On Sunday, August 22, 2021, Macon Head Space and The Southern Center for Choice Theory will host a Mental Health Pop-Up Gym at 10:00 a.m. at Kings Park (3296 Kingston Court). This weekend’s gym will focus on women’s equality ahead of Women’s Equality Day on Thursday, August 26. “In honor of the constant commitment of women working to gain equality in our […]
The Macon-Bibb County Green Team is postponing the 2021 Earth Day Macon-Bibb Festival due to concerns related to COVID-19. It was originally slated for April of this year, then moved to fall, as they’d hoped the cases of COVID-19 in our community would decrease. With the resurgence of the Delta Variant, the board wanted to […]
At a press conference on Wednesday, August 11 at 10:00 a.m., WorkSource Macon-Bibb will announce a new opportunity for people to learn construction skills that will lead to a great paying job. The press conference will be held at the intersection of Tindall Avenue and Elizabeth Street in the new Tindall Fields development. A map […]
New online survey available to provide feedback During the past several weeks, hundreds of people have attended public forums in every part of the county as part of the Macon Violence Prevention (MVP) initiative to let leaders know what their neighborhoods need, who’s willing to help, and what resources are available. Now, MVP and the […]
Our community showed up and showed out for another #CleanStreetsMatter county-wide cleanup on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Together, more than 500 people removed nearly 70,000 pounds of trash from streets in 42 different areas of the county. “Thank you so much to everyone who participated,” said Executive Director of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful (KMBB) Caroline Childs. “When I was driving around the community the morning of the cleanup, it was so good to […]
On Thursday, August 5, the Macon Pickleball Association and Macon Area Tennis Association presented a check for $5,150 to the Brookdale Resource Center. The money was raised by both associations during their first ever TAP Out for the Homeless Pickleball and Tennis events. More than 70 players came to Tattnall Square Park on July 24, to play and […]
The month of August is nationally celebrated as Black Business Month, to recognize and celebrate black-owned businesses, and our Office of Small Business Affairs (OSBA) is taking part. On Tuesday, during a Commission meeting, Mayor Miller proclaimed August as Black Business Month in Macon-Bibb County. “We know diversity and inclusion has been an overall problem so how can we address it where everyone […]
People from neighborhoods all over Macon-Bibb grabbed trash bags, gloves, and got to work on July 24 for our second community-wide cleanup. Dozens of teams got together to beautify their communities as part of our Clean Streets Matter initiative. The results are in, and we’re ready to announce them! You’re invited to a press […]
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners will vote to set the millage rate for Fiscal Year 2022 (August 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022) at a meeting on August 17, 2021. Mayor Lester Miller is recommending the new millage rate be set at 19.901, which is a decrease of 0.43 mills. “I’m proud of the […]
Eliminating blight has been a top priority for our administration as one way to make our community safer. That’s why the Commission approved $5 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to help continue to remove dilapidated and dangerous structures from our neighborhoods. The money will be placed in a Blight Elimination Revolving Loan Fund and used for demolishing blighted and dangerous structures. Funds can also be used […]
