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Descendant of prominent Maconites ‘shocked’ by family’s hidden secret

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 14, 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
A crew employed by Stafford Construction works on a new home on Ward Street in Macons 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
Peter Givens stands near the entrance of a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 75 that connects the west an east sides of the Pleasant Hill neighborhood. The neighborhood was severed in the 60s with the construction of Interstate 75.

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
Stacy Jones lives in a small blue house at the dead end of Roosevelt Avenue with his 6-year-old daughter and 97-year-old grandmother. He said he feels like Pleasant Hill is being gentrified.

A state authority got millions to reduce poverty in Pleasant Hill. Has it helped?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 14, 2022

Mayor says violence prevention is working, I-16 homeless camp cleared, Macon Mall renovation progressing

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 1, 2022
Millennium Bar & Grill’s owner originally sought to have adult entertainment at 2455 Emery Highway, but did not meet the necessary distance requirements away from the neighboring X-Mart Adult Supercenter about 800 feet away.

P&Z considers overnight bikini bar, potential Pleasant Hill ‘opioid clinic’

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 11, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller puts items approved by a majority of commissioners in a consent agenda that is usually approved in bulk at the evening meeting the following Tuesday.

Renaming Government Center, steps to close landfill and enhance Pleasant Hill park go before Macon-Bibb Commissioners

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 19, 2021

How will Macon spend $70 million in COVID-19 relief? Mayor extends homeless center, talks blight, election reform, economic development

Liz Fabian , Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 26, 2021
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