Beginning Friday, April 10, the Macon-Bibb Recreation Department will begin showing free movies in Luther Williams Stadium in Central City Park. The first movie shown will be Guardians of the Galaxy and will begin at approximately 8:15 p.m. Families can bring chairs, blankets, and coolers of food and drink. There will be food and beverages […]
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Robert Reichert is hosting his monthly ‘Mayor’s Night In’ on Monday, April 13, 2015, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in his office at the Government Center. This monthly event allows people to meet with the Mayor, ask questions, express concerns, and identify ways to improve the community. To accommodate as many as possible, […]
On March 21, Macon-Bibb County and the Bibb County School District co-hosted a Vendor Fair at the new Tubman African American Museum as part of ongoing outreach efforts to the business community through the Office of Small Business Affairs. More than 100 representatives from local, regional, small, minority, women, and disadvantaged business owners attended the […]
United Way of Central Georgia recently presented their first ever Lt. Randy Parker Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award. The award was named in memory of Macon-Bibb Fire Fighter, Lt. Randy Parker, who heroically gave his life in the line on duty. “Lt. Parker served as a United Way Loaned Executive in 2010 and was […]
Temple Beth Israel (892 Cherry Street) will host this year’s Macon-Bibb Holocaust Memorial Observance on Sunday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. Following the Observance, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission will host a reception in honor of the guest speaker, Georgia Commission on the Holocaust Executive Director Sally N. Levine. This event is open […]
Macon-Bibb County officials will hold a Groundbreaking Ceremony on Friday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m. to mark the beginning of construction on the Second Street Corridor Connecter. The Ceremony will be held on Mercer University’s intramural field near the intersection of Little Richard Penniman Boulevard and Nussbaum Avenue. On Monday, April 6, the lower portion […]
The Macon-Bibb County E-911 Center under the direction of Dr. Keith Moffett has been named 9-1-1 Center of the Year by the Georgia Association of Public Safety Communication Officers (APCO) and the Georgia Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). The award was presented March 11 during the Georgia Emergency Communications Conference in Athens. […]
Commissioner Al Tillman and Mentors Project Executive Director June O’Neal put out a community challenge on Thursday, March 19 for males to mentor youth in Macon-Bibb County. According to Mrs. O’Neal, there are children asking for mentors so they can graduate and go to college or the military. “We have almost 40 young men waiting […]
Macon-Bibb’s new Animal Welfare Center (4214 Fulton Mill Road) officially opened to the public after a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday, March 20. Speaking at the event were Mayor Robert Reichert, Commissioners Larry Schlesinger and Scotty Shepherd, SPLOST Advisory Committee Chairman Jeffery Monroe, Steven Adams with the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority, and Animal Welfare Joint Task […]
Commissioner Al Tillman and Mentors Project Executive Director June O’Neal will hold a press conference on Thursday, March 19, at 10:00 a.m. in Commission Chambers at Government Center (700 Poplar Street). “We have almost 40 young men waiting for someone to step forward and help them be successful; these are young men that are looking […]
