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Macon Community News

The Macon Newsroom

Macon Community News

The Macon Newsroom

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 [email protected]
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 2, 2023

Mayor Miller: Economic development key to Macon’s future and crime reduction

Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller reflected on 2022 and looked ahead to 2023 projects affecting the community during a recent taping of Ask Mayor Miller
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 5, 2023
Brightmark has a plastics recycling plant in Ashley, Indiana, but planned to build another facility twice that size in Macon.

Macon-Bibb, Industrial Authority end talks with Brightmark on plastics recycling plant

Parties concluded ‘without local support’ $680 million plant would not be in best interest of Brightmark or the authority
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 11, 2022
The Central Georgia Joint Development Authority acquired 650 acres in the Robins Air Force Base encroachment zone where Georgia Power built a massive solar farm.

‘Innovation ecosystem’ could hold future for Middle Georgia, RAFB

Can the midstate support a ‘software center of excellence?’
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 30, 2021
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