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United Way of Central Georgia's "United to End Homelessness" initiative director Jake Hall gives census volunteer Heather Sims a hand as she wends her way through a new to the census takers homeless encampment in Macon.

How many homeless people live in Bibb County? A new rough estimate is in.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 9, 2024
The future "High Note" Fixed Base Operation at Middle Georgia Regional Airport will be the only FBO in the world shaped like a guitar, visible from the air, Mayor Lester Miller said.

2024 Preview – Part 3: Guitar-shaped airport, new plan to attract business, pedestrian safety challenges and the fate of state charter schools

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow and Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 2, 2024
A small fire re-ignited with hand sanitizer as an accelerate warms Conta Price's feet on a 28 degree morning in Macon in late November. Price said depending on who you talk to on the street, you will hear maybe Macon's Salvation Army shelter is open to single adults, or maybe it isn't.

As winter sets in, Macon-Bibb County struggles to shelter homeless people

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 13, 2023
Standing on a trolley loaded with representatives from land banks across Georgia, River Edge Behavioral Health CEO Cass Hatcher points to the construction site where a tiny homes development for unhoused individuals who have mental health challenges is being built. The tour of housing developments in Macon on Wednesday was part of the annual Georgia Association of Land Bank Authorities summit.

Georgia aims to grow workforce housing amid statewide housing shortage

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 8, 2023
Danielle Jones, Homeless & Foster Care Liaison for the Bibb County School District, was named the 2023 recipient of the Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was announced in early November at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth's annual conference in New Orleans.

‘I love the work’: Homeless liaison for Bibb public schools receives national recognition

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 28, 2023
The State Charter Schools Commission at a regular meeting in Atlanta.

More charter schools are planned in Georgia. What will it mean for students outside Atlanta?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 8, 2023
Heaven Upshaw-Peters, foreground, and the rest of the graduates in the Bibb County Teaching as a Profession program, during their Signing Day ceremony recently.

Bibb County public schools’ graduation rate is the highest in a decade

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 12, 2023
Bibb Schools Superintendent Dan Sims, background, speaking in Tattnall Square Park recently during the first of a number of after school fairs held to promote school attendance.

Bibb School finance committee begins ‘very important work’ behind closed doors

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 29, 2023
Staff and board members of the State Charter Schools Commission visited Cirrus Academy on Aug. 23, 2023, to discuss the school's eligibility for renewal of its charter contract. The current two-year probationary charter expires in June 2024.

Cirrus Academy faces new scrutiny from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 20, 2023
Cirrus Academy in July 2016.

Cirrus Academy works toward compliance after notice of violations from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 14, 2023
Cirrus Academy governing board members conduct a meeting Aug. 29, 2023, via Zoom as staff and members of the public are present in-person.

Violations of state charter contract threaten future of Cirrus Academy

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 1, 2023
Superintendent Dan Sims at a Bibb County Board of Education meeting on Aug. 18. 2023.

Bibb Schools targets truancy in aim to improve academics

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 21, 2023
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