Brookdale Warming Center residents receive facemasks, boots, socks Bottles of water still needed On Saturday, March 6, The Power of Life Foundation delivered facemasks and 100 pairs of Under Armour boots and socks for residents at the Brookdale Warming Center. The delivery happened after the Foundation handed out free facemasks at Carolyn Crayton Park. “It’s amazing […]
Macon-Bibb County and Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful (KMBB) recently challenged all neighborhoods, businesses, organizations, and schools to participate in a community-wide cleanup day on April 10, 2021, Since then more than two dozen groups and neighborhoods have signed up to participate. “It’s amazing what people will do if they believe they’re part of something larger, and this […]
Macon-Bibb County, Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful (KMBB), and the United Way of Central Georgia have joined forces to coordinate a countywide community cleanup on April 10, 2021. Together they are encouraging all neighborhoods, schools, churches, organizations, and businesses to hold their own neighborhood cleanup that day or join with another group on their cleanup. “Clean streets […]
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 […]
