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Tindall Heights Youth SeeClickFix Training

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Tindall Heights

Youth SeeClickFix Training

February 3, 2021

Participants met in the parking lot of Greater Little Rock Church and then set out on streets contiguous to the church learning how to create accounts and tickets on the Macon-Bibb SeeClickFix infrastructure isssues reporting app.

  • 14 Total Attendance
  • 8 Total Youth
  • 9 Tickets created as of 2/26/21

“Can we have a clean up and fix these houses?”

—Participating youth

To track the progress of this neighborhood or other reported issues, sign-up at https://www.maconbibb.us/ seeclickfix/ to become a part of the watch area to receive notifications.

PLEASANT HILL Youth SeeClickFix Training

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PLEASANT HILL

Youth SeeClickFix Training

February 17, 2021

Participants met in front of L H Williams Elementary School and then set out on streets contiguous to the school learning how to create accounts and tickets on the Macon-Bibb SeeClickFix infrastructure isssues reporting app.

  • 17 Total Attendance
  • 5 Total Youth
  • 11 Tickets created as of 2/26/21

“We need to fix up these houses.  They make us look bad.”

—Participating youth

To track the progress of this neighborhood or other reported issues, sign-up at https://www.maconbibb.us/ seeclickfix/ to become a part of the watch area to receive notifications.

Fort Hill Youth SeeClickFix Training

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Fort Hill

Youth SeeClickFix Training

February 10, 2021

Participants met in the parking lot of Burdell-Hunt Elementary School and then set out on streets contiguous to the school learning how to create accounts and tickets on the Macon-Bibb SeeClickFix infrastructure isssues reporting app.

  • 13 Total Attendance
  • 1 Total Youth
  • 17 Tickets created as of 2/26/21

“Now that I know how this works, I am going to use this with my students.”

-Participating Educator

To track the progress of this neighborhood or other reported issues, sign-up at https://www.maconbibb.us/ seeclickfix/ to become a part of the watch area to receive notifications.

OneMacon Releases Community Scorecard

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The Five-Year Strategic Plan Indicates Successful Implementation of Schools, Jobs and Place

Actions that Move Community Forward

Macon, Ga. — The OneMacon Steering Committee has released a Community Scorecard that details the success of the five-year OneMacon Strategic Plan, a comprehensive, community-wide economic development strategy created to guide collaborative efforts in improving Macon-Bibb’s prosperity. The Scorecard indicates successful implementation of actions items that serve as economic indicators of community progress.

The Middle Georgia Regional Library System Goes Beyond the Books

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The OneMacon steering committee welcomed representatives from Middle Georgia Regional Library System to speak about their community-driven mission to better the lives of residents of all ages in the Central Georgia area. Serving nearly 257,000 residents in six counties, the Regional Library System offers a variety of programs and resources that reinforce the spirit of the “OneMacon Way.” Read More

Team RoboBibb Rules STEM Learning

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Team RoboBibb recently turned heads at the Lego FIRST Robotics Competition in Houston, Texas. Made up of approximately 14 students from Central, Howard, Northeast, Rutland and Westside high schools, as well as the Academy for Classical Education (ACE), Team RoboBibb placed first in the state contest and made it to the quarterfinals of the international competition. Read More

From Launching the Young Entrepreneurs Academy to Launching New Businesses

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Guest Post by Nadia Osman, Young Entrepreneurs Academy Macon Program Manager & SparkMacon Director

 

Program Manager Nadia Osman updates OneMacon on the successful inaugural class of young entrepreneurs who have taken their business ideas and pitched them this spring to local investors. The original post about the launch of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) program in Macon can be found here.

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