Cranes pull overturned railcars after a derailment on Monday, May 19, 2025, near Lower Poplar Street in Macon, Georgia. A ...

MACON, Ga. — Macon visionaries are optimistic the award-winning success of downtown’s resurgence will ... “We actually put ourselves on the map nationwide for the way we plan, something ...

An independent nonprofit organization is putting downtown Macon on the map, according to a group that ... Hopkins also said NewTown was central Georgia’s first Community Development Financial ...

Morrison said there are five key goals to the Macon Action Plan, or MAP ... such as the Downtown Challenge Grants administered through the Community Foundation of Central Georgia.

A car drives through icy roads on First Street on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in downtown Macon, Georgia ... according to a live traffic map by 511 GA. The National Weather Service ...

“the heart of Georgia.” Once a center of the cotton trade, Macon today is better known for its rebounding downtown, its rich African American heritage and a music scene that nurtured legends ...

NewTown Macon has been nationally recognized for its extensive work in the revitalization of downtown Macon: the independent non-profit was honored with the 2024 Great American Main Street Award ...

When Bruce Riggins wanted to open a business in downtown Macon ... for people within Macon.” NewTown is the only community development financial institution in central Georgia, which means ...