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Rodney Mason collects scoops of soil to test from the vacant lot in Kings Park Subdivision where he will grow indigenous cultivars in a neighborhood garden.

Nonprofit using community gardens to reintroduce African food culture

Restored Ancestral Roots aims to repatriate classic cultivars of the Deep South
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
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
Piedmont Macon hospital

Macon hospitals want to stop paying property taxes. County board says no.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 9, 2023
A crew employed by Stafford Construction works on a new home on Ward Street in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Pleasant Hill is one of the places carved out for work by a new, federally funded affordable housing non-profit group of which Stafford Construction is a member.

Macon has millions for affordable housing development. A new nonprofit will decide how it’s spent.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 6, 2023
Dale Folwell talks to reporters about hospital prices in June 2022. Behind him sits interim State Health Plan director Sam Watts.

How much should nonprofit hospital CEOs make? NC Treasurer’s report fuels debate.

Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban, Charlotte Ledger and North Carolina Health News
February 20, 2023
Bibb Schools Chief Information Officer Kevin Adams informs the school board that more students are enrolled this school year than originally projected.

Bibb Schools enrollment headed in ‘a very positive direction’

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 16, 2022
A Macon Water Authority Stormwater Management crew unclogs a storm sewer after flash flooding in Mercer Village last fall.

MWA adds stormwater credits, raises starting pay in critical staff shortage

Macon Water Authority chairman candidate Desmond Brown files bankruptcy as replacement sought for his vacated District 2 seat
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 18, 2022
Dozens of vans, trucks, cars and buses parked at Hawthorne and Third streets parked in a county-owned lot downtown have government-issued tags. The vehicles are not owned by the county or any agency of the county. They belong to a private nonprofit called the Macon-Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council Inc.

Public money, private business: oversight limited at Macon-Bibb Economic Opportunity Council

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 18, 2022
Chiquita Dinkins teaches a unit on photosynthesis to students at Northeast High School in Macon. Dinkins, who was head cheerleader at Northeast as a student in the 1980s, is one of 18 alumni teachers at the school.

Bibb teachers have wish lists. The school district now has a way to fulfill them.

Laura Corley, Civic Fellow
February 1, 2022
A change in Georgia law removes food safety enforcement from the Department of Public Health for nonprofit-led events such as Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival.

Health Dept. loses oversight of Cherry Blossom Festival food

Who is making sure nonprofit organizations' food is safe?
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 19, 2021
Families find support in Macon's Jay's Hope organization, a non-profit supporting families dealing with childhood cancer.

WMUB Report: Jay’s Hope

Lanissa Rozier, Student
October 9, 2020

The Cost of Covid-19: Volunteerism drops, creating a huge problem for area nonprofits

Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
October 1, 2020
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