— Another piece of Valdosta’s business history has bitten the dust. The former Gold Plate Restaurant building at 1104 S. Patterson St. has been demolished. The restaurant — long a South Georgia meeting place — had been closed for several years.
— The chemical manufacturing firm CJB Industries at 701 Gil Harbin Industrial Boulevard has filed a building permit for $4.8 million in additions and site improvements.
— The State of Georgia’s net tax collections for April totaled $4.19 billion for a decrease of $829.5 million, or -16.5%, compared to April 2022, when net tax collections totaled $5.01 billion, according to a Georgia Department of Labor statement. Year-to-date, net tax collections totaled $27.79 billion for an increase of $256.9 million, or 0.9%, compared to the previous fiscal year, when net tax revenues totaled $27.54 billion at the end of April 2022.
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