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Bibb County Sheriff David Davis hopes a new Outreach Center will help curb violent crime after a record number of homicides in 2020.

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 3

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 3, 2021
After a difficult year for business and industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority reports that companies are currently scouting the area for up to $500 million possible in total investments.

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 2

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 27, 2020
The new year brings new leadership to Macon-Bibb County and the Bibb County School Board.

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 1

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 20, 2020
TV host Mike Rowe spent nearly a month in Macon last year filming his new show "Six Degrees with Mike Rowe" that will debut Jan. 4 on the new streaming service discovery+.

Macon stars in Mike Rowe’s new TV series

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 18, 2020
A P&Z sign in the window marks the location of new AirBnB units at 350 Second Street being proposed through a partnership with NewTown Macon.

New AirBnB and lofts in downtown Macon; Concerns over Vineville laundry

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 11, 2020
The old Macon welcome sign designed to greet visitors to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games is now a gateway on Little Richard Penniman Boulevard to the Second Street Corridor entrance to downtown Macon.

Storied Macon welcome sign resurrected for Second Street Corridor

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 7, 2020
The Sen. David E. Lucas Sr. Way will stretch about two miles from Emery Highway to U.S. 80.

Portion of Jeffersonville Road to be named for Sen. David Lucas

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 3, 2020
The last day to request an absentee ballot in Georgia's Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff is Jan. 1.

Absentee ballots not automatic in Ga. U.S. Senate runoff

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 2, 2020
The old Roxy Theatre could be a hub of activity again when its parking lot houses food trucks and a pedestrian plaza in a renaissance of the old Greenwood Bottoms Black business district near Downtown Macon.

Roxy Theatre’s history brings new life to a Macon Black business district

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 1, 2020
Sky, a boxer mix being fostered in Forsyth, flew to a new home in Virginia courtesy of Pilots N Paws volunteer pilot organization and Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.

Cost of COVID: Rescue dogs fly from Macon to new homes in pandemic adoption boom

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
November 24, 2020
The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce launched a new greatermaconworks.com website to better connect workers with employers and strengthen the local workforce.

Need a job or workers? Macon Chamber offers technology to help

Liz Fabian, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 20, 2020
The Macon Housing Authority plans build an $18 million affordable housing complex on Walnut Street next to Daybreak. The development will include a respite for the homeless recovering from surgery or illness.

Downtown Macon low income housing complex earns crucial tax credits

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
November 17, 2020
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