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Macon-Bibb County's Planning & Zoning Commission denied a request for barbed wire to protect a Burton Avenue salon from criminal elements because it is not allowed in commercial zones.

Salon, apartments seek security fencing and P&Z rejects design of downtown development

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 13, 2024
Engineer Kelvin Seagraves, second from right, goes over the site plan for a proposed solid waste transfer station at 4300 Mead Road during the July 24 P&Z meeting.

PZ: Substance abuse recovery expansions approved, but transfer station design needs more work

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 25, 2023
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 Commissioner Tim Jones questions developers about planned amenities in a proposed residential cluster development off Jennifer Drive.

Concerns over wetland, amenities stall south Bibb subdivision approval

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 14, 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
The old Holiday Inn off Riverside Drive in north Macon will become a 95-unit affordable housing apartment complex under plans approved by P&Z.

P&Z: Old Holiday Inn to be apartments; new use for Westgate parking lot

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 9, 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
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
Cassidy and Alex Mims went before the Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission last summer pleading commissioners to allow them to keep the renovations on their home, which violate historic district guidelines.

Historic homes’ hidden costs, regulatory headaches catch folks off guard

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 3, 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
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