Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority

🌟 Exciting News from Valdosta-Lowndes County! 🌟 Join us as 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐫, 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚-𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 shares incredible industry growth announcements. From 2020-2024, we've seen more than 1,300 new jobs and $972 million in capital investments! To name a few: Walmart Dairy Facility: 390 new jobs & a $350 million investment Arglass: Second furnace bringing 150 jobs & a $230 million investment 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 📈✨ https://lnkd.in/eyrUaQDq

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏&𝐁 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚! Today, community leaders gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of 𝐏&𝐁 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 in Valdosta, marking the start of construction and industry growth in Valdosta. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: • 200,000 sq. ft. Facility at Westside Industrial Park • 100 New Jobs for the local community • $30 Million in capital investments #EconomicDevelopment #NewJobs #KeepBuilding Georgia Department of Economic Development Locate South Georgia

We are excited to welcome Utility Plastics to Valdosta, Georgia.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚-𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐋𝐋𝐂 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 $𝟐𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚. This significant investment will create over 60 jobs for Valdosta, Lowndes County! Utility Plastics will customize VLCDA's recently completed 100,000-square-foot speculative building on 10 acres in the Westside Business Park. #EconomicDevelopment #NewJobs #KeepBuilding https://lnkd.in/ezAmxkuh

𝐖𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚-𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏&𝐁 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎-𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞-𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚. This significant development will create 100 new jobs and generate over $30 million in capital investments. #EconomicDevelopment #NewJobs #KeepBuilding https://lnkd.in/gqWNkB7N

𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 $𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈-𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 Local and state leaders joined Governor Brian Kemp and Lt. Governor Burt Jones to celebrate the groundbreaking of Arglass’ second furnace on its Valdosta, Georgia campus. The $230 million expansion will produce up to eight glass container types simultaneously for maximum flexibility, enabling small production runs, faster action to market demands, lower inventory levels, and reduced investment in molds. Construction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025. Once operational, the facility will produce more than 350 million sustainable glass containers annually, helping pave the way for a greener, more eco-friendly tomorrow. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will embody the future of glass manufacturing with a fully integrated production network driven by AI-integrated real-time data monitoring, predictive modeling, and fully automated closed-loop production and quality assurance systems. #buildlowndes #existingindustry #economicdevelopment #sustainability

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬: 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 We're thrilled to have hosted our third 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 program, a collaborative effort with Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. This five-day intensive training program provided seniors from Valdosta and Lowndes high schools with essential industry skills and certifications. 🔧Students honed their skills and earned certificates in Forklift Safety and OSHA 10-hour General Industry Certification. But that's not all --they also received valuable insights into various industrial programs during a tour of Wiregrass Tech. 🤝 💼 𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐀𝐅. They also received guidance in writing their resumes. 🍽️ 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜, our students had the opportunity to connect with industry professionals during lunch sessions. These interactions foster valuable networking and provide useful insights into local manufacturing careers. Congratulations to the 14 students who participated. We are excited to see them embark on their careers in the workforce. #WiredForWorkforce #IndustrySkills #CareerReadiness Packaging Corporation of America, GAF, Ace Electric, Inc, Cargill, Langdale Industries, and Sunset Farm Foods Inc.

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. The Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) students had the opportunity to talk to industry professionals and ask questions to better understand their industry career opportunities.  #BuildLowndes

𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭   Site Selection Magazine has named Valdosta-Lowndes County a Tier-3 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 area based on the number of significant economic development projects. Tier 3 represents communities with populations of less than 200,000.   In 2023, the Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority worked on projects that added 460 jobs and injected $390 million in capital investments into the local and regional economy, including Walmart's announcement to build a dairy processing facility.    Valdosta also welcomed Prinsco, a national company that manufactures corrugated high-density polyethylene and polypropylene pipes. The 74,000-square-foot facility will be completed later this year, and the company expects to create 40 jobs.   Along with recruiting businesses, the Development Authority worked with existing industries on facility expansion, installation of advanced machinery, and solutions to increase storage and production capacity.  #BuildLowndes #economicdevelopment

The new Arglass facility is planned to produce up to eight different glass container types simultaneously for maximum flexibility, enabling smaller production runs, faster reaction to market demands, lower inventory levels and reduced investment in molds.