Macon-Bibb County

Macon-Bibb County’s Earth Day Festival for 2016 brought thousands of people to Tattnall Square Park for a day of fun and education. This year’s celebration had a theme of ‘Trees for the Earth’ and featured dozens of vendors from farmers to gardeners to people just looking to make the world around us a better place. […]

For the fourth year, the Macon-Bibb County Parks & Recreation Department will hold a Summer Movie Series and show movies outside in several parks around the community. Movies will begin once the sun sets that evening, and families can bring chairs, blankets, and coolers of food and drink. Parks & Recreation will have free popcorn […]

Macon-Bibb County, in an effort to increase activity at the city’s 9,250-seat Coliseum and 2,688-seat Auditorium, hired Spectra by Comcast Spectacor to manage the two venues beginning July 1, 2016.  Spectra, experts in hosting and entertainment, will also provide certain food and beverage services and commercial rights services to the facilities. “We saw the great […]

At the June 7 Commission Meeting, Macon-Bibb County named and honored the 2015-2016 recipient of the Bert Bivins, III Student Leadership Award, which is given to a member of Macon-Bibb’s Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students (GCAPS) cohort. This year’s recipient is Sharrieff Muhammad, a recent graduate of the Georgia Cyber Academy and the first […]

On Wednesday, June 8, the Macon-Bibb County Human Resources Department held its first “Live Well in Maconga” Wellness Fair for its employees, and more than 450 employees attended were able to learn about the new wellness program and ways in which their entire families can live healthier lives. Throughout the day, they visited 25 different […]

For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of an airport…is flying! But the operations at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) go much further than that. In April, students in Macon-Bibb’s GCAPS (Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students) leadership cohort visited the Airport to learn about its history and […]

“You start walking your way, I start walking mine. We’ll meet in the middle, ‘neath that old Georgia Pine. We’ll both gain a lot, if we each give a little. Ain’t no road too long, if we meet in the middle!” Mayor Robert Reichert used the words from that song to kick off the first […]

The new IFC sports comedy series BROCKMIRE, starring Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, Ray Donovan) and Amanda Peet (Togetherness, The Good Wife), will begin filming at Luther Williams Field in Macon-Bibb later this month. Filming will be from June 29 until July 13, and they are currently seeking extras on July 7 and 8. Seeking: Children […]

Water tests by Lake Tobesofkee Park Rangers and the Macon Water Authority this weekend confirm that E. Coli levels at the Claystone Beach swimming area have dropped down enough to allow safe swimming. It will be open on Sunday, June 12. The swimming areas at Sandy Beach and Arrowhead Park remain open. Normal E.Coli levels […]

Everyone is invited to take a bike tour of some of Macon-Bibb’s newest or recently improved parks and greenspaces, including Tattnall Square Park, the Dog Park, Washington Park, Bernd Park, Daisy Park, and Oakhaven Park. The tour will end up in Oakhaven Park (at intersection of English and Oakhaven Avenues), where people will be enjoying […]