Gracing the cover of the June Valdosta Scene magazine is the city’s most famous landmark, the Crescent. Chances are that even if you’re from here, you may not really know the history behind this graceful and elegant home. Most Valdostans tend to drive up and down Ashley and Patterson Street without taking the time to really look at all the local scenery. I realize it’s not all beautiful, but much of it truly is, if you just take the time to enjoy it.
In addition to the home’s history, there are accompanying photos from Wes Sewell of some of the beautiful weddings and events he has photographed there in recent years.
The theme for this month’s Scene is all about gracious, Southern living. Relaxing and enjoying life in the South, with tips for entertaining friends, throwing a swank summer party, and selecting the right wine for your gathering.
Other tips in the Scene include information and photos about easy day trips that can be taken from Valdosta around Georgia and Florida. You will also find a great historic piece on the former home of The Valdosta Daily Times at the corner of West Hill Avenue in a building that is long gone. Did you know back in the day before all the modern conveniences we now take for granted that reporters used to shout out scores, big news of the day, etc. from the second floor windows? Just one more thing replaced by the Internet.
Photos from recent events, recipes, a feature on Covington’s, relationship advice and much more can be found in the June Scene. Pick up a copy today at the Times office or Books-a-Million. Read and enjoy!
Take a Walk on the Northside!
Several businesses on Northside Drive are coming together this Saturday to have a joint Open House event. On June 13, you can shop in various stores on Northside and help raise money for a good cause. The merchants have selected the Georgia Sheriff’s Boys Ranch as its charitable recipient for the event, with the money collected going to help buy bookbags and school supplies.
There will be family activities, sales and more. Follow the Times this week for more information, including the stores participating in the Walk on the Northside event Saturday.
Business Roundup
It looks like there may be a new adult entertainment club opening on Bemiss where Peaches used to be. The problem is that since Peaches closed, the property has been annexed into the city and the rules have changed so that you can no longer have alcohol and nudity in the same venue, but at any rate, there is a sign on the property that says Club Diamond with a silhouette of a female form, like you might find on a trucker’s mud flap. The sign says it’s a “gentleman’s club” and is opening soon.
While we’re on Bemiss, there is a new Bemiss BBQ opening up where a pizza place used to be and another club is coming called Carol’s Country Club across from the fire station, sort of.
Also on Bemiss, the Elliano’s still doesn’t look like it’s opened yet.
Up the road a bit, quite a bit, all the way up to Nashville, there is a new gift shop that opened this week called the BriarBerry Gift Shop across the street from Harveys.
And while we’re in outlying areas, there is a new industry in Lakeland called Affinity Homes. The modular home builders started production in May and are edging towards having their first home completed for a grand opening soon. It’s located where the former Warsaw modular home builders was, near the Threatte Center.
Still waiting on official word on Buffalo Wild Wings, but it’s pretty sure that they are coming in by the mall on an outparcel, most likely right across from Atlanta Bread.
Tough times for about 100 employees this week who were laid off by Hood Packaging when the plant closed suddenly last Friday.
No word yet on whether the Chick Fil A is a for sure or still just proposed near the intersection of North Valdosta Road and Inner Perimeter, but the rain is delaying work on all sorts of projects around town right now.
That’s all I have for this week, but if there’s something I missed, please let me know!
Business
Business This Week: Have you seen the June Scene?
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Valdosta Shared Office Space
VALDOSTA — Though Valdosta Shared Office Space is not new to Valdosta, it is newly green. The first and only shared office space in Valdosta owned by Gino Fina, just became the first Downtown Valdosta business to work with the Georgia Cities Foundation’s Green Communities Fund to implement environmentally friendly, energy-efficient improvements, reducing energy consumption upwards of 50 percent. -
Downtown businesses to be mobbed this week
A few years ago, when everyone started talking through social media, flash mobs became the new in thing to do. Primarily in the big cities, although VSU did their own a year or two ago, a designated place and time would be set and masses of people would descend on these sites, sometimes dancing, sometimes singing, sometimes acting obnoxiously.
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Keep tails wagging when your budget is lagging
I have a problem. Though I am a tight-wad when it comes to spending my money, I cannot resist the calling to buy adorable toys, collars and, yes, even clothes for my three cuter than all get out fur babies.
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The Valdosta Mall: Revamped and Ready for Business!
VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Mall has made tremendous strides since its rebranding away from Colonial Mall in 2007 and it’s refocus in 2008 when it made a move from serving the community to being a part of the community.
“We had taken for granted our place in the community for a long time,” said Jerry Weller, general manager of the Valdosta Mall. “We don’t do that anymore.” -
Keep your clothes looking fab to avoid looking drab
As I get older, I’m beginning to learn that there are more important things than clothes. Ugh! It pains me to even form that sentence; however, it’s true.
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Business This Week: Happy Mother’s Day!
Today is the one day a year dedicated to celebrating mothers, although we all use their guidance and wisdom every day. But for this one day, their sacrifices, kindness, love, and advice are recognized, hopefully, by the children they raised or helped to raise. It might not even be those born to them, as most mothers don’t limit their love and it flows over onto their children’s friends, family members, and the children they influence in the classroom, in Sunday school and in volunteer activities.
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Downtown will have a new beat this week
The Brown Bag Concert Series produced by Valdosta Main Street will begin again on Monday and last all week.
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Valdosta Regional Airport: Flying Valdosta to the Top
There are 104 publicly owned, public-use airports — nine commercial service and 95 general-aviation airports — in Georgia. Airports are significant to the state’s economic infrastructure and essential to transportation of goods and people. A single airport can support various diversified industries such as technology, manufacturing, distribution, agriculture and tourism.
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Brittany's Budget Diary: Be Green to Save Green
“It’s not easy being green,” once said Kermit the Frog. No offense to Kerm, but it is in fact quite easy being green. I know because I am incredibly green.
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Propex: Global Presence, Local Roots
VALDOSTA — Not every company sets out to build a better community, a better world and a better future. However, not every company is Propex.
Propex is known as a leader in building and rebuilding key infrastructure all over the world. Products made at Propex are used to protect hillsides, highways and waterways from damaging erosion by combining engineered fabrics with natural vegetation rather than broken rock. - More Business Headlines
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