Moving Guide: Try out
our easy guide to moving & getting settled
Getting started:
- Request
information on communities.
- Plan a visit.
- Make reservations.
- Getting here: By air: Valdosta Regional
Airport (229) 333-1833. By
land.
- Where to eat.
- Take a tour.
- Get a Retiree
visitor information package.
- Subscribe to the Local
newspaper or read online.
- Carry a local map in the car. Use a highlighter to mark places
you want to go.
- Shop for Realtor®.
- Shop for a Retirement
Community.
- Shop for apartments.
- Shop for a mortgage
lender.
- Shop for insurance
policies, (homeowners, renters, automobile, etc.).
- Review tax information.
- Shop for a bank.
- Hook up utilities.
- Locate youre nearest post
office.
- Get area phone books.
- Get a new driver's
license.
Driver's License Division
(229) 333-5385
371 Gil Harbin Industrial Blvd, Valdosta, GA 31601
- Get new license
plates for vehicles.
- Shop for investment
broker.
- Locate the hospitals near
you.
- Register to vote.
- Find out when garbage
pick-up is and what recycling procedures your new town
has.
- Schedule a housewarming.
- Find a church home.
- Join a club or civic organization.
- Visit the Senior
Center.
- Visit Valdosta State University’s Learning
in Retirement program.
- Go to the Chamber of Commerce for
local information.
- Get a library card. Check out a
book on your new state or city.
- VALDOSTA LOWNDES
COUNTY LIBRARY
Main Library. 300 Woodrow Wilson Drive. Valdosta, GA 31602
(229) 333-0086
- SALTER HAHIRA LIBRARY
220 East Main Street. Hahira, GA 31632
(229) 794-3063
- JOHNSTON LAKES LIBRARY
720 Lakes Blvd. Lake Park, GA 31636
(229) 559-8016
- McMULLEN SOUTHSIDE LIBRARY
527 Griffin Avenue Valdosta, GA 31601-6343
(229) 253-8313
33. Check on places
of interest within a day's
drive from your city. Great for weekend exploring
and
entertainment!
Take a picnic to the nearest county or state park.
34. Visit the Conference
Center
Check out area recreation and activities in
and around the area.
35. Become a volunteer.
Visit our community
links for additional information.
Helpful Hints:
- Checking account: Start checks with the same number your
last bank ended with for continuity and merchant reassurance
of your stability.
- Introduce yourself to your mail carrier.
- It will help you feel established to get "real" mail.
Send for things like address labels and free offers to be delivered
to your new address.
- Make a list of emergency numbers:
Ambulance, Pediatrician, Police, Dentist, Fire, Other medical
doctors, Security alarm company, Veterinarians, Phone company,
Pharmacy, School, Electrician, Work numbers, Plumber.
Lowndes
County Brooks
County
- Have inexpensive "business cards" printed with
personal information:
The Jones Family, Tom and Betsy, Address, Phone, email
Get Connected:
- Be approachable.
- Be yourself.
- Be an initiator.
- Be a good listener.
- Ask questions.
- Be open to change, engage in new experiences, get
involved.
- Find a church.
- Take the opportunities given to you. When someone invites
you to do something this week, invite them to do something
next week.
- Join the Newcomers
Club.
- When you are invited to do things, say "yes" even
though you feel shy, don't know how to get to the invite's
house, or don't know what to wear.
- Offer to carpool.
- Send a card or a note to someone who needs to be encouraged & Be
available.
- Invite someone to lunch.
- Continue your education.
- Exercise – walk in your neighborhood,
join a fitness club, take classes
- Find a need in your community and fill it.
- Put on a happy face and smile.
- Find something you have in common with other people you meet.
- Remember, to have a friend, you must be a friend!
- Sometimes, to make friends, all you need to do is show up.
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