The Macon-Bibb County Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2015 Southeast Coast Regional Junior Olympic Boxing Championships this Friday and Saturday, May 22-23, 2015, in the Bishop Frank Ray Boxing Arena at the Freedom Park Boxing & Conditioning Club (3301 Roff Avenue). Tickets for the event are $10 per day, or $15 for the […]
Macon-Bibb County’s public pools will begin opening Memorial Day weekend. The cost to get into the pools is $1.00 per person, with an additional $1.00 per person to use the slide at the East Macon Community Center. Below is a schedule of the days and times each of the five pools will be open. All […]
Since January 2014, Macon-Bibb County worked with the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government to develop its first Strategic Plan. This process lasted more than a year and involved multiple retreats, work sessions, and meetings with department heads, organizations, and stakeholders. The planning process was funded with a grant from the John S. […]
Public forums for the Freedom Park improvement project to be funded by the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax have been added to the calendar of recreation forums happening in May, June, and July. Macon-Bibb County is beginning to plan for upgrades and improvements at several recreation centers. Before those plans can be drawn, public […]
At a meeting on May 5, the Macon-Bibb County Commission approved the right-of-way plans and road closures necessary for the construction of the Second Street Corridor Connector. New pedestrian-friendly accesses are being built so the neighborhood will have better access to Downtown Macon. The first of three phases of the Connector’s construction is currently underway, […]
At the Macon-Bibb County Commission Work Session on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Mayor Robert Reichert presented to the Commission the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). This will be the second full-year budget of the consolidated government, and it includes: Full implementation of the new pay scale; Capital […]
At a Macon-Bibb County Commission Work Session on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Mayor Robert Reichert will present the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Commission Chambers at Government Center (700 Poplar Street). For people unable to attend in person, it […]
On Friday, April 24, the Macon Housing Authority and Macon-Bibb County District 3 Commissioner Elaine Lucas celebrated the redevelopment and revitalizations of the former Hunt Elementary School on Shurling Drive. The school is being converted to the Henry A. Hunt School Village and will have 60 multifamily, affordable housing units for seniors 62 and older. […]
On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, the Macon-Bibb County Commission approved a retirement incentive package as one way which the consolidated government can balance its expenses against revenues and identify ways to provide services more efficiently. Moving into Fiscal Year 2016 (July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016), Macon-Bibb intends to remove the remaining millage rate […]
On Thursday, April 23, Macon-Bibb County demolished the 100th and 101st house since July 1, 2014. These two structures were located at 555 and 581 Cynthia Avenue, just off of Second Street and across from Elam Alexander Academy. “These demolitions put us almost two months ahead of our effort last year. It took us until […]
