“Love is the main thing” is now painted on a retaining wall along Main Street, just down from the Mill Hill East Macon Arts Village, thanks to about 20 students on break from seven schools this week. The new mural is almost across the street from another retaining wall mural painted by other students in […]
Help make a difference next weekend by joining the Community-wide Cleanup on Saturday, March 4. This will be the fifth Community-wide Cleanup since the start of the Clean Streets Matter initiative in 2021. “Keeping our streets and neighborhoods clean is a group effort,” said Mayor Lester Miller. “We hope that by people coming together on […]
From the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority: Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (UNITED) has officially broken ground on an $85 million investment to its Macon, Georgia facility as announced in December. Coca-Cola UNITED will expand its Macon Coca-Cola warehouse by approximately 260,000 square feet, as well as install the leading-edge Vertique warehousing system that is among […]
On Tuesday, February 21, Mayor Lester Miller and the Commission approved nearly five times more local funding for road resurfacing than has been allocated in years past. “For too many years, a lack of funding meant our roads deteriorated faster than we could fix them, so we are putting millions more into this work to […]
Lead With Literacy is inviting families to learn about its Macon Family Time program, which is preparing to start its third cohort. An information session for interested families is being held Friday, February 17 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield-Gilead Recreation Center (1931 Rocky Creek Road). Space in this free 11-week program is […]
On Monday, February 13, Mayor Lester Miller spent the afternoon recognizing and giving proclamations to different groups of students in the Bibb County School District. Mayor Miller proclaimed: February 5 – 11 as National FBLA-PBL (Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda) Week with the theme “Lighting a Trail”; February 12 – 18 as HOSA […]
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful (KMBB) and Macon-Bibb’s Parks & Beautification Department celebrated Georgia’s Arbor Day early this year with a tree dedication in Carolyn Crayton Park. You can watch the ceremony here. Those in attendance were KMBB board members, Mayor Lester Miller, Parks & Beautification staff, Recreation staff, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Epsilon Omega […]
On Wednesday, February 15, the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department held a ceremony to celebrate the promotion of 48 firefighters to Sergeants. Dozens of loved ones filled the Howard High School Auditorium as each firefighter’s name was called out to receive their new helmets. You can watch the full ceremony here. “Our firefighters have worked hard […]
The first Mayor’s Council of Clergy (MCC) luncheon of 2023 was held Thursday, February 9, at the Tubman African-American museum. Nearly 100 people representing various faiths and religions attended the event which featured prayer, community updates, calls to action, and a catered lunch from Charles Murphy’s Catering. “This luncheon is a call for racial and […]
The UGA Cooperative Extension Office is offering free tax preparation service for Macon-Bibb residents. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, or VITA, is offered in tandem with the Internal Revenue Service, includes filing for federal and state income tax returns, and is available now through March 30. The filings will be reviewed by IRS-certified students […]
