The Goody’s in Valdosta is closing its doors, along with all of the chains’ stores nationwide, and is holding huge sales. The store is located in the strip center behind Steak and Shake and beside Crystal River Seafood on St. Augustine.

Famous Labels will soon be opening in the Lake Park outlet stores. The new store will sell a variety of name brands and designer label merchandise at 70-80 percent off their original retail prices.

My understanding is that it will be open in the next few weeks.

Also in the Lake Park outlets, the Georgia Pasty Company will be holding its grand opening later this week. It’s located next to the Bass shoes and sells meat pies, cornish pastys, desserts, etc.

A nice reader let me know this week that The Scoop is now Two Scoops and Cafe. It’s located on Baytree Road, and the new owners opened in December.

The new flower shop next to Publix is called Pack House Flowers, and it looks like the cyber cafe next to it may have already closed. It hasn’t been open the last several times I’ve been by there.

Good news for everyone who has been searching for a shoe repair shop in town. Village Shoe Repair will be open in about a week at 100 E. Rogers St. A great idea in this economy.

Azalea City Pools is open on Bemiss Road and so is the Mexican restaurant near Mambo and Subway.

The new catfish restaurant in front of the Highlands subdivision looks pretty complete from the outside and so does the Ellianos there.

Once the inside finish work is done, they should be open for business.

Speaking of being open for business, Southeastern Federal Credit Union officially opens its new main branch this week at the corner of Country Club and North Valdosta Road.

And the new Hawthorne Suites off Exit 22 is getting really close to opening as well.

That’s it for this week, but if there’s anything I missed, please let me know!