VALDOSTA —
The lineup for this year’s Gathering of Eagles “Make It’ in South Georgia event at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College was just announced and sounds interesting, as always.
The featured speaker this year is Bob Prosen, the bestselling author of “Kiss Theory GoodBye.” He will focus on leadership skills, retention of good employees, delegation, performance management, and achieving financial goals.
The afternoon part of the day long event will feature presentations from successful area leaders focusing on the creation of jobs and products from our natural resources.
The informative day long event will be held Thursday, March 1, 2012 and tickets are $199 for general admission and $250 for VIP admission, which includes a ton of perks, meals and an extra event.
Wiregrass has been hosting these events for several years, and everyone who attends always gets a lot of great advice as well as valuable networking from the day.
If you are interested in attending, you can go to Wiregrass’ website to register and you need to do so soon in order to reserve your place.
Kudos to Wiregrass for presenting the Gathering of Eagles, which has become a signature event for the college and has helped bring a great deal of attention and talent to Valdosta.
Business Roundup
Terrific news this week — the Olive Garden will be opening in two weeks, on Jan. 23. Hopefully the city will start work very soon on the red light to alleviate the traffic, which is sure to pile up there quickly.
Got a call this week after a real estate closing that there is a new Fred’s coming into town on Bemiss Road by Studstill.
The Main Squeeze on Baytree Road just reopened under new ownership this week. The smoothie spot is a fave with college students, so it’s nice to see it back.
Also on Baytree, the new Southwest Georgia Bank is still moving along and not far from there, a renamed Taboo Ink is now open.
The new Maryland Fried Chicken on N. Ashley St. looks like the building and parking, etc. are finished, but there’s been no movement on it for several weeks, so unsure when it’s going to open.
Jungle Jym’s is not a skating rink anymore. The owners have converted it into a room full of inflatable bounce houses and party rooms. Along with the 18 hole mini-golf course, Jungle Jym’s aim is to be a totally family oriented facility, open seven days a week.
A new business is locating in the strip center between Best Buy and Submarina called the Gadget Doctor, which offers repair services on smartphones, pads, tablets, etc. plus other services as well. Interesting concept.
The new Green Iguana Mexican restaurant is preparing to open in the next week or two. It’s located where the Wooden Nickel was on St. Augustine.
No word yet on the Loco’s building and who bought it, but it looks like somebody’s been in there surveying the building, so maybe we’ll hear something soon.
The Zaxby’s restaurants are being built fairly rapidly on both St. Augustine Rd. and Lakes Blvd. in Lake Park. No word yet on the former location on Baytree, but hopefully they’ll get started on that one soon too.
I’ve been asked several times lately about Gander Mountain. The company has no stores currently in Georgia and no plans for expansion at this time, and they have not purchased land on Norman Drive.
I’ve heard in the past that they’ve come to town to look at a variety of locations, including James Road, but until they actually buy property, it’s just another rumor. Sorry folks.
That’s it for this week but if there’s something I missed, please let me know!
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Photo by Paul Leavy The Olive Garden restaurant chain announced an opening date of January 23 for their new location in Valdosta.
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