At the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 State of the Community Luncheon, Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert spoke to the crowd of leaders, officials, and business professionals about how bright the future is for our community. In fact, he called it increasingly enlightened! Click here to watch the Mayor’s remarks. Below is a transcript of […]
The Macon-Bibb County Global Affairs Coalition – formerly known as the Sister City Commission – will host His Excellency Kurt Jaeger, Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States of America, for a presentation on Thursday, February 23, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. The presentation will be held in Commission Chambers at Government Center (700 Poplar […]
The Rosa Jackson Community Center held a Grand Reopening on Friday, February 17 and is continuing the celebration with a family fun day on Saturday, February 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Families are invited for food, fun, and fitness to celebrate new life for a community center that has served East Macon for […]
The Commission began the second term of the consolidated Macon-Bibb County government as it started the first: with a Strategic Planning Retreat to set the priorities and goals and to begin discussing upcoming budgets. Commissioners met for two days at the UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel and held discussions on a variety of […]
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Public Finance Authority (the “Authority”) and Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (the “County”) will hold a public hearing on February 27, 2017 at 2:00pm at Government Center in the Mayor’s Conference Room, located at 700 Poplar Street, Macon, GA 31201 to discuss a project involving qualified […]
As part of its Blight Remediation Program, Macon-Bibb County will begin a second round of demolitions by tearing down the vacant and dilapidated houses at 782, 806, and 818 Lynmore Avenue. A press conference will be held on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. on Lynmore Avenue to signal the start of the demolitions. […]
The Macon-Bibb United Boxing Club is hosting a boxing tournament at Freedom Park on Saturday, February 11. Entry is just $10 (children under 5 are free), doors open at noon, and the competition begins at 1:00 p.m. Competitors are amateur boxers from around Georgia, including nine members of the Macon-Bibb United Boxing Club. Boxers wanting […]
District 3 Commissioner, Elaine Lucas, is hosting a Town Hall Meeting for District 3 and all of Macon-Bibb County on Thursday, February 9 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at St. Paul AME Church (2501 Shurling Drive). In attendance will be representatives from the church and neighborhood, and Commissioner Lucas will be announcing an upcoming District […]
The Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner’s Office will be holding the second of three tax relief seminars on Thursday, February 16, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The session will be held in Commission Chambers at Government Center (700 Poplar Street). The last seminar will be held March 23 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in Commission Chambers. The public […]
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Crime Analysis Unit releases the Macon-Bibb County crime statistics for 2016. In the homicide category, Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators worked eight less homicides in 2016 than the previous year, with four of those homicides deemed justifiable. Of the 20 homicides investigated in 2016, ninety percent or 18 of […]
