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A proposed solid waste transfer station could be built across from the Lynmore Estates playground on Mead Road.

P&Z: Neighbors oppose transfer station, disappointed homeowner must alter fence

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 28, 2023
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission ruled the owner of the Georgia Avenue "Wet Willie House" must remove the historically inappropriate double-door and standing mailbox near the front porch.

P&Z rules owner of historic home must redo ‘inappropriate’ renovation

May 23, 2023
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

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 26, 2023
The Big House Museum intends to submit a second landscaping proposal for the property after P&Z rejected last year's plans.

Vineville neighbors oppose The Big House Allman Brothers Museum’s new zoning definition

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 12, 2023
After the required six-month waiting period, Next Step Recovery Ministries received Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning approval to build a new two-story building for staff quarters and amenities for program residents in the 4400 block of Houston Ave.

South Bibb neighbors thwart commercial encroachment

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 28, 2023
Municipal Court Judge Crystal Jones takes the oath of office Thursday at Macon-Bibb County Government Center.

Listen up: New wave of Georgia lawmakers accents state’s shifting demographics

By Aaleah McConnell, Georgia Recorder
March 24, 2023
The old parking deck adjacent to the Dempsey Apartments is being put up for sale by the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority for future residential or office lofts or condominiums.

Tenant protection bill before Georgia Senate must do more to curb predatory landlords, advocates say

By Sean Keenan, Atlanta Civic Circle
March 22, 2023
The State of Black Georgia report tells a tale of two states

The State of Black Georgia report tells a tale of two states

By Leah Fleming, GPB News
March 20, 2023
The Macon-Bibb Design Review Board did not sign off on the lights and awning when this Wells Fargo ATM on Second Street was first approved in 2021.

P&Z rule change would allow Intown Macon room rentals; downtown ATM runs afoul of Design Review Board

Liz Fabian, Civic Jouralism Senior Fellow
March 14, 2023
The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission welcomed The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission welcomed aboard Commissioner Wykesia Stafford, second from right, at their Feb. 27 meeting. Stafford replaces Bryan Scott, who moved out of the county.

P&Z: Neighbors protest cows; Mercer’s dyslexia school; east Macon subdivision changes and ‘Glamping’ in east Bibb

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 1, 2023

Georgia Power got the ‘gold mine’ … we got the ‘shaft’

Dink Nesmith, Georgia Recorder
February 27, 2023
First Presbyterian Church plans to create an outdoor worship space by removing the old Sunday School building and office of the late architect Ellamae Ellis League.

P&Z: Changes coming to downtown Macon historic churches; ‘Crisco House’ hotel project update

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 27, 2023
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