Congratulations to the Greater Vidalia® Youth Leadership Class of 2024-2025! 🎉🎓

Congratulations to the Greater Vidalia® Youth Leadership Class of 2024-2025! Earlier this week, students celebrated their graduation at Lyons First Baptist Church, showcasing what they’ve learned about leadership, community impact, and their role as future leaders. Throughout the program, students explored key industries like Agriculture, Economic Development, and Healthcare while also developing essential skills in…

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State of Economic Development – Empowering Revitalization

🌟 State of Economic Development – Empowering Revitalization 🌟   Since 2023, success stories in cities like Douglas, Moultrie, Gainesville, and others have sparked discussions between the City of Vidalia, the City of Lyons, and Toombs County about the possibility of creating Tax Allocation Districts (TADs). Over the past year and a half, both cities…

2025 Annual Meeting Recap!

What a fantastic night at the Annual Meeting! Nissa Mitchell officially accepted the gavel as incoming Chair, sharing her 2025 goals to focus on membership and helping businesses grow and be successful. She stated, “the Chamber exists to support our members. Our members know involvement with the Chamber is an important tool for increasing their visibility…

2025 Update From State Legislators

On Thursday, January 9th, the Greater Vidalia ® Chamber hosted the first event of the year, the 2025 Legislative Luncheon.  This event gives constituents in the Greater Vidalia® area the opportunity to hear from their elected officials right before they head off to Atlanta for session of the Georgia Assembly.  State Representative Leesa Hagan and…

Ringing In the New Year!

2024 was a year of many new things in our community but one thing remains constant, dedication. We saw dedication from our community in the aftermath of multiple storms, we saw dedication to development with multiple new industry announcements, and we as your Chamber remain dedicated to business with multiple areas of growth including our…