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Downtown Macon's Douglass Theatre will host Juneteenth and Make Music Day events this month.

Summer fun with Juneteenth, Make Music Day and the Bee’s Knees 

Downtown Macon hosts activities in June to draw patrons to local businesses during seasonal sales doldrums
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 13, 2025
South Bibb County is slated for a new Publix-type shopping center, outparcels and apartments in one development off Houston Road.

Grocery, apartments approved in first mixed-use project under P&Z’s new rules

Wright Family Developments plans 72-unit workforce housing with shopping center at Houston and Sardis Church roads
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 10, 2025
Parrish Construction Group's Charlie Griffis, center, speaks with architect Kamal Azar, right, and another visitor Thursday at the new River Edge Crisis Services and Diagnostic Center and Mercer University School of Medicine's Center for IDD Care.

Macon is a new hub for crisis intervention, healthcare for developmentally disabled 

Georgia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, River Edge, Mercer partner for ‘first-of-its-kind’ facility
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 5, 2025
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 Macon-Bibb hires manager for new arena project, OKs borrowing $50M for road paving

Commissioners fund enhanced safety measures for Academy of Classical Education, settle property tax dispute with charter school
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 4, 2025
Send questions for Ask Mayor Miller to mercerccj@gmail.com.

Macon-Bibb seeks proposals amid calls for new jail 

Mayor Lester Miller discusses SPLOST priorities, floats new $350M development creating up to 300 jobs during Ask Mayor Miller
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 2, 2025
A steady stream of traffic turns onto Spring Street from Interstate 16 during morning rush hour. That exit will be closed to southbound traffic from Interstate 75 for about six months for road construction.

I-16 Spring Street exit from southbound I-75 to close six months for GDOT work

District engineer maps out final phase that begins this summer in the nearly $600M ‘transformative’ interchange project
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 30, 2025
Macon-Bibb County hired Street Scan to evaluate all the county roads to prioritize $50 million in paving projects that are expected to get underway later this year.

Moving toward better and safer streets, new downtown worker parking plan

Pedestrian safety push in repaving, Trump-era changes made to grant, downtown workers might have new parking option
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 22, 2025
FY26 Budget nears $220M, MBC tightens cybersecurity, spends more speed camera revenue

FY26 Budget nears $220M, MBC tightens cybersecurity, spends more speed camera revenue

Macon-Bibb County postponed decision on Midtown Daiquiri bar's alcohol license after mass shooting kills 3 and wounds 6
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 21, 2025
Mayor Lester Miller explains the rationale for putting a new jail at Seventh and Lower Poplar streets during a bus tour with county commissioners on May 13.

Macon’s SPLOST project list tops $1B

Video: Ride along with Macon-Bibb leaders on a bus tour of 8 sites that could receive a portion of the $450 million
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 19, 2025
The Flying Biscuit Cafe is weeks away from opening in the old Michael's on Mulberry location at the corner of Second Street in downtown Macon.

P&Z approves signs for new downtown restaurant, OKs Beall’s Hill demolition

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning accepts Design Review Board recommendations on historic district projects
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 13, 2025
The Macon Newsroom's "On The Agenda" provides periodic updates on actions taken by local Macon-Bibb County boards and authorities.

UDA boosts lofts, Rosa Parks Square delay, celebrating arts, fighting over fries

Highlights from Macon-Bibb Urban Development Authority, Friends of Rosa Parks Square, Macon Arts Alliance and downtown
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 12, 2025
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