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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
Neighbors in opposition to a proposed business center on Hartley Bridge Road leave Monday's P&Z meeting when the developer asked for an extension to allow time to meet with neighborhood representatives about the project.

P&Z members support Otis Redding center, hear YKK expansion plans, postpone hearing on Hartley Bridge development amid opposition

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning to consider Otis Redding Center for the Arts next month after Design Review Board staff balked at contemporary design in historic downtown
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 23, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Paul Bronson, left, explains his rationale for designating Greenwood Bottom as Macon's Black Wall Street. Commissioner Elaine Lucas believes Cotton Avenue is the true origin of the city's African American entrepreneurship.

Where is Macon’s Black Wall Street? Commission debates Greenwood Bottom designation

Macon-Bibb County Commissioners approved airport expansion firms, City Hall upgrades, Complete Streets plan, anti-violence campaign
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 22, 2021
Cotton Avenue Plaza is part of the 2015 Macon Action Plan and calls for relocating the Confederate statue that has recently been vandalized.

Mayor plans to remove Confederate monuments for downtown improvements

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 17, 2020
The Issue with Confederate Monuments: An Explainer written in red bubble letters on a tan background with a black squiggly line underneath it.

The Conversation around Confederate Monuments Comes to Macon

Aliyah Dorsey, Contributing Writer
July 13, 2020
Film crews begin setting up Thursday for an HBO production to be filmed along Second Street between Cherry Street and Mulberry Street and along Cotton Avenue.

HBO likely filming new “Watchmen” episodes in downtown Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
October 31, 2019
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