Commissioner Bill Howell, along with U Create Macon, held another Saturday Morning Breakfast Club (SMBC) event on June 26 in the Pleasant Hill Neighborhood. SMBC is an outreach Commissioner Howell started in early 2019 which turned into a monthly breakfast until COVID-19 hit our community. He began by buying supplies for the first few breakfasts, […]
For Mayor Lester Miller, taking action is more than just approving budgets, passing ordinances, and hiring companies to do work. Taking action means leaders getting out in our streets and physically helping fix a problem. That’s why this past week, along with Commissioners and his administrative team, Mayor Miller went out to pick up your […]
As part of our Macon Mental Health Matters initiative, there are upcoming classes where you can learn about canning and preserving food while focusing on your mental health. Claire Cox will teach the hands-on course where attendees will learn about canning fruits and vegetables. You’ll get to keep everything you create, and you’ll be able […]
On Tuesday, June 23, 2021, more than 100 people came together at Steward Chapel AME Church to listen and share their experiences with violent crime during an open and honest conversation facilitated by the Macon Mental Health Matters team. Nothing was off limits. Each pew inside the historic church held someone with a different experience, […]
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, Mayor Lester Miller announced several changes to significantly improve trash and recycling pick-up, including the hiring of a third-party company. “While we have been patient with the short staffing because of the pandemic, we have come to a point where changes need to be made in the short term, we […]
A group of dedicated and hardworking Maconites have spent hours in Historic Rose Hill Cemetery fixing graves, cleaning headstones, repairing stone walls, and more. Now, they’re raising money with a first batch of Rose Hill Cemetery t-shits. The shirts are $20 each and can be purchased by clicking here or visiting RoseHillCemetery.org. The money raised […]
The Office of Community Affairs is working to record and catalog the numerous organizations in our community aimed at keeping young people active, educated, involved, and entertained. To do this, the Office has launched Mayor Miller’s Youth Registry to connect people to clubs and organizations with similar goals in mind, and to let everyone know […]
From the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority – The first aircraft arrived June 17, 2021 at the new Dean Baldwin Painting LP facility located at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, GA. marking the official start of operations. The aircraft, a B767-300 freighter aircraft owned by Cargo Aircraft Management, a subsidiary of ATSG (Air Transport Services […]
On Thursday, June 17, Mayor Lester Miller presented Atrium Health Navicent with a proclamation declaring June as Men’s Health Month. The proclamation is aimed to bring awareness to men’s health as research shows men continue to live an average of five years less than women, with Native American and African American men having the lowest […]
On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, our Public Works, Solid Waste, and Parks and Beautification departments joined forces to bring the Clean Streets Matter program back to the Historic Pleasant Hill Neighborhood, where it was originally announced. Crews got to work early to clear illegal dump sites, pick up litter, sweep streets, and cut grass along […]
