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The recently renovated Luther Williams Field hosted a sold-out crowd of more than 3,200 people at Macon Bacon’s inaugural opening day game on June 1. Read More

The numbers are staggering: 94,880 pounds of litter was picked up in Macon-Bibb County last year. So far this year, that number is 15,164 pounds. Read More

For 11 years, the Mill Hill Community Arts Center remained unused and decaying. Now, the Center is shining again as a hub for arts and culture in East Macon. Read More

Lace up your sneakers or strap on your bike helmet this Sunday for Open Streets Macon. From 2-6 p.m. nearly 2 miles of Downtown Macon streets will be closed to traffic, allowing residents to dance, play, bike and boogie their way between 30 activity stations. Read More

As Macon, Georgia quickly learned, you don’t need to be near a beach to feel the force of a hurricane. Even though our center-of-the-State community has historically served  a destination for tropical storm evacuees, this time it was different, when Hurricane Irma turned southeast and put Georgia in her bullseye. Read More

The proposed Mill Hill: East Macon Arts Village project comes nearer to completion as the year comes to a close. The project, a neighborhood revitalization effort that seeks to develop an artist village, has raised $4.8 million to date. Read More

On Dec. 1 there was a miracle on Poplar. Seemingly with the click of a switch, 250,000 lights came to life, dancing in sync with holiday music, as hundreds of visitors strolled through the display. Read More

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Heart of Georgia was recently awarded a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Central Georgia to start its “Bigs with Badges” program. Read More

United Way of Central Georgia has a new platform to reach volunteers in the midstate. Launched this summer, Volunteer United was created to fill the gap left when Volunteer Macon closed. Read More