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Buying a
Home in Valdosta, Georgia
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Valdosta is located in Lowndes County
Population: 48,000
Located 232 miles southeast of Atlanta is
Valdosta. There are nine county public schools
and 13 private schools. There are many close
institutions of higher education located close
by: Valdosta Technical Institute at Valdosta;
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (2-yr) at
Tifton (about 50 miles away); Valdosta State
University (Sr. College/University); and Georgia
Military College Community College. There are 28
tennis courts, 20 parks, 3 golf courses, 5
swimming pools, 2 country clubs, 77 recreational
areas, 9 recreational parks, 18 "mini" parks and
30 public athletic facilities. Yearly events
include: Valdosta Garden Clubs' Antique Show,
Winnersville Classic, Crescent Center Garden
Club Camellia Show, Junior Service League's
Christmas Arts and Crafts Show, Jack Oliver Open
Golf Tournament, Triple Crown Softball Classic
and The Arts Festival.
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(Valdosta
Courthouse)
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Moody Air Force Base is home to 347th Wing and
the 23rd Fighter Group based at Pope AFB, N.C.
The wing has approximately 4,650 military and
700 civilian employees. The population impact on
the local community is large (Military and
Family: 9,660; Civilians and family: 2,050;
Retirees and family 15,000; Totaling 26,710). It
is even more significant when
compared to the
Valdosta population of 48,000 and Lowndes County
with 85,000.
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The economic impact is healthy. Fiscal year 1999,
Moody generated a $109.5 million dollar payroll for
the local economy. Construction, services and
commodities contracts totaled almost $22.7 million.
Other expenditures such as pay from the 1,436
secondary jobs created totaled $44.5 million. The
grand total was $176 million.
Moody has won the Commander-in-Chief's Installation
Excellence Award for 1991, and the 1994 Verne Orr
Award, which is presented by the Air Force
Association to the unit that most effectively uses
human resources to accomplish its mission. In June
1997, the wing was awarded the Air Force Outstanding
Unit Award for the eighth time in its illustrious
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Valdosta University is located in Valdosta, a city
of 48,000 in south-central Georgia. It can easily be
reached from I-75 with three exits. It is convenient
to shopping areas, restaurants and movie theaters.
The Valdosta area is served by the Valdosta
Municipal Airport and by the airports in Tallahassee
and Jacksonville, Florida. The two campuses, located
less than a mile apart, include more than 168 acres
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The 85-acre Main Campus faces North Patterson
Street, one of the city's main thoroughfares. North
Campus is approximately ten blocks north. Other
units of the University are located in satellite
facilities adjacent to the campus and along
Patterson Street. The campuses and principal
satellite buildings are connected by the University
bus service, operating regularly throughout each
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The campuses of Valdosta State are widely recognized
for their exceptional beauty. Flowering plants
include a variety of camellias, azaleas, redbud and
dogwood located amid tall pines, palms and oaks
spaced throughout the landscaped grounds.
The Jewel Whitehead Camellia Trail is believed to be
the only such trail on a university campus in the
nation. Located in the northwest area of Main
Campus, more that 1,100 camellias of many varieties
form a winding trail through the towering pines. The
trail was a 1944 Christmas gift to the University
from the late Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whitehead of
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Hope Scholarships
Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program: As one of
the most successful education initiatives in
Georgia history, the HOPE (Helping Outstanding
Pupils Educationally) Scholarship Program
provides Georgia students with tuition,
mandatory fees, and a book allowance for
attendance at any of Georgia's public colleges,
universities or technical colleges. Georgia high
school graduates with a "B" average in
core-curriculum classes are eligible to receive
a HOPE grant. A $3,000 scholarship is awarded to
eligible students attending Georgia private
colleges/universities. The HOPE PROMISE Teacher
Scholarship Program provides tuition assistance
to undergraduate students who aspire to be
teachers in Georgia's public schools. The HOPE
Teacher Scholarship Program offers tuition
assistance to teachers who seek graduate degrees
in critical areas of need. Since inception, more
than $3.58 billion has been appropriated and
distributed to more than
1 million HOPE
Scholarship recipients.
Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program, Georgia
Student Finance Commission:
Toll Free 1-800-546-HOPE (4673).
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