Macon-Bibb County

Macon-Bibb County is accepting applications until  September 7, 2018  for its next Youth Commission, a year-long program for students to learn more about their local consolidated government, as well as how it interacts with state and federal governments. This year’s Youth Commission will meet from September 2018 through May 2019, and is open to 10 th -12 th  grade students in […]

The Leadership Macon Class of 2017 invites the media, partners, and public to the official Grand Opening of its community project, a Fitness Circuit at Amerson River Park. The event will be held at the Circuit on Wednesday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. People can park in the lot by the playground and follow the […]

At the August 21, 2018 Macon-Bibb County Commission Meeting Pastor Dexter Jordan from Center Hill Baptist Church led the invocation. 4H students Christopher Martin and Kambria Foster led the room in the Pledge of Allegiance. Agenda Items Commissioners voted to approve amendments to the FY2019 Budget. You can view the current budget and related meetings […]

In the month of July, the number of passengers using Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) to fly to Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) on Contour Airlines or to Biloxi on the weekend charter flight with Sun Country Air continued to increase. Almost 3,100 passengers came through the airport (1,529 boarding at MCN), which was an […]

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In its most recent inspection the Walker Road Landfill earned a score of 90 from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection Division (EPD). The report noted several areas that needed some work, including adding rip rap or similar erosion control measures at the discharge end of down drains; some drainage areas being overfilled […]

At the Macon-Bibb County Commission Meeting on August 7, 2018, Pastor Bo Turner with Real Life Church in Macon led the invocation. Two students led the Pledge of Allegiance- Nicholus Jackson (Central High School) and Rhiannon Wilmer (Academy for Classical Education). Both students are with the Georgia 4H program. Agenda Items Commissioners did not approve […]

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commission does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Macon-Bibb County Government Center located at 700 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia, on August 16, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. and pursuant to the requirements of § 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following […]

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Rebecca Grist, Macon-Bibb County’s Solicitor-General and a graduate of both Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and the College of Charleston, has been named Georgia’s 2018 Solicitor-General of the Year by Georgia Association of Solicitors-General at the Prosecuting Attorneys Council Annual Meeting. She has led the Association’s Legislative Committee and has previously served […]