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May 2013

Wiregrass is working to help local industries close the skills gap

May 7, 2013

Valdosta, GA— According to recent reports, by 2030 there will be 79 million retirees in what is considered the skilled trade industries.   Those same reports are predicting that there will only be...

March 2013

Here, In Valdosta-Lowndes County, Georgia… OUR COMPANIES THINK BIG.

March 27, 2013

Founders of Fresh Beginnings/eLEAD1ONE Win BIG Thinker Award, Plan For Expansion Barbara Kieker - www.ValdostaCEO.com On March 21, Judy and Hugh Hathcock of Fresh Beginnings, Inc./eLEAD1ONE...

January 2013

Forestry industry earns jobs, dollars for Georgia

January 14, 2013

Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that a study by the Georgia Institute of Technology for the Georgia Forestry Commission shows that in 2011, economic activity generated by the forestry industry...

Tourism remains big business for Lowndes County

January 8, 2013

Brittany D. McClure The Valdosta Daily Times VALDOSTA — In August 2012, the Georgia Department of Economic Development released a 2011 study of travel economic impact on Georgia's states,...

2013 Georgia Logistics Summit

January 7, 2013

On March 19-20, 2013 the Georgia Logistics Summitt celebrates its fifth anniverasary and continues to be a highly anticipated event. In 2012 the Summit hosted 1,600 attendees from 28 states and 7...

December 2012

December 2012 Logistics Market Snapshot

December 17, 2012

Please find attached the December edition of the monthly Logistics Market Snapshot. As we enter into the final weeks of the Holiday season, we have included below some selected encouraging seasonal...