May 17: The Valdosta Fire Department will hold a Promotions Ceremony on Monday, May 17, beginning at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Fire Station # 1, located at 106 South Oak Street. VFD Chief J.D. Rice will preside over the ceremony. http://www.valdostacity.com/Index.aspx?page=270&recordid=966&returnURL=%2findex.aspx
May 17: The Sunset Hill Cemetery Interactive web site is live, made possible by a Georgia Historic Preservation Fund grant awarded to the City of Valdosta by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in April 2009. The City of Valdosta produced this Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-enabled web site to be used by family members, historians, genealogists, and anyone interested in learning about the generations of Valdostans laid to rest at the city-owned Sunset Hill Cemetery. Learn more at http://www.valdostacity.com/Index.aspx?page=421.
May 20: All citizens are invited to the Valdosta City Council Meeting, on May 20, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Local government depends on citizen involvement. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, located at 216 E. Central Avenue. View agendas and meeting minutes on the city’s website at http://www.valdostacity.com/index.aspx?recordid=871&page=193
May 22: The City of Valdosta Public Works Department, in partnership with Keep Lowndes/Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB) and Atlanta Recycling Solutions, will host an Electronic Recycling Event on Saturday, May 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Mathis Auditorium, at 2300 N. Ashley Street. This event is one of two annual e-recycling events and other year-round efforts that support the city’s recycling program by providing citizens with a viable solution to properly dispose of their electronics. http://www.valdostacity.com/Index.aspx?page=270&recordid=962&returnURL=%2findex.aspx
Coming Soon...
May 27: There’s still time to enter the City of Valdosta 2010 People’s Choice Photo Contest. Capture the beauty of people and life in our community and enter the contest today. Simply pick up an application at the Annette Turner Center for the Arts, at 527 N. Patterson Street, at City Hall, or download from this link: http://www.valdostacity.com/index.aspx?recordid=910&page=270
May 31: The City of Valdosta is closed for Memorial Day. The Public Works Sanitation Division will pick up Garbage ONLY on Monday, May 31. http://www.valdostacity.com/index.aspx?appType=5&recordid=973
June 10: Commemorative Coca-Cola bottles for the City of Valdosta’s sesquicentennial year are available for a limited time only. These solid crystal bottles cost $100 each and will only be available to those who preorder and prepay for the collectable item by June 10. Preorder your keepsake of the sesquicentennial by contacting Sementha Mathews at (229) 259-3548 or at smathews@valdostacity.com.