Hinesville, GA

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April 18-24, 2010:: Georgia's Cities Week (Gerogia Cities: Energy to Transform) Hinesville will share information about the services the city provides to residents. From clean ups, to coloring contests, to festivals and open houses it is a great chance to see what the city has to offer!

Yesterday, at a Liberty County Chamber of Commerce Progress Through People Luncheon, Brigadier General Jeff Phillips cheerfully spoke about the great relationship between Fort Stewart and Hinesville, GA; as well as the plans for the 77,413 Troops and families.

"Hinesville is a warm and friendly place for military families to live," General Phillips said that is what Washington told him when he received orders to PCS to Fort Stewart. Those words are now General Phillip's personal belief after he has lived it for himself and why he now calls Hinesvlle his home. His appreciative and sincere comments included Fort Stewart seeing "fabulous support that the Hinesville Community as giving," and the City of Hinesville's recurring harmonious system to work with.

Good news for Fort Stewart troops was in abundance during his presentation as we not only expect "1,000 or so"more troops to be added to the 3rd ID family but also welcome home over 10,000 troops between September and December. On behalf of the ARMY, General Phillips expressed the regretfulness of the ARMY not being able to bring a 5th Brigade to Fort Stewart, and in encouraging words explained that he does not see Fort Stewart getting smaller. Fort Stewart offers many resources to the ARMY and has important functionalities parallel to the massive base of Fort Hood in Texas. General Phillips continued with great news that the ARMY plans on launching "Campaign Continuity", where they will keep 3 units at home for every 1 unit deployed. This will have a very good impact on business in Hinesville.

Genral Phillips gave an amazing presentation that was honest, positive, and mirrored the inevitable fact that Hinesville is growing. Thank you General Philips for your invigorating presentation.

Thank a soldier, thank a soldier's spouse and family. They face the ulitmate challenges and endure countless sacrifices. God Bless the military and their families.

If you have any questions or concerns about this blog or about the Hinesville area, please feel free to contact Janie Diggs at 912-980-1319 or Janie@TopProducer.com . You can also visit me at www.JanieDiggs.com .

The City of Hinesville and All of Liberty County has earned the privilege of becoming a Georgia Work Ready area. This state initiative opens great opportunities for job seekers, current employees, and employers.

For job seekers: Take a FREE test at the Liberty Campus Savannah Technicial Institute in Hinesville. The test will measure your work skills in three categories. Depending on your score you will receive a Certificate labeled Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum. These are levels. If you feel that you want to get a better level certificate, you can take a FREE online course to learn the skills and then retake the test. Walk into an interview and feel confident that you have what they need.

For current emplyees: Take the FREE Work Skills test and you could increase the opportunity to get a promotion in your current job field, depending on your employer.

For employers: There is a general test offered that will measure a persons general knowledge on mathematics, locating information, and reading for information. If you need a more specific test done, you can request for a test be made for that specific job position. This is normally $2000, but because we are "Work Ready", it is FREE. A person will "shadow" the job on site and make notes as to what is needed for the job. A test will be created, and may be offered for FREE to the public. Then you can require that only a certain level of certificate for that position is required to apply; within labor laws. This will cut down on HR work and save you time and money! Some employers are already requiring a certificate in order to accept any applications for any positions. Also, if you have less than 50 employees, you may be eligible to receive $250 per certified employee that you hire. There is a cap on the total amount you can receive. This extra incentive will cut the cost of time paid during training.

This is a fantastic program that give endless opportunity to everyone. Great Job Liberty County for getting certified to offer this to your community!

If you would lilke more information on this program, pelase visit www.gaworkready.org. If you ahve any questions about the local real estate for the Hinesville/Fort Stewart area, please visit www.JanieDiggs.com.

CNN broadcasted a news release last night about Hinesville, Georgia that was completely out of context and cruel to our community. I am enraged at the lack of real research done on the story and the completely false insinuation of Hinesville's support of General Cuculo III and our honored Troops of 3rd ID. To make it seem like our community was attacking leadership on Fort Stewart was disappointing to me. If CNN needs negative news, stick with the Health Plan saga and things that really need your help. Stop Lying and hurting communities that are striving to live, prosper, and succeed. Interviews were twisted and good, hard working, reputable people are embarrassed about the spin that CNN reported.

Hinesville is a growing city that is building as we speak in several areas. Any person who does the right research will see the new industries developing and the businesses are progressing. Local newspaper, the Coastal Courier, recently published a Business in Progress section that was pages long about the things that our community is developing and shows our positive growth.

The announcement that a 5th brigade was not going to be added to our community had its negative impacts on some large municipality developments/plans and and a few proactive builders who took a risk based on the expectation of a new brigade; however, we have always supported our soldiers and our great Generals that take on the responsibility of leading our spouses, children, and parents through war and serving our country. The news that the new brigade was not going to be added was a decision our community will conquer, but in no way does this community blame General Cuculo III or Fort Stewarts leaders and soldiers.

The news broadcast was based on isolated occurances where builders risked large debt for the possibility making millions of dollars. No one blames the builders, they did what any smart developer would do, and unfortunately they are suffering individually; because the unexpected occured. The video taken of the "ghost town" was a small area that does not represent the majority of Hinesville, where a few builders are definitely suffering.

Hinesville is a great place to live! I am publishing this blog, not as a Realtor, but as a supporter of the Hinesville community, who has lived in the area for almost 20 years. I am a past military dependent as a daughter and wife. I am passionate about our community and the positive direction that our military and local leadership has always taken us. We decided to raise our children in Hinesville despite pcs orders and opportunities outside of Hinesville. Our leadership deserve thanks, not cruelty and lies.

To find out more check out www.cityofhinesville.org and www.libertycounty.org..If you are looking to move to the area and have questions concerning our community, please contact me, Janie Diggs at janie@reliberty.com and you can also visit www.janiediggs.com.

THANK YOU LIBERTY COUNTY and CITY OF HINESVILLE LEADERS...ROCK OF THE MARNE!