For The People

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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