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Rodney Mason collects scoops of soil to test from the vacant lot in Kings Park Subdivision where he will grow indigenous cultivars in a neighborhood garden.

Nonprofit using community gardens to reintroduce African food culture

Restored Ancestral Roots aims to repatriate classic cultivars of the Deep South
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
Mayor Lester Miller said it's an insult to say the Brookdale homeless center is only a "bandaid" on the problem. He proposed spending $4 million for a United Way subsidiary to manage the operation for five years.

American Rescue Plan $18M to fight blight, food desert, homelessness

Macon-Bibb mayor says $37 Million in COVID-19 recovery plan money has been allotted to the county so far
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 13, 2021
The building that once housed the Kroger Supermarket on Pio Nono Ave. lies empty and unused three years after Kroger closed its doors in April 2018.

“It’s expensive to be poor”

The underlying causes and impact of Macon’s food deserts
By Hannah Elmore, McKenna Kaufman, Lars Lonnroth, Phoebe Monosour, Sam Tupper and Christan Watson, Center for Collaborative Journalism
May 20, 2021
Naiper Heights Food Desert

Naiper Heights Food Desert

Lars Lonnroth
April 30, 2021

Food co-op tries to address neighborhood food desert

Lars Lonnroth
April 29, 2021
Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commissioners met Monday at Terminal Station.

Pio Nono Kroger could become new food oasis; Sonny’s BBQ and Agape Nursery rejected

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 27, 2020
Proposed new plans for a self-storage facility in the 84,000 sq. ft. old Kroger building now reserve 15,000 sq. ft. of the building for a future grocery store at 400 Pio Nono Ave.

Neighbor complaints stop plans for old Pio Nono Kroger

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 27, 2020
Proposed new plans for a self-storage facility in the 84,000 sq. ft. old Kroger building now reserve 15,000 sq. ft. of the building for a future grocery store at 400 Pio Nono Ave.

Pio Nono Kroger plans stall; North Macon neighbors help sink events center

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 14, 2020

Improving food access & health outcomes in Macon

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
May 14, 2019
The store closest to the closed Kroger only has snack foods on the shelf.

Six months after Kroger closes, what’s left for residents to feed their families?

Samantha Max, Telegraph/Report for America corp member
October 29, 2018
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