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Proposed Macon-Bibb County Consolidated Plan to the Dept of HUD for Program Years 2025-2029
Learn MoreMacon named a Great American Main Street
NewTown Macon and Macon-Bibb County hosted a press conference on Friday, May 10 on Coleman Hill overlooking beautiful Downtown to celebrate NewTown’s recent designation as a Great American Main Street! Coleman Hill is also the site of Bragg Jam’s Second Sunday concert on Sunday, May 12, at 6:00 p.m., and both are inviting the community […]
Learn More450 trees being planted in Pleasant Hill, East Macon
“450 trees; that’s a lot!” A’niya Langford, a 4th grade student at Williams Elementary, said in amazement, going slightly off her script to the chuckles of the crowd standing before her. Ms. Langford was serving as Mistress of Ceremonies for a celebration marking the start of work to plant 79 new trees behind her school. […]
Learn MoreFour families welcomed home to new houses
On Thursday, May 9, Macon-Area Habitat for Humanity and Macon-Bibb County welcomed home families to four brand-new homes, each built on formerly blighted property in Lynmore Estates. “It’s a great day in Macon-Bibb, especially when we can welcome not one, not two, not three, but four families home,” Mayor Lester Miller told them. [Our Blight […]
Learn More“We are betting on us. We are all in.”
Mayor credits people of Macon-Bibb for moving community forward together “It’s a great day…a new day…thanks to each of you,” Mayor Lester Miller told more than 700 people gathered at the Macon City Auditorium for the annual State of the Community, hosted by the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce. “Just like you can’t ignore the […]
Learn MoreNational Community Development Block Grant Week
Mayor Lester M. Miller, the Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners, and the Macon-Bibb County Economic and Community Development Department (ECDD) announce that Macon-Bibb County will join other communities in celebrating National Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Week, April 1-5, 2024. This is the 50th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant. The Community Development Block Grant […]
Learn MoreFunding Workshop Application For Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV)
Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Macon-Bibb County Economic & Community Development Department PROGRAM YEAR 2024 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025) CDBG-CV funding is made possible by the US Department of HUD and is administered by the Local government, Economic and Community Development Department. ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 688 Walnut […]
Learn MoreAmerican Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Food Access Loan Programs
Click here to download this application. Completed forms can be emailed to Alex Morrison at amorrison@maconbibb.us.
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