Tall weeds and ivy growing around a broken concrete top to a storm drain make it hard to spot a dark, gaping pitfall large enough to swallow a young child or a dog whole. Close by, a small hill of trash behind a pear-colored house on Cowan Street marks the infancy of an illegal dumping site. A chain-tethered pit bull, who appeared to have recently birthed a litter of puppies, stands guard outside...

North Macon neighbors living near Tharpe and Northside drives successfully argued against a proposed new Dollar General Store during Monday’s meeting of the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission. Attorney Duke Groover presented Teramore Development’s case to rezone two acres of 19-acre tract of land from agricultural to C-1 neighborhood commercial district to allow construction...

Community gardens often go unseen, but can have powerful impacts on the communities they serve. Here, we will take a look at four of the community gardens cultivating change and fostering community in Macon-Bibb. 1. Garden at Centenary Community Ministries The community garden at Centenary Church holds 20 plots’ worth of raised beds, with half being communally tended and shared, and the other...

Historic Grant’s Lounge in Macon is considered the original home of Southern Rock and has remained a stable fixture in the music scene for over 50 years. According to the Historical Marker Database, Grant’s Lounge was founded in 1971 by Ed Grant Sr., becoming Macon's first genuinely integrated bar. Grant’s grew in popularity alongside Capricorn Records, an independent recording studio that helped...