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Members of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, the United Way of Central Georgia and community volunteers walk along Watkins Lane while participating in a Walking School Bus audit for Burdell-Hunt Elementary School Tuesday.

East Macon students tread hazardous paths to school. Community wants to change that

'I didn't realize how bad her walk was,' teacher says of third grade student's trek to school
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 26, 2024
Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful Education Committee Chair Janice Habersham reads to second graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.

Young students targeted in Macon-Bibb’s renewed anti-litter education campaign

Ahead of Earth Day, Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful and United Way of Central Georgia organized volunteers to read ‘Keeping my Town Beautiful’
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 21, 2023
Master gardener Wayne Woodworth is trying to grow a better cherry blossom tree that will thrive in Macon.

Saving Macon’s cherry trees in a quest for a better blossom

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 12, 2021
Poplar Street will host an outdoor black-tie Fiesta Ball March 19 as the Cherry Blossom Festival moves all its activities outdoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cost of COVID: Cherry Blossom’s pinkest party pandemic-style

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fello
February 19, 2021
Mayor Lester Miller announced Macon-Bibb County's Clean Streets Matter initiative on January 15.

Mayor Miller prioritizes homelessness, blight, public safety in first 30 days

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 2, 2021
Tackling Macon's blight, closing landfill and conditions of jail discussed

Tackling Macon’s blight, closing landfill and conditions of jail discussed

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 26, 2021
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis hopes a new Outreach Center will help curb violent crime after a record number of homicides in 2020.

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 3

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 3, 2021
The old Macon welcome sign designed to greet visitors to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games is now a gateway on Little Richard Penniman Boulevard to the Second Street Corridor entrance to downtown Macon.

Storied Macon welcome sign resurrected for Second Street Corridor

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 7, 2020
Caroline Childs, center, executive director of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, chats with board members after her first meeting in September of 2020.

Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful’s new leader brings fresh start to board

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
September 23, 2020
Former Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful CEO Pam Carswell, second from right, speaks with board members at her retirement lunch in June.

Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful seeks new leader

July 15, 2020
Mayor pro tem Al Tillman takes his seat at the start of Macon-Bibb Commission committee meetings Tuesday morning.

‘Lame duck’ mayoral appointments have commissioners crying foul

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 10, 2020
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