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Fatty's Pizza at Cherry and Second streets is just one of the downtown Macon businesses to Paint Macon Pink for the Cherry Blossom Festival March 21-30.

Painting Macon pink for the 43rd annual Cherry Blossom Festival

Visit Macon is incentivizing local businesses to decorate in the Pinkest Party's signature hue for this month’s festivities from March 21-30
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 12, 2025
Paul and Alice Williams with Cherry the Pink Poodle outside Pet Grooming by Paul and Alice

Behind the tradition that keeps Macon tickled pink

Couples commitment to pink poodles pink has become an iconic part of Cherry Blossom experience.
Caris Weinberg, Murphy Center
December 6, 2024
Yoshino Cherry blossoms glisten in the evening sunlight at the International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Ga. on Monday, March 18, 2024. Macon holds the title of "Cherry Blossom Capitol", hosting an impressive number of over 350,000 Yoshino Cherries.

What to know about Macon’s beloved Cherry Blossoms

Carly Lenhardt
April 11, 2024
The Soul Truckin' Good food truck parks in downtown Macon.

Soul Food Drives to Cherry Blossom Festival

Daniel Shumake
April 29, 2021
(From left to right) Carl Johnson, son Kyler and Carl's wife, Jei, operated 'Soul Truckin Good' during the 2021 Cherry Blossom Festival.

Soul Food Drives to Cherry Blossom Festival

Daniel Shumake
April 6, 2021
The rich history of the blooming Cherry Blossom Trees are a big part of the annual International Cherry Blossom Festival.

Macon’s International Cherry Blossom Festival

Larry Sullivan
March 25, 2021
The Historic Macon Hay House is set to anchor the city's first ghostly tour of hunted neighborhood houses.

Hay House offers first Intown Neighborhood ghost tour in Macon

Mandi DeLong, Centr For Collaborative Journalism
March 12, 2021
Master gardener Wayne Woodworth is trying to grow a better cherry blossom tree that will thrive in Macon.

Saving Macon’s cherry trees in a quest for a better blossom

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 12, 2021
People crowded together under blooming cherry trees in Third Street Park during the 2019 Food Truck Frenzy.

Macon’s 2021 Cherry Blossom Festival is a go during COVID. Here’s how businesses feel

Jenna Eason, Telegraph Staff Writer
March 1, 2021
Caroline Childs, center, executive director of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, chats with board members after her first meeting in September of 2020.

Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful’s new leader brings fresh start to board

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
September 23, 2020
Visit Macon, the local convention and visitor's bureau, is preparing for an onslaught of visitors if the Ocmulgee Mounds become Georgia's first national park.

Hotel-motel tax shortfall hurts Macon-Bibb non-profit organizations

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
April 29, 2020
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