Thanks to the local military base, a thriving state college and a strong healthcare industry, the forecast for Valdosta is good. The combination of economic development projects and higher enrollment at Valdosta State University (VSU) will contribute to job growth.…
Valdosta, which brands itself the capital of South Georgia, has had a hard go of things lately. “[For] 166 years, we never had a hurricane hold together and make it to our doorstep,” says Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson. Yet…
From its 2020 peak-to-trough the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area (MSA), which includes Brooks, Echols, Lanier and Lowndes counties, lost about 10% of its jobs to the COVID-19 recession. The heaviest losses were in government and high-contact service industries such as…
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