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A rendering of Pleasant Hill Landing apartments, a 64-unit affordable housing development planned at 151 Madison St. where Macon Charter School once operated.

New apartment complex with 64 units planned in Pleasant Hill

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 15, 2024
Ask Mayor Miller: More speed cameras, new housing, Macon in spotlight

Ask Mayor Miller: More speed cameras, new housing, Macon in spotlight

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller talks about helping the unhoused and the effects of an antisemitic demonstration at Temple Beth Israel
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 5, 2023
A crew employed by Stafford Construction works on a new home on Ward Street in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Pleasant Hill is one of the places carved out for work by a new, federally funded affordable housing non-profit group of which Stafford Construction is a member.

Macon has millions for affordable housing development. A new nonprofit will decide how it’s spent.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 6, 2023

Mayor Miller on crime, surveillance cameras, improving roads, choosing elections supervisor and cherry blossoms

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers the public’s questions monthly through the Center for Collaborative Journalism. Send yours to mercerccj@gmail.com.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 10, 2023
Diane Collins, left, her mother Bernice Smith, center and their friend Tony Fordham, on the porch of Collins' Davis Place apartment.

‘We can’t build fast enough.’ Macon Housing Authority is funding, upgrading affordable housing

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 22, 2023

Ask Mayor Miller: Tax rollback coming, cameras to combat crime, new affordable housing, airport expansion to bring jobs

Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller sits down monthly with the Center for Collaborative Journalism so send your questions to mercerccj@gmail.com
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 2, 2023
Affordable housing gets $7.5m boost in new Macon-Bibb loan program

Affordable housing gets $7.5m boost in new Macon-Bibb loan program

County Commissioners support the plan to use federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for a new loan program
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 11, 2023
This Beall's Hill sign stands across the street from the plot of land on Oglethorpe Street that will house new duplexes in Beall's Hill.

Beall’s Hill duplexes beg question: why more renters?

Micah Johnston
July 23, 2021
Downtown Macon census response rates are low although dozens of loft apartments have been added in the past decade.

PC Magazine says Macon is one of the best work-from-home cities

Thais Ackerman, News Reporter/13WMAZ
April 16, 2021
Neighbors opposed to the Travel Centers of America truck stop on Sardis Church Road voice frustrations during a delay in Monday's hearing at Macon-Bibb County Commission chambers.

Sardis Road truck stop has hurdles to overcome with rezoning

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 13, 2021
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