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Cherry Street Plaza does not have parking meters but motorists are expected to pay for parking with the ParkMobile app or by scanning the QR code.

2024 Preview – Part 4: More parking downtown, looming bus fare hike, Bicentennial finale, rising sewer rates

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow and Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 3, 2024
The future High Note Fixed Base Operation at Middle Georgia Regional Airport will be the only FBO in the world shaped like a guitar, visible from the air, Mayor Lester Miller said.

2024 Preview – Part 3: Guitar-shaped airport, new plan to attract business, pedestrian safety challenges and the fate of state charter schools

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow and Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 2, 2024
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, right, visits with Macon-Bibb County Elections Supervisor Tom Gillon during an October tour of the new Board of Elections office at Macon Mall.

2024 Preview Part 2 – Elections, bus tracking, amphitheater, sports marketing, downtown health club

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow and Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 26, 2023
Demolition crews dismantle the old Joseph N. Neel store to make way for new residential lofts and retail space.

2024 Preview Part 1 – Building boom, Gray Hwy safety, school closings, honoring a hero, marketing Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow and Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 21, 2023
$1.2 million each for public safety needs and Cliffview Park construction

$1.2 million each for public safety needs and Cliffview Park construction

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 20, 2023
The Washington Memorial Library located on Washington Ave. Washington Memorial Library celebrated its 100th birthday in November of 2023.

Washington Memorial Library Creates Programs to Improve Literacy Rates in Macon

Megan Jackson, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 19, 2023
Bibb County School Board President Juawn Jackson.

Weapons detection equipment coming to all Bibb County public schools

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 15, 2023
The Macon Water Authority awaits a legal ruling Thursday during a planned board meeting that was canceled due to lack of the required public notice.

DA seeks Water Authority’s investigative files on Desmond Brown

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 15, 2023
A small fire re-ignited with hand sanitizer as an accelerate warms Conta Prices feet on a 28 degree morning in Macon in late November. Price said depending on who you talk to on the street, you will hear maybe Macons Salvation Army shelter is open to single adults, or maybe it isnt.

As winter sets in, Macon-Bibb County struggles to shelter homeless people

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 13, 2023
P&Z staff will review the design plan for the new Riverside Centre 408,000-square-foot retail hub with wholesale warehouse anchor tenant adjacent to The Shoppes at River Crossing.

Traffic woes don’t stop north Macon wholesale club shopping center

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 12, 2023
Visit Macon has been working with film scouts to identify potential scenes for Denzel Washingtons Netflix adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Piano Lesson, which is scheduled to shoot in Macon in January.

Extras casting for Denzel Washington’s new Netflix movie filming in Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 11, 2023
Macon-Bibb Agencies Graded for Online Accessibility

Macon-Bibb Agencies Graded for Online Accessibility

Debbie Blankenship, Reg Murphy Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 10, 2023
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