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Macon-Bibb County Parks & Recreation Director Robert Walker, right, said SPLOST-funded improvements to the gym at Frank Johnson Recreation Center increased use of the facility.

Tour of Macon recreation facilities gives fresh perspective on needs

County Commissioners and Mayor Lester Miller visited Linear and Filmore Thomas parks and Memorial Park and Frank Johnson recreation centers
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 13, 2023
Stage set for amphitheater as some new Macon Mall county offices to open this year

Stage set for amphitheater as some new Macon Mall county offices to open this year

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 9, 2023
The Reimagining the Civic Commons Studio conference brought more than 100 people to Macon from 11 cities across the country in April of 2023.

Visitors’ comments about downtown Macon, Pleasant Hill, might surprise you

The Knight Foundation partially funds Reimagining the Civic Commons Studio that drew leaders from across the nation to learn how Macon is leveraging civic engagement for a brighter future
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 19, 2023
The official town crier of Annapolis, right, leads war veterans from the Middle Georgia Honor Flight through the Baltimore-Washington International Airport on March 12.

Aging midstate war veterans take ‘very emotional’ Honor Flight to DC

Trip marks first Middle Georgia Honor Flight since 2019 when COVID-19 halted local veterans' complimentary travel.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 29, 2022
Entrance of the Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame.

Tiny Tour Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame

Sloan Aubrey, Center For Collabrative Journalism
October 6, 2021
Woda Cooper developers want to build Hawthorne Commons low-income housing in the old Virgil Powers Elementary School. They are asking for more than a half-million dollars in loans from Macon-Bibb County and the Urban Development Authority.

Commissioners approve$426K for low-income housing, fund safety improvements

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 11, 2021
Macon-Bibb County commissioners see the deteriorating fire training building no longer in use due to safety concerns at the Tinker Drive facility.

Fire training tour gives Macon-Bibb leaders a burning desire for upgrade

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 10, 2021
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