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A new Avid hotel could open as early as August of 2021 on this vacant lot at 567 Second St. in downtown Macon.

Another new downtown hotel planned; Macon Rocks Climbing Gym project update

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 7, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Macon-Bibb County began conducting business by teleconference in mid- March.

COVID-19 concerns move Macon-Bibb meetings online again

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 6, 2020
The "colored waiting room" sign at Terminal Station provides an important history lesson, say Black leaders who want the Macon Transit Authority to preserve it.

Should ‘Colored Waiting Room’ be removed from Macon’s Terminal Station? Black leaders speak out

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 1, 2020
A 30-minute meeting was all it took for the Macon-Bibb Board of Elections to lay aside concerns of a budget shortfall due to added expenses for Georgia's new voting machines.

Macon-Bibb elections will be fully funded, board members assured

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 30, 2020
In June of 2020, Macon-Bibb County commissioners got their first look at preliminary plans for a $10 million upgrade of the nearly 100-year-old Macon City Auditorium.

New glass lobby, restroom wings planned for Macon City Auditorium renovation

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 26, 2020
Kumho Tire Georgia, which employs about 500 people, has not seen a single case of COVID-19 among its workers.

Kumho disputes union leader’s claims it was ‘reckless’ with COVID-19

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 25, 2020
Two rented shipping containers behind the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections represent just one of the added expenses for the state's new voting machines.

‘We don’t have enough money,’ Macon-Bibb elections board says of budget reduction

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 24, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission held its first in-person meeting Monday since the COVID-19 outbreak closed their office to the public.

New eatery on College Street; Pio Nono Kroger likely to be storage units; Sonny’s BBQ on hold

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 22, 2020
The recently demolished historic brick railway viaduct was built in 1899.

Historic Macon railroad viaduct demolished but won’t be forgotten

June 19, 2020
A former Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority administrative coordinator filed a federal discrimination lawsuit in the Middle District of Georgia.

Ruling in discrimination lawsuit of Whitby’s former assistant at Industrial Authority

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 18, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Health urges everyone to report violations of COVID-19 guidelines to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Report businesses for COVID-19 violations, urges Macon-Bibb Board of Health  

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 16, 2020
Fulton Baptist church, which is slated to be part of the Hawthorne Commons housing project, is believed to be Macon's oldest church building.

Macon’s oldest church, historic school part of planned housing for seniors

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 15, 2020
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