Macon-Bibb County

          At the Macon-Bibb County Commission Meeting on July 16, 2019, Revered Leon Ward of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church delivered the invocation. Ward is the founding pastor of New Birth, and was born and raised in Macon. He joined St. Mary’s Baptist Church as a child, and later joined Greater New Corinth […]

The Macon-Bibb County Engineering Department and the Adrian Collaborative will hold an informational open house on Thursday, July 18 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Elaine H. Lucas Senior Center (132 Willie Smokie Drive, in Central City Park) to discuss the proposed Seventh Street Corridor. The ultimate goal of this corridor will be to redirect truck […]

Once again, two of the most popular places in our community have been voted as the Best of the Best! In the annual Macon Telegraph competition, which is decided by readers and residents, Historic Rose Hill Cemetery was voted Best Cemetery, and Amerson River Park was voted Best Place to Take Your Kids. Rose Hill […]

At the annual American Public Works Association Georgia Chapter (APWA-Ga) Conference, Roderick Bell, a Parks & Beautification Department Crew Leader, was recognized for winning the statewide street sweeper competition.   The competition was held in Perry, GA at the annual Public Works Equipment Show, and included an obstacle course to sweep around to imitate curbs, […]

From training exercises to help our crews and Emergency Management Agency be prepared for disasters, to cleaning and cutting grass- our employees stay busy! In the May 2019 Administrative Report County Manager Keith Moffett presented to Commissioners, you can see what each department handled in that one month. 41 animals found their forever homes at […]

Richard Bullock, Streets Supervisor for Macon-Bibb County’s Public Works Department, has been named Supervisor of the Year by the American Public Works Association’s Georgia Chapter. He was recognized at the Jekyll Island Convention Center in July 11 at the organization’s annual conference. As Macon-Bibb’s Street Supervisor, Bullock is the supervisor for all special projects, sewer […]

            Chris Floore, Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs, has been named a winner in Ragan and PR Daily’s Achieving Communications Excellence (ACE) Awards in the Government Communications/Public Affairs Professional category. Floore was chosen from a wide pool of entries to receive the top honor in this category […]

In July, SeeClickFix announced its rankings for April – June 2019. In the Large Cities category, Macon-Bibb County ranked 2nd for both Most Engaged with 4,218 requests created and Most Responsive with 3,663 requests closed. UsingSeeClickFix, people can report issues like potholes, illegal dumping, overgrown parks, and blight issues directly to the Macon-Bibb County departments. […]

At the Macon-Bibb County Commission Meeting on July 2, 2019, Reverend Dr. Ralph Hawkins, Pastor of Northminster Presbyterian Church, delivered the prayer. Two 4H students led everyone in the pledge. Thank you to Jasmine Martin and Zoe Economides for coming to the meeting to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Agenda Items: Commissioners approved an intergovernmental […]

Netflix will be filming portions of a movie in Macon-Bibb County during the next several weeks. “Ivan” will begin prepping areas of the community July 1, and filming will be from July 15 through July 22. A full list of permanent closures and temporary closures can be found in the links below, both as a […]