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Visitors to the Tubman African American Museum visit the gift shop Thursday. The Museum's Pan African Festival is this weekend in the parking lot of the Macon Coliseum.

Pan African Festival, craft beers, Fired Works pottery round out April

Thousands of people are expected to attend upcoming festivals in downtown Macon
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 21, 2022

Mayor Miller talks trash pickup, crime, CCP gate demolition, Macon Mall

Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller answers the public's concerns monthly with the Center for Collaborative Journalism. Send questions to [email protected].
February 9, 2022
Film crews are back in Macon to film TBS's "Go Big Show" Season 2 at the Coliseum. Host Bert Kreischer, (left to right), and judges "The American Nightmare" Cody, Jennifer Nettles, Rosario Dawson will be returning. Snoop Dogg, right, will be replaced by DJ Khaled.

TBS ‘Go Big Show’ filming season two at Macon Coliseum

Filming set to begin on Poplar Street, skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park and Terminal Station for season two.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 3, 2021
Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner Wade McCord briefs nearly 100 people who gathered at the courthouse steps for April's auction of tax delinquent properties.

Bargain houses help recoup taxes with Macon-Bibb’s new process

Tax Commissioner and Land Bank get homes back on tax rolls, ease blight through creative tax sales
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 23, 2021
A change in Georgia law removes food safety enforcement from the Department of Public Health for nonprofit-led events such as Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival.

Health Dept. loses oversight of Cherry Blossom Festival food

Who is making sure nonprofit organizations' food is safe?
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 19, 2021
The new year brings new leadership to Macon-Bibb County and the Bibb County School Board.

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 1

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 20, 2020
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