Nevermind the post below. This is much better.
Thank you Blake Odd
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Milledgeville Ex-Pats afloat again
The Telegraph had this to say about former M'ville MainStreet Director Heather Holder.
Seems a bit sudden, but there seems to be a tempest brewing over at our neighbor to the west in regard to tourism development.
To bolster my argument, I'll point you in this direction.
Not to say that the Convention & Visitors Bureaus and MainStreet/New Towns of the world are necessarily intertwined, but I believe that downtown development and tourism share some common interests.
But another thing about the first story, it seems that both Milledgeville Ex-pats, Holder and Lindsay Hornsby (M'ville MainStreet's former number 2), will be in the job market soon. I know that Hornsby's old job is open. And Holder's name made a cameo at this week's City Council meeting in reference to Frank Pendergast's Community Development Block Grant proposal.
Needless to say, a recession is a terrible thing to waste.
Seems a bit sudden, but there seems to be a tempest brewing over at our neighbor to the west in regard to tourism development.
To bolster my argument, I'll point you in this direction.
Not to say that the Convention & Visitors Bureaus and MainStreet/New Towns of the world are necessarily intertwined, but I believe that downtown development and tourism share some common interests.
But another thing about the first story, it seems that both Milledgeville Ex-pats, Holder and Lindsay Hornsby (M'ville MainStreet's former number 2), will be in the job market soon. I know that Hornsby's old job is open. And Holder's name made a cameo at this week's City Council meeting in reference to Frank Pendergast's Community Development Block Grant proposal.
Needless to say, a recession is a terrible thing to waste.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
It Is Only A Paper Moon
I'm just going to believe that Governor Sonny Perdue signed Milledgeville's hotel/motel excise tax and the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Public Health Facilities Authority bills into law after reading our blog here.
But however it really happened, it did.
But however it really happened, it did.
Overwhelming Unsupport
During an interview about Baldwin County Commissioners' Town Hall Meeting concerning proposed curbside pickup for solid waste, Commission Chair James "Bubba" Williams told me that the volume of calls he's received about the proposal has exceeded the number of calls he used to receive about rising property values on Lake Sinclair.
And not one call has been in support of proposal, he said.
Williams said that "with this type of overwhelming unsupport, it doesn't require a genius to interpret the desires of Baldwin residents."
(And yes, he said "overwhelming unsupport," for lack of a better term.)
County Commissioners will host a town hall meeting Thursday at the Walter B. Williams Rec Center to solicit ideas on solid waste collection and other ways the county can save monies to avoid a property tax increase in the coming fiscal year.
And not one call has been in support of proposal, he said.
Williams said that "with this type of overwhelming unsupport, it doesn't require a genius to interpret the desires of Baldwin residents."
(And yes, he said "overwhelming unsupport," for lack of a better term.)
County Commissioners will host a town hall meeting Thursday at the Walter B. Williams Rec Center to solicit ideas on solid waste collection and other ways the county can save monies to avoid a property tax increase in the coming fiscal year.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Little Love for the former State Capital
Governor Sonny Perdue signed a number of pieces of local legislation into law last week, as evidenced by this press release that you can read here.
Of the long list of local legislation signed into law last week, the Governor saw fit to sign one piece recognizing the Milledgeville Mayor's 2009 Commission on Youth Leadership, one of three pieces of Milledgeville-Baldwin County legislation that passed the General Assembly during the last session.
The two other pieces of legislation include authorizing local authorities to increase the local hotel/motel excise tax up to 8 percent to fund improvements to Milledgeville's Historic District and another bill to create a Milledgeville-Baldwin County Public Health Facilities Authority, which would act as a vehicle for creating a bond issuance should Baldwin County be chosen as the location for the state's proposed forensics hospital.
Now I haven't confirmed this date, but I believe that the 40-day time period, in which the Governor must sign legislation into law or it goes into effect automatically, ends Wednesday. I can't imagine that he'd veto these pieces of local legislation, but I wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't sign them either.
Oh yeah, and where is that writ of election?
Of the long list of local legislation signed into law last week, the Governor saw fit to sign one piece recognizing the Milledgeville Mayor's 2009 Commission on Youth Leadership, one of three pieces of Milledgeville-Baldwin County legislation that passed the General Assembly during the last session.
The two other pieces of legislation include authorizing local authorities to increase the local hotel/motel excise tax up to 8 percent to fund improvements to Milledgeville's Historic District and another bill to create a Milledgeville-Baldwin County Public Health Facilities Authority, which would act as a vehicle for creating a bond issuance should Baldwin County be chosen as the location for the state's proposed forensics hospital.
Now I haven't confirmed this date, but I believe that the 40-day time period, in which the Governor must sign legislation into law or it goes into effect automatically, ends Wednesday. I can't imagine that he'd veto these pieces of local legislation, but I wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't sign them either.
Oh yeah, and where is that writ of election?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Fall Line Freeway inches closer
The AJC gave mad shout outs to Middle Georgia's WunderRoad Tuesday in this story about stimulus funding for Georgia's transportation system.
"The most expensive project on Perdue’s list Tuesday was a $48 million project to build part of the Fall Line Freeway in Wilkinson County in Middle Georgia."
The story says Perdue's office is "95 percent there" in determining shovel-ready projects to fund with the state's $187 million share in roads funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
If it makes the cut, the Fall Line Freeway will be about 95 percent into Baldwin County, but who knows where the funding to actually build it into Baldwin will come from.
Don't exhale just yet.
"The most expensive project on Perdue’s list Tuesday was a $48 million project to build part of the Fall Line Freeway in Wilkinson County in Middle Georgia."
The story says Perdue's office is "95 percent there" in determining shovel-ready projects to fund with the state's $187 million share in roads funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
If it makes the cut, the Fall Line Freeway will be about 95 percent into Baldwin County, but who knows where the funding to actually build it into Baldwin will come from.
Don't exhale just yet.
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