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On Thursday, August 6, 2020, Georgia Tech announced Valdosta as a 2020 Smart Communities Challenge Grant Winner. The award provides the city’s Traffic Management Center (TMC) with a grant to have all 128 major traffic signals equipped with smart technology, enabling the possibility of...Read more
The Valdosta Fire Department will kick off the annual "Give Burns the Boot" drive on Thursday, July 30, joining more than 100 other fire departments throughout the state of Georgia in raising money to benefit the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation. Due to COVID-19, The Valdosta Fire Department...Read more
Beginning Wednesday, July 29, the City of Valdosta will repave Lakeland Avenue from Bemiss Road to Forrest Street. The work is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., weather permitting. Funds for the project are provided by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Local Maintenance and...Read more
The City of Valdosta is participating in the Georgia Municipal Association’s (GMA) 2020 Census Challenge to increase response rates within the city. The challenge began on July 13 and concludes on Aug. 28.
GMA provided each participating city with resources to help improve residents’...Read more
The Valdosta Police Department is seeking applicants for its 32nd Session of the Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA) which will be held each Thursday night from September 10, 2020 to November 5, 2020.
The goal of this nine week program is to give citizens a better understanding of the...Read more
The City of Valdosta honored the 2020 Preservation Award winners at the July 23 City Council Meeting. May of each year is National Historic Preservation Month, however, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic the awards were postponed to July. The 12th annual awards program recognized property...Read more
On Saturday, August 1, The City of Valdosta will host its Annual Back to School Community Event. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this event will be held drive through style. The event is organized by the City’s Neighborhood Development Office as well as many other local organizations that sponsor...Read more
In September, the Valdosta Fire Department (VFD) will host its Annual Citizens Fire Academy designed to educate the residential and business communities about the services provided by the VFD, to increase fire and life safety awareness, and to establish community partnerships.
The...Read more
Valdosta Police Department is Hiring. We are holding an open testing on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 9 a.m. We allow entrance starting at 8:30 a.m. The test is limited to the first 20 people that arrive due to keeping with social distancing guidelines. We also ask everyone that attends to wear...Read more
As some local families continue to deal with food insecurities during the coronavirus pandemic, the Valdosta Police Department is stepping up to be part of the solution by collecting food that will be donated to the Living Bridges Ministry sack lunch program.
The police department is...Read more
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