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A steady stream of traffic turns onto Spring Street from Interstate 16 during morning rush hour. That exit will be closed to southbound traffic from Interstate 75 for about six months for road construction.

I-16 Spring Street exit from southbound I-75 to close six months for GDOT work

District engineer maps out final phase that begins this summer in the nearly $600M ‘transformative’ interchange project
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 30, 2025

Explainer: Stone Water Tank Construction

Kevin White, Center for Collaborative Journalism
July 3, 2023
Mercer engineering student Lauren Folsom tosses rocks to Michael Nierodzik, who is also an engineering student. The students were helping construct a stone water tank in the Sabana Bonita community of El Cercado, Dominican Republic.

Mercer Students Get Hands-on in the Dominican Republic

Amelie Horace, Center for Collaborative Journalism
June 26, 2023
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers the public's questions each month.

Ask Mayor Miller: Public safety spending priority, tax rollback, river hazards and road work

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers questions emailed each month to [email protected] through the Center for Collaborative Journalism 
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 1, 2023
The Friends of Rosa Parks Square Board walked through the redesign with the architects in the summer of 2021, but a contractor has not yet been hired or the money raised for the renovation.

Choosing contractor latest delay in planned Rosa Parks Square renovation

Funds have yet to be raised for multi-million-dollar construction project going out for bids for a third time
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 10, 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
Dan Anthony Sims, the Bibb County Board of Education's sole finalist for superintendent, visits students at a Bibb County Elementary School on Monday, April 25, 2022.

2023 Preview – Part 2: School enrollment, building boom, road safety, delayed response times and Eisenhower improvements

The Macon Newsroom has compiled 20 things to look for in 2023 in a 4-part series that will be published this week
Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 27, 2022
The old Handy Andy store was torn down recently after Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning denied the demolition in September.

P&Z denied Forsyth St. store demolition, so why is it gone?

The Summit Group sought to demolish the Handy Andy at the corner of Monroe Street to make room for new store
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 22, 2022
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