the second Sunday of each month at 5:00 p.m.  All meetings are held in the Authority conference room in the City Hall Annex, Multi-Purpose Room, located at 300 North Lee Street.  View the 2020 CVDA Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Ellen Hill, Main Street Director, at (229) 259-259-3577 or E-mail.  

Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Development Authority Meeting
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 
5:30pm 
Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Development Authority Office

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority is responsible for the proper applications of those powers associated with the promotion and encouragement of the location and expansion of industry, agriculture, trade, and commerce in Valdosta and Lowndes County. Other responsibilities of the Development Authority include the following: (1) to buy, acquire, develop, improve, own, operate, maintain, sell, lease and mortgage land, buildings, and property, (2) to grant, loan, or lease Development Authority funds and/or property to private persons or corporations operating or proposing to operate any industrial establishment, (3) to encourage industrial and agricultural development in Valdosta and Lowndes County, (4) to encourage the location of new industries in Valdosta and Lowndes County, (5) to elect Development Authority officers from the Authority's membership, (6) to appoint and select staff and agents and set compensation, and (7) to adopt and amend bylaws and regulations for the conduct and management of the Authority.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Andrea Schruijer, Executive Director, Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority, at (229) 259-9972 or E-mail, or visit the Development Authority website.   

Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
8:00am
South Georgia Medical Center, Board Room 

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County is responsible for establishing policy and an adequate means of implementing policy associated with providing person-centered quality care to each sick or injured patient, for promoting healthful living and preventive medicine to the public, for seeking to provide optimal care at a reasonable price, for achieving and maintaining an excellent staff of competent and caring persons, for encouraging a creative partnership within the hospital community with mutual respect for the role of the public, administration, medical staff, nursing staff, and each individual employee involved in the provision of health care services, and for improving health care in Lowndes County and surrounding areas, while accepting any patient without regard to race, creed, color or national origin.

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County meets the third Wednesday of each month at 8:00 a. m. in the Executive Board Room at South Georgia Medical Center, 2501 North Patterson Street.  View the 2020 Hospital Authority Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Mr. Ronald Dean, CEO, South Georgia Medical Center at (229) 259-333-1000 or E-mail 

Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Parks & Recreation Authority Meeting
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
4:30pm
Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Parks & Recreation Authority

The Legislative Act creating the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority was approved by Governor Sonny Perdue on March 25, 2008. The purpose of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority is to provide parks and recreation services throughout Lowndes County. No member of the Authority shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest, profit, or benefit in any contract, work, or business of the Authority nor in the sale, lease, or purchase of any property to or from the Authority unless (a) any interest, profit, or benefit by such member is disclosed in advance to the other members of the Authority and is recorded in the Minutes of the Authority, (b) that no member having any such interest, profit, or benefit may be present during that portion of an Authority meeting when such contract, work, business, sale, lease, or purchase is being discussed, (c) that no member having such interest, profit, or benefit may participate in any decision of the Authority relating to such matter.

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority meets the third Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at 1901 North Forrest Street.  View the 2020 Meeting schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact George Page, Executive Director, Parks & Recreation Authority, at (229) 259-3507 or E-mail or visit the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation website.