Macon-Bibb County

At a presentation on Friday, February 19, Dr. Henry Ficklin, Executive Director of Community and Government Affairs, presented a proclamation in honor of National FBLA Week. He presented it to the Future Business Leaders of America – Phi Beta Lambda. The program helps students become community-minded business leaders through community service activities. The theme for […]

At the Commission Meeting on Tuesday, March 2, District 2 Commissioner Elaine Lucas read a proclamation recognizing March 2021 as Women’s History Month in Macon-Bibb County. Women in attendance came up to the front of the room during the reading, which details accomplishments of many women. You can watch that presentation at the 2:00 minute […]

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners held its regularly-scheduled Commission Meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. You can watch the meeting here. We livestream all meetings to our Facebook page, our website, and then post them later to our Vimeo site. Here are a few of the items approved this week. Click […]

Light of Light Films is scheduled to be in Downtown Macon-Bibb from March 7-12 for a new feature film, unDEFILED. While setup, filming, and breakdown will occur all week, the main impact to the public will be on March 12. There will be crews on private property and in Historic Luther Williams Field from March […]

    Sheridan Construction joined the new Clean Streets Matter initiative by cleaning up a very large illegal dump site along Schofield Lane near their offices. A crew from Sheridan used their equipment to fill up four 40-yard dumpsters with furniture, trash, debris, yard waste, and more.     “Our Warehouse Manager came to us and […]

The Macon-Bibb County Green Team is rescheduling its annual “Earth Day Festival” to September 22, 2021 in Tattnall Square Park from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. (It was originally slated to take place in April.) The Festival is being rescheduled due to an abundance of caution regarding COVID-19 and to help slow its spread.    “While […]

  The Macon-Bibb E911 Department is gathering items for the Warming Center. The team dropped off their first round this week. it included toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, menstrual supplies, and more.  E911 Director Shandel Graham says those who participated were eager to give, and felt a sense of pride in doing so.  “We […]

Brookdale Warming Center receives $35k donations, will remain open through June from MaconBibbTV on Vimeo. On Tuesday, February 22, Mayor Lester Miller announced the Brookdale Warming Center would remain open an additional 60 days to continue serving people in need of a safe and dry place to stay.  “We’ve seen too many good things happen […]

  The Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority (MBCIA) presented a comprehensive strategic plan to its stakeholders in a board meeting this afternoon, culminating a six-month planning effort in partnership with VisionFirst Advisors.  The plan, a tooth-to-tail evaluation of MBCIA’s economic development program, was presented by Gray Swoope, VisionFirst president, and chief executive officer.  Swoope, a recognized national leader in economic development and […]

  In the fifth week, departments surpassed 1,000,000 pounds of illegal dump debris and 500,000 pounds of yard waste collected from neighborhoods as part of the Clean Streets Matter initiative. To get to those milestones, crews cleaned up 262,070 pounds from 16 illegal dumps and 170,180 pounds of yard waste from 1,820 stops along the normal collection routes […]