Report: Bibb added 4,400 new jobs
Rodney Manley
Macon Telegraph
November 5, 2010
In 2005, as Bibb County’s largest private employer, Brown & Wiliamson Tobacco, was shutting down, chamber of commerce officials were launching a $2.5 million campaign aimed at bringing in new jobs.
Since the Macon Now! initiative, which ran through 2009, the county has added 51 projects — or “successes” — and landed $834 million in investment from…
$77K to flow into Macon arts scene
Joe Kovac Jr.
Macon Telegraph
October 20, 2010
The Macon Film Festival, Cox Capitol Theatre, the Tubman African American Museum and a few other local cultural organizations and venues stand to gain from portions of a just-announced $77,000 Knight Foundation national arts grant.
Beverly Blake, the foundation’s local program director, said Tuesday that funding for “innovative arts programming” was awarded based on “ideas and initiatives that will create an informed…
Public hears plans for Mercer Village project
Phillip Ramati
Macon Telegraph
October 8, 2010
About 50 residents of the College Hill Corridor neighborhoods attended a meeting Thursday to listen to plans for the next phase of development at Mercer Village.
Larry Pope, an architect with SP Design, presented a conceptual plan of the second phase to the residents. If approved, the new development would be located between Ingleside Village Pizza and Johnson Avenue.
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College Hill exploring grocery co-op
Heather Duncan
Macon Telegraph
September 9, 2010
College Hill advocates have sought to attract a grocery store to the area for years with no luck. Now they’re exploring the possibility of a co-operative grocery owned by its customers.
The College Hill Alliance, Centenary United Methodist Church and S.O.L.E. Food Co-op are partnering to hold an informational meeting for the public about co-ops at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church, located at 1185…
Online service helps Milledgeville businesses grow
Phillip Ramati
Macon Telegraph
August 9, 2010
MILLEDGEVILLE — Tommy Cook had a relatively simple idea for a graduate project at Georgia College & State University.
As a student there, he often had difficulty finding out information about restaurants, places to live and other businesses in Milledgeville and Baldwin County.
His concept was to have a centralized place on the Internet to allow people to find information about a particular business.…
Mercer Village Businesses Gear Up For Back-to-School Rush
Bofta Yimam
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July 30, 2010
Some businesses near Mercer University say they're just as excited for school to start as the students.
Mercer University Spokesman Mark Vanderhoek said all students are expected to be on campus on August 23. Classes start the following day.
Francar's Buffalo Wings owner Carl Fambro said they're preparing for the "Back-to-School" rush.
Knight Foundation pledges more cash for Macon projects
Phillip Ramati
Macon Telegraph
June 8, 2010
One of the ways to help people contribute to a community is by making sure the people who live there are engaged and informed.
To that end, the Knight Foundation has pledged an additional $2.5 million to Macon to be doled out over the next seven years to foster projects proposed by nonprofit agencies in Middle Georgia to help Macon residents become more engaged.
“The…
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Young musicians turn independent Macon bookstore into indie rock venue
Chris Horne
Macon Telegraph
February 16, 2010
The back room of the Golden Bough Bookstore is small, quiet and lined with volumes of religious texts. It’s hardly the expected setting for an emerging indie rock scene — except in Macon, a city with plenty of churches and a knack for innovative music.
Here, the sacred and the secular often collide with frequency around Cotton…
