On Thursday, January 4th, the Greater Vidalia ® Chamber hosted the first event of the year, the 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. This year’s event hosted a record…
DetailsThe Greater Vidalia® Chamber Board of Directors recently held their final meeting of the year at Elements in Lyons in conjunction with a Christmas social and dinner. They were joined by incoming Board of Directors; Greg McKenzie Jr., Rick Patel, Trent Williams (serving as advisor), and Jennifer Crutchfield (not pictured). This meeting took place to…
DetailsThe Greater Vidalia® Chamber and the Toombs County Development Authority are pleased to announce Mandy Britt will be joining our team as Director of Entrepreneur Development for the Greater Vidalia® Regional Center for Rural Entrepreneurship. Mandy’s educational qualifications include a Master of Public Administration degree which included courses in environmental policy, performance analysis, public sector…
DetailsDebbie, Executive Vice President, Dana, Director of Member Experience, and incoming 2024 Board of Director Chairperson Stephanie Williams, attended the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executive’s Volunteer Leadership Conference in Athens on November 2nd and 3rd. Many sessions were valuable educating experiences for our team including keynotes with the commissioner of the Georgia Department…
DetailsWednesday, October 25th, we welcomed representatives from MicroLife Institute (ML) and Georgia Conservancy (GC) at our much anticipated Housing Forum. The purpose of the forum was to learn results from a year-long study performed by both ML and GC, hear proposed suggestions on how Toombs County can move forward coming out of our housing crisis,…
DetailsOn October 5th, the Greater Vidalia® Chamber hosted the last State of the Community Series for 2023 – State of Industry. Our keynote speaker, Hugh “Trip” Tollison, President and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA), spoke to a crowd of 80 interested community members on all things Hyundai, the EV Metaplant currently under…
DetailsOur Greater Vidalia Youth Leadership students completed their Agriculture Session yesterday. They were able to learn more about agriculture and how it impacts our local economy as a whole. We are so thankful for community leaders who took the time out of their day to educate the students on their day-to-day life in the agriculture…
DetailsThe results of the Georgia Conservancy and Microlife Institute’s Housing study will be released on Wednesday, October 25th from 8-10am at the Tattnall Auditorium in Southeastern Technical College. Find out the results of the study and hear proposed suggestions on how Toombs County can move forward coming out of our housing crisis. To RSVP or…
DetailsThere are few things that get us as excited as being in a room full of eager, emerging leaders! We are THRILLED to introduce the Greater Vidalia® Youth Leadership Class of 2023-2024. They will spend the next 7 months honing their leadership and interpersonal skills while getting a behind-the-scenes look at how the various aspects…
Details“As part of the regional business community, I believe in the mission of the Greater Vidalia® Chamber and the avenues which they seek to grow not only our regional business environment but also each individual business,” says Chris Hopkins, Store Manager of Lasseter Tractor Company, and owner of Hopkins Farm. Hopkins generously gives of his…
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