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5/25/17
2017 Historic Preservation Award winners

The City of Valdosta honored the 2017 Preservation Award winners at the May 25 City Council Meeting, as part of the city's observance of National Historic Preservation Month. The 9 th annual awards program recognized property owners who go above and...Read more

5/24/17
Crowd gathered in Mathis Auditorium to show appreciation for the Public Works Department personnel.

The 105 employees of the Public Works Department gathered at Mathis Auditorium on Wednesday, May 24, to be publicly recognized by city leadership and their peers for their performance and...Read more

5/22/17

The City of Valdosta will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.

The Sanitation Division will collect residential garbage only on Monday, May 29. Citizens who normally have their sanitation collected on Mondays should place their recyclables and yard waste at the curbside...Read more

5/19/17
Valdosta Government 101 Citizens Orientation Class of 2017 with Mayor, City Manager and PIO.

Twenty local citizens graduated from the 8th annual Valdosta Government 101 Citizens Orientation at a ceremony on May 8, joining more than 200 graduates from the program to date.

The seven-week...Read more

5/19/17
VYC complete 2016-2017 program year, May 11.

The 15-member Valdosta Youth Council (VYC), initiated by Mayor John Gayle in 2015, successfully completed the 2016-2017 academic year with a variety of accomplishments. The VYC, now in its second program year, was created for youth to build leadership...Read more

5/18/17

Valdosta Mayor Pro Tem Alvin Payton Jr. and Public Works Director Richard Hardy honored Crew Leader Robert Hamilton, Crew Leader Harry Bowdren and Maintenance Worker C.W. Shaw as the May 2017 Employees of the Month at the May 11 City Council meeting. Hamilton, Bowdren and Shaw received a framed...Read more

5/18/17
Quick Fact: Last year, the Public Works Department collected 1,092 tons of recyclables materials, in addition to 29,011 tons of solid waste, 10,497 tons of yard trash, 15,751 special pickups, and 31,833 pounds of electronics from the city's two annual E-recycling events; swept 2,228 miles of city...Read more
5/17/17

The City of Valdosta recognized 12 Valdosta High School (VHS) seniors who graduated from the Great Promise Partnership (GPP) program, at a ceremony on May 17, held in the Valdosta City Hall Annex Multi-Purpose Room. The students received a GPP stole, a graduate certificate from the GPP program...Read more

5/2/17

The popular lunch-time concert series is back! The Main Street Office will host the Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series in Downtown Valdosta, Monday, May 8 through Friday, May 12.

This event, which is free and open to the general public, features the live performance of a different band each...Read more

5/1/17

The Valdosta Fire Department will kick off the annual "Give Burns the Boot" drive on Thursday, May 4, joining more than 100 other fire departments throughout the state of Georgia in raising money to benefit the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation. This event, which relies on donations from...Read more

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