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Macon-Bibb Board of Elections members and staff take a look at the new office inside the lower level of the old Sears at Macon Mall.

Elections board raises concerns about voter accessibility at new mall location

Macon-Bibb Board of Elections staff is excited about larger offices, but techs are worried about storage and placement of vote drop box
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 22, 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

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning approved the museum’s amendment that could allow special events in the county’s historic residential districts
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

Macon-Bibb P&Z also allows group home expansion, travel trailer park and OKs altered plans for River Edge neighborhood off Bloomfield 
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 28, 2023
Developers plan to build luxury townhomes, duplexes and apartments on about 26 acres off Forest Hill Road near Northside Drive.

New north Macon ‘luxury’ mixed-housing neighborhood planned

Macon-Bibb County Planning &Zoning Commission rezoned 26 acres of agricultural land for new homes
July 12, 2022
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