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The Macon Newsroom

Parrish Construction Group's Charlie Griffis, center, speaks with architect Kamal Azar, right, and another visitor Thursday at the new River Edge Crisis Services and Diagnostic Center and Mercer University School of Medicine's Center for IDD Care.

Macon is a new hub for crisis intervention, healthcare for developmentally disabled 

Georgia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, River Edge, Mercer partner for ‘first-of-its-kind’ facility
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 5, 2025
Battling opioid abuse, improving handicapped access for voters, courthouse update

Battling opioid abuse, improving handicapped access for voters, courthouse update

The Macon Newsroom summarizes recent public meetings of the boards of health and elections and SPLOST Advisory Committee
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 24, 2025
Proposed $203.9 million budget includes 5-mill property tax rollback

Proposed $203.9 million budget includes 5-mill property tax rollback

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller presented his spending plan Tuesday evening before the County Commission votes June 20
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 17, 2023
Biomat USA Plasma Center located in Macon, GA.

Late On Rent? Sell Your Blood.

“If I do have to donate, I don’t think it's going to be for a while."
Arianna Long, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 12, 2022
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