The groundbreaking ceremony for the Greater Vidalia Center for Rural Entrepreneurship was held Monday, April 17th with a public address and remarks from the Ronnie A. Dixon Park and the shovel ceremony directly following on site of the new facility. The “Center” will be located at 204 East First Street in Vidalia. In various remarks…
Leadership Greater Vidalia Class of 2022/2023 met Friday for their graduation session. At this session, each participant is responsible for making a “storyboard presentation” creatively displaying what they have learned about our community and themselves in their respective sessions this year. Graduation is a culmination of the year and it is always bittersweet ending the…
ConnectHER 2023 was one for the books! Almost 200 ladies joined us for a night filled with shopping, food, and a great time together as women. Shopping was available for our guests at 10 bazaar booths featuring a wide variety of items. Our ladies were treated to a plated meal and Anissa Starnes finished off…
The Greater Vidalia® Youth Leadership class held its graduation on Monday, March 20th at Lyons First Baptist Church for the graduation of the 2022-2023 class. The graduation ceremony gives the students the opportunity to show their parents, program sponsors, and the participating school officials what they learned during the program about themselves, our community, and…
The Greater Vidalia® Chamber has implemented a new event series entitled “State of the Community” and our first program of this series was “State of the Cities” held Thursday, March 2nd at the Lyons First Baptist Church. City officials from both Lyons and Vidalia highlighted current projects and future plans for both communities including roadway…
The Chamber “passed the gavel” at the 2023 Annual Meeting on Friday, February 3rd at the Vidalia Community Center. Outgoing chair, John Koon, told the crowd ““We’ve had a great year and it’s bitter-sweet that my time has come to an end, but I’m look forward to Mike’s leadership and where the Chamber will go.”…
The Chamber kicked off the 2023 Signature Events schedule with the 2023 Legislative Luncheon held at Lyons First Baptist Church on January 5th. This event is held on the first Thursday in January, the week before the legislative sessions kick off in Atlanta and hosted by the Chamber’s Public Policy Council. This year’s event highlighted…