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The Macon Action Plan XL recommends permanently closing Cherry Street Plaza to vehicle traffic to create a new park between Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Fifth Street.

New Macon Action Plan connects downtown to neighborhoods

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 25, 2024
The sun shines on the gate of Centenary Church's community garden across from Mercer Campus on October 1, 2024.

Deep Roots: Four Gardens Serving Macon

Dean Gerwig-Moore, Center for Collabrative Journalism
October 3, 2024
Mural painted by Will Baker at Carolyn Crayton Park's skate park.

5 Hidden Art Gems around Macon

Christopher Alton Hill, Student Journalist
October 2, 2024
Events in Macon September 19 - 25

Events in Macon September 19 – 25

Tanya Ott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
September 18, 2024
Participants in a festival events at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park

Events in Macon September 12 – 18

Tanya Ott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
September 12, 2024
Pearce Groover, right, talks to a guest at the Aug. 9 opening reception of the G&P Art Gallery and Advisory at 571 Cherry St.

Groover’s gallery is a gateway to French art

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 19, 2024
Rodney Mason and Jill Neimark share an interest in repatriating culturally important plants, classic cultivars that have largely vanished from American gardens and diets.

Events in Macon August 15 – 21

Tanya Ott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
August 14, 2024
A composite image of the 2012 Perseids meteor shower shot at Snowy Range in Wyoming by photographer and instructor David Kingham. 

This is a composite image of 23 photos, 22 for the meteors/stars and 1 taken at sunrise for the foreground which was lightly blended in.  

Read the full explanation here https://flic.kr/p/cQwNCL

Events in Macon August 8 – 14

Tanya Ott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
August 7, 2024
Bragg Jam 2024, on Saturday, July 17, features two dozen concerts spread across venues in downtown Macon, GA.

Events in Macon July 25 – 31

Tanya Ott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
July 25, 2024
A 1925 home on Vineville's Buford Place is dusted in ginko leaves

Events in Macon June 20-26

Tanya Ott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
June 19, 2024
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