Macon-Bibb County

On Monday, January 15, 2024, Macon-Bibb County, with the MLK Commission and other partnering agencies, will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with several events. The celebration will begin with a breakfast at 8:00 a.m. held by the MLK Breakfast Committee at the Tubman African American Museum (310 Cherry Street) at 8:00 a.m. That […]

On Thursday, January 4, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission gathered for a wreath-laying ceremony in Rosa Parks Square. You can watch the full ceremony here.  The wreath was placed in honor of the Civil Rights icon who, on December 1, 1955, refused to give up her bus seat for a white person. Her legacy, […]

Start the New Year off right by checking in on yourself and taking care of your mental health by taking part in Macon Mental Health Matters’ (MMHM) Wellness Weekend. The first Mental Health Pop-Up Gym of the year on Saturday, January 13, at the Rosa Jackson Recreation Center (1211 Maynard Street). “This is a great […]

More than 400 people spent the first day of the new year playing pickleball at the world’s largest indoor pickleball facility. They wasted no time right after Rhythm and Rally held its official ribbon cutting ceremony and pickleball drop.   “What do we do on New Year’s? We drop a ball. So it’s only appropriate we […]

On Friday, December 29, 2023, Macon-Bibb County held a dedication ceremony for the gymnasium at the Bloomfield-Gilead Recreation Center in honor of Grady E. Gillis, a Maconite who devoted years of service and leadership to the former Gilead Christian Academy and the entire community. You can watch the full ceremony here.  “Mr. Gillis has been […]

From January 9 to January 14, Rhythm and Rally will host more than 900 people from 24 states and two countries for the 2024 USA Pickleball Atlantic South Regional Tournament. According to organizers, players are signed up from as far away as Alaska and Alberta, Canada.    “This is a tournament that will expose players from […]

While a lot of serious business gets done at Macon City Hall, we like to have fun every now and then. Our Procurement Department held a holiday door decorating contest this month for every department at City Hall. Each department had a maximum budget of $250 to decorate their door or hallway entry. “Every department […]

The Peyton Anderson Foundation has committed to making Downtown Macon safer by donating $200,000 to the County to purchase ATVs aimed to patrol areas of Downtown Macon and the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail. “This will allow us to monitor parts of our Downtown in a more efficient way that would involve being able to use these […]

Earlier this month, the Commission approved allocating $500,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to go towards the Macon Volunteer Clinic. The money will be used towards the move and build out of a larger medical services facility. The Macon Volunteer Clinic is non-profit, medical home for low income, working, uninsured residents of Macon-Bibb […]

On Monday, District 7 Commissioner Bill Howell took a trailer packed with linens to the Brookdale Resource Center. Over a weekend, he drove to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to pick up hundreds of bed sheets and towels for the residents.   Vacasa Pigeon Forge, a vacation rental company, donated the gently used linens, with the agreement that […]