Vintage Albany
Tweet Top left and right the 200 block of Broad Avenue, middle left Court Alley, middle right Washington Street, bottom the 200 block of Pine Avenue. All these buildings and more were razed in the mid 1980′s to make way for the Government Center, the School Administration building, the Federal Courthouse, the Dougherty County Tax [...]
Read More →Voters should decide Consolidation
Tweet We hope Commissioners will finally allow voters to decide the City / County Consolidation, issue, as one obvious answer to our budget shortfall. The City now struggles with financial problems, which may mean a 1.33 mil tax increase for property owners. City Manager James Taylor says he can balance the budget without a [...]
Read More →Chamber, CVB shake-up: After the dust settled
Tweet Written by Walter L. Johnson II Almost one full month into 2012, change has come to the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Albany Convention and Visitors Bureau. Such changes have recently reached the top, as Catherine Glover left her job as President and CEO of the chamber at [...]
Read More →Cannon Steps Up Pressure on CVB Separation From Chamber
Tweet Editor’s note: Albany attorney Phil Cannon distributed this public letter today. Cannon is a founder of the Albany Downtown Merchants Association and is a member of the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority. Thave spoken with many people and met with many groups since my recent public expression regarding the separation of the CVB and [...]
Read More →Riddle Firing a Mistake; Separate Chamber, CVB
Tweet Ten years ago Bo Henry and I started discussing a street festival in downtown. Bo had just opened Harvest Moon and I had just purchased and started renovating my building Downtown. Soon thereafter Tommy Gregors and Thronateeska came into the picture. Just after the second festival Sara Underdown took over the CVB. Lisa Riddle [...]
Read More →NORTHERN EXPANSION
Tweet A ribbon cutting celebrating HeritageBank of the South’s $2.5 million investment in Lee County was held Sept. 7 at the bank’s new facility on U.S. 19. Local contractors and subcontractors, including some Heritage customers, were used to build the 8,000-square-foot facility. LRA Constructors and architect David Maschke led the construction team. Ambassadors and officials [...]
Read More →Tweet Be loyal, buy local “Buy Local” campaigns are common, especially around the holidays, and on the increase. Often organized by chambers of commerce, the idea is to convince consumers to spend their money in their hometowns, versus leaving town to shop at big box retailers. According to an Institute for Local Self-Reliance survey, independent [...]
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