UDA gives Casino company $20M option to buy J.C. Penney at Macon Mall Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority also OKs feasibility study for arena, convention center and hotel Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow February 12, 2026
VA eyes Macon for new medical clinic complex; UDA to sell historic church Urban Development Authority takes over Health Club property, plans Cherry Street sidewalk renovation project Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow December 11, 2025
New pedestrian safety measures, Bicentennial Park opening, Transit driver shortage This Macon-Bibb agenda recap includes Pedestrian Safety Review Board, Urban Development Authority and Transit Authority Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow April 1, 2025
How a new hotel, apartments, a restaurant and a health club may be coming to downtown Macon Word of the proposed development, which aims to breathe further new life into downtown Macon, emerged publicly Friday. Laura Corley, The Macon Newsroom and Joe Kovac Jr., The Telegraph November 17, 2023
Affordable housing gets $7.5m boost in new Macon-Bibb loan program County Commissioners support the plan to use federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for a new loan program Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow January 11, 2023
2023 Preview – Part 1: Bicentennial kickoff, $25 million loft project, school sensory rooms, downtown parking changes and new MWA leadership The Macon Newsroom has compiled 20 things to look for in 2023 in a 4-part series that will be published this week Liz Fabian and Laura Corley December 26, 2022
Bike Walk Macon Brings Public Art to Historic Greenwood Bottoms Emily Rose Thorne, For The Center for Collaborative Journalism March 2, 2021
Macon’s oldest church, historic school part of planned housing for seniors Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow June 15, 2020
Low-income housing, homeless respite planned for downtown Macon Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow March 13, 2020