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Due to proximity to a neighboring house and lack of adequate parking, Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning denied Johntrell Jackson's plans for a cigar and hookah lounge at 635 Womack St.

P&Z snuffs out hookah lounge, approves Lamar Road homes over neighbors’ objections

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning begins monthslong revamp of Comprehensive Plan for future growth
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 12, 2025
Mindy Attaway, Chair Jeane Easom, center, and Robby Redmond hear from applicants on Oct. 27. Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Vice Chair Tim Jones and Kesia Stafford were absent.

P&Z OKs coffee shop, rezones for south Bibb housing, but pauses on NW neighborhood

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning takes Design Review Board recommendations for Beall’s Hill, revisits subdivision plans on Lamar and Houston roads 
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 28, 2025
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning is expected to draft new regulations for vape and smoke shops during a moratorium on new applications that expires Jan. 5, 2026.

Vape shop denial appealed as P&Z issues moratorium on new applications, rezonings

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning concerns also send Beall’s Hill housing plans back to the Design Review Board
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 16, 2025
Dr. Dawn DeLavallade makes her case for a new digital billboard at 5605 Hawksinville Road during the Sept. 22 hearing of the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission.

P&Z explores vape shop moratorium, defers south Bibb apartments

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission seeks new site design after objections to proposed multi-family rezoning off Houston Road
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 23, 2025
Four business partners planned to put a smoke shop in the retail space on the left of this convenience store near the corner of Bethel Church and Fulton Mill roads, but the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission denied the application.

P&Z denies vape shop, approves daycare, defers proposed billboard

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning applies for federal and state money to assist developing mass transportation plan
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 9, 2025
Hindu devotees can walk to the Umiya Temple from planned duplexes in a gated community at 4706 Raley Road.

P&Z studies housing needs, approves rezoning for Hindu community’s dozen duplexes

Macon-Bibb surveying affordable housing stock and future needs assessment as contractor selected for revising Comprehensive Plan
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 12, 2025
More than a dozen neighbors on Hall and Forest Hill roads came to Monday's Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission to oppose commercial development.

Hall Road neighbors oppose rezoning for auto auction near former slave’s land

Macon-Bibb P&Z approved adjacent commercial rezoning but final decision is pending, according to this month’s rulings
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 29, 2025
Ingleside Baptist Church Student Ministries hoped to generate revenue from a two-sided digital sign in its parking lot, but P&Z denied the application because the sign would be too close to another multi-message board across Interstate 75.

P&Z Ingleside Baptist loses digital billboard battle 

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning allows new personal care home, historic renovations and begins housing study
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 24, 2025
South Bibb County is slated for a new Publix-type shopping center, outparcels and apartments in one development off Houston Road.

Grocery, apartments approved in first mixed-use project under P&Z’s new rules

Wright Family Developments plans 72-unit workforce housing with shopping center at Houston and Sardis Church roads
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 10, 2025
The Flying Biscuit Cafe is weeks away from opening in the old Michael's on Mulberry location at the corner of Second Street in downtown Macon.

P&Z approves signs for new downtown restaurant, OKs Beall’s Hill demolition

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning accepts Design Review Board recommendations on historic district projects
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 13, 2025
A security officer directs traffic on New Forsyth Road at the Academy for Classical Education during morning arrivals.

P&Z approves ACE campus expansion despite traffic concerns

Neighboring businesses object to Academy for Classical Education using Preston Court for access to new parking lot
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 29, 2025
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning will allow Second Street building owner Jeff George to paint his stained brick, over-ruling the Design Review Board's recommendation based on Central Business District guidelines.

Riverside billboard battle, P&Z rejects review board ruling on painting downtown brick

New urgent care OK’d for W. Macon, mobile home park upgrade, decision for man without permit to turn playhouse into a penthouse 
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 15, 2025
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