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
P&Z: Neighbors protest cows; Mercer’s dyslexia school; east Macon subdivision changes and ‘Glamping’ in east Bibb Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission forced to make ‘bad decision’ for Lizella neighbors who fear livestock will lower property values Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow March 1, 2023
GDOT promised better in Pleasant Hill after cutting it in half it with I-75. Has the state kept its word? Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow February 7, 2023
Building boom planned in recession-stalled west Macon neighborhoods Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission approved 257 new homes in three subdivisions near Lake Tobesofkee Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow June 28, 2022
P&Z considers overnight bikini bar, potential Pleasant Hill ‘opioid clinic’ Monday’s agenda includes new homes in old neighborhoods, Bloomfield convenience store, new North Macon locations for dance studio, tutoring center Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow February 11, 2022
Judge: Macon-Bibb P&Z “abused its discretion” in Vineville social club rezoning Bibb Superior Court Judge Connie Williford annuls P&Z’s decision concerning ‘HoneyBee’s’ commercial use in Vineville Historic District Liz Fabian January 21, 2022
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
LGBTQ lounge downtown, new houses by Tobesofkee, transitional home go to P&Z Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow October 22, 2021
Mercer Village movie theatre, apartment complexes, blighted house go before P&Z Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow August 20, 2021
Roxy Theatre’s history brings new life to a Macon Black business district Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow December 1, 2020
‘Ambassadors’ help older residents in once-troubled Macon neighborhood Rylee Kirk, Center for Collaborative Journalism June 1, 2020