Recognizing Downtown Valdosta as the community's historic core, 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 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 2021 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, June 15, 2021
5:30 pm
Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Development Authority Office
(103 Roosevelt Dr.)

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority is a political subdivision of the State of Georgia created by the General Assembly (H.B. No. 893) and was established effective May 1, 1987. The basic responsibility of the Authority is to construct, own, maintain, expand, and operate any and all public airports in Lowndes County. The Authority is charged with the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a unified and coordinated airport system for public welfare, safety, and convenience. The Authority has all the powers necessary or convenient for its purposes, including the power to contract for, lease, acquire, and dispose of any and all property required to accomplish the Authority's responsibilities. The Authority has the responsibility to properly manage and account for all assets that come into its possession. The operating budget of the Authority shall be funded equally by the City and County from the general revenues of the local governments. The Authority has the responsibility to develop and expand sources of revenue generated by airport operations to reduce the need for local government revenues where such is reasonable and proper.

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority meets the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00 a.m. in the Airport Conference Room located at 1750 Airport Road.  View the 2021 Airport Authority Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Jim Galloway, Executive Director, Valdosta Regional Airport, at (229) 333-1833 or E-mail, or visit the Valdosta Regional Airport website.  

Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
8:00 am
South Georgia Medical Center, Board Room
(2501 N Patterson St.)

 
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 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 2021 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, June 16, 2021 
4:30 pm
Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Parks & Recreation
(1901 N Forrest St.) 

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 on the third Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at 1901 North Forrest Street. 

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. 

Public Art Advisory Committee meeting
Thursday, June 17, 2021 
11:30 am
Turner Center for the Arts
(527 N Patterson St.)

The City of Valdosta created the Public Art Program to further the purchase and foster the appreciation of works of public art and promote the creation of works of art and the purchase of the same for the citizens and the City of Valdosta to promote the aesthetic value to the entire community. The Program also encourages the preservation and protection of works of public art and to encourages economic development.

The Public Art Advisory Committee will meet the third Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Turner Center for the Art, 527 North Patterson Street.   View the 2021 Public Art Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Bruce Smith, Chairman of the PAAC, at (229) 244-1188 or E-mail.