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Lyons, GA – The City of Lyons has received $320,000.00 in grant funds from The Georgia Department of Transportation Alternatives (TA) grant. This grant targeted cities with populations of 5000 or less and funded non-traditional transportation-related activities such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

The projects included in this grant award include.

The Southeastern Technical College (STC) Job Fairs 2023 are scheduled for Tuesday, April 25th, from 9:00 am – 11:00 am on the Vidalia Campus and Thursday, April 27th, from 9:00 am – 11:00 am on the Swainsboro Campus.  The career fair will be promoted on local radio and social media.  All job seekers are invited to participate.

Please click on the graphic below to read our latest TIA Times eNewsletter for the Heart of Georgia Altamaha region! A LOT of progress was made in the past quarter and we want to tell you all about it.

Please feel free to download and share this eNewsletter with anyone: your constituents, members, colleagues, friends, neighbors, family – anyone who also is interested in the infrastructure improvements going on in our region.

The attached SBA press release and Georgia fact sheet were issued today.

Pictured above (L to R): Doug Roper, Mayor of Vidalia; Jake Cleghorn, Incoming Chair of the Vidalia Onion Festival; Andy Woodruff, 2022 Chair of the Vidalia Onion Festival; and Marsha Temples, Member of the Vidalia Onion Festival Air Show Committee.

Thanks to the amazing, collaborative efforts of McLendon Industries, Yancey Caterpillar, and CW Matthews Contracting, the first ever Heavy Equipment Operations Pathway capstone project was completed over a 2-day span here in Toombs County.