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The Macon Newsroom

Dozens of neighbors packed into the April 24 Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission meeting to oppose a new subdivision on Walden Road.

330 people oppose rezoning farmland for 164 new homes on Walden Road

A standing-room-only crowd packed the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission hearing trying to preserve nearly 97 acres as agricultural, not residential
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 26, 2023
Land acquisition expert John Golitz talks to Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning commissioners in April about plans for a 780-acre solar plant in west Bibb County.

P&Z rejects new solar field, approves new homes and trade school

South Bibb neighbors fought green energy operation on 780 nearby acres off Hartley Bridge Road for the next 35 years
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 24, 2022
The vandalized and partially burned Baconsfield Office Park buildings, shown here in 2020, are being renovated into apartments.

Blighted buildings, new duplexes to provide additional housing near downtown Macon

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning allows church in old shopping center, permits demolition of eyesore near Vineville Avenue
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 10, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission, shown here in an October meeting, has closed its office to the public and canceled the Jan. 10 hearing due to the rise of COVID-19 cases.

COVID concerns cancel Macon-Bibb P&Z hearing

The Jan. 10 hearing was packed with 28 agenda items due to the holiday cancellation of the late December meeting.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 6, 2022
After two decades of zoning fights, a specialty grocery store is approved for the northwest corner of Bass and Zebulon roads.

Zebulon store, Bass complex, Bowman apts. summon ghosts of P&Z past

Commissioners approve winery, Dunkin’ Donuts, specialty grocery, new life for old Charter Lake property
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 15, 2021
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