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  • #30in30: We did it! Now what?
    Only 21 days into our 30 in 30 campaign, our Public Works crews and local contractors have torn down 31 burned and blighted houses, but they’re not done, yet! In April, Mayor Lester Miller announced the #30in30 campaign, setting a goal of demolishing 30 blighted houses in 30 days. While this represented an aggressive push […]

    May 20, 2021 published by

  • 30 in 30: Making progress towards our blight fight
    This week, crews demolished ten more houses, putting us at 25 blighted and burned houses down and five more to go to reach Mayor Lester Miller’s goal of 30 in 30 days. Crews had a busy start to the week with four houses taken down on Monday. They started at 924 Plant Street, then moved […]

    May 14, 2021 published by

  • 30 in 30 Initiative continues with more blighted house demolitions
    Since Mayor Lester Miller’s 30 in 30 initiative began Wednesday, April 14, county crews have torn down six blighted houses and cleaned those lots. It began with two houses on Pinson Street, and continued this week with three in Lynmore Estates and one in Lizella on Old Mast Cove. You can see pictures of the announcement and all the demolitions by clicking here. Several weeks ago, 57 […]

    April 22, 2021 published by

  • 30 in 30 Initiative: The Mayor’s Fight Against Blight
    Mayor Lester Miller has made it a mission to waste no in tackling blight throughout Macon-Bibb County. On April 14, Mayor Miller, Commissioners, and several departments held a news conference to announce the 30 in 30 Initiative. This initiative is aimed to demolish 30 blighted houses in 30 days. Mayor Miller made this announcement before […]

    April 16, 2021 published by

  • New initiative aimed at eliminating blighted, burned structures
    On Friday, February 5, Mayor Lester Miller and multiple departments and agencies announced a new, focused effort to attack blight in neighborhoods by identifying clusters of burned structures that are beyond rehabilitation and repair and can be classified as a nuisance under Macon-Bibb County Code. Burned and blighted properties news conference from MaconBibbTV on Vimeo. […]

    February 5, 2021 published by

  • New park replaces blighted structures
    Macon-Bibb County celebrated the creation of the new Reverend Jacob Parker Memorial Park with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday, December 11. The park features a concrete plaza area, benches, trash cans, sidewalks, picnic tables, landscaping, irrigation, and more. Prior to becoming a park, this area was the site of several blighted structures. The new […]

    December 12, 2020 published by

  • House demolitions part of Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park expansion
    On Wednesday, September 23, Macon-Bibb County and partners held a press conference to mark the demolition of two blighted structures and the conveyance of three properties to the National Park Service for the expansion of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. The event at 195 Fairview Avenue included speakers and the demolition of a blighted house. […]

    September 25, 2020 published by

  • Tax Commissioner continues to address blight through property sales
    The Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner’s Office has begun the process for its Subsequent Judicial In Rem Tax Sale. The Office is identifying blighted properties that are significantly behind on their property taxes that can be sold to people who are interested in investing in the neighborhood. “Every neighborhood has a future, and it doesn’t include […]

    July 24, 2020 published by

  • Recap of September 17, 2019 Macon-Bibb Commission Meeting
    At the Macon-Bibb County Commission meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, Pastor Bo Turner with Real Life Church delivered the invocation. Here is some information about Pastor Turner: Pastor Bo is third-generation Pentecostal, born into a pastor’s home. Accepting the call to ministry in 1988, he served as State Evangelist of the Church of God of […]

    September 25, 2019 published by

  • New Wise Avenue Park open now
    The new Wise Avenue Park replaces street of blighted structures Macon-Bibb County leaders celebrated the opening of the new Wise Avenue Park ( off of Riverside Drive between Betty Tolbert Way and Hudson Street ) in the Historic Pleasant Hill neighborhood with a ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday, September 18. You can watch that event here at MaconBibb.TV. Wise […]

    September 20, 2019 published by

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