The weekly market was founded in 2009 by the Community Health Works and the City of Macon as a means to provide sustainable food while also aiding local businesses and farmers, according to the Mulberry Market website.
An SFP is a food distribution center that gives food to those who have food insecurity. The Food as Medicine Market will also be offering education on general good nutrition.
“What better place to start the next 200 years than right here, in the center of our community,” Miller said. “This is truly a community effort (…) We’re going to have each and every person provide their input so this can be your amphitheater.”
Hello Boba hopes to provide Macon and the surrounding areas with a unique, immersive experience within the café.
After a two year hiatus, the plan is to bring the festival back at full throttle.
In July 2021, the County Commission approved $2,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to be used for community violence intervention services.
Macon Bagels regularly has partial sell outs, especially of their most popular offerings, like their adobo cheddar bagel, and especially their signature "everything" bagel.
Brookdale Resource Center has been one of the many sites that Mercer students frequently volunteer at, especially through MerServe.
The three male suspects have still not been found.
The hotel plans to open in February this year.
“I love the smell of fresh air, and I hope that one day Macon can improve its air quality and get rid of that foul scent."
The parade, which began at 4 p.m. and lasted for around two hours, concluded with a float featuring Santa and his reindeer waving to parade goers.
"There are hungry people all over this country — which is the richest country in the world — and we we still have a hunger problem," Lucas said. "There should never be a time when there are hungry people. Not in 2021."
The resolution would lead to the creation of a diverse and all-inclusive urban community with secure, attractive residential and commercial neighborhoods for its citizens to live in.
“When schools improve, the community improves," Morton said. “That's a long way of saying you need leadership that will not only maintain those relationships with stakeholders in the community but continue to grow them.”
The new legislation has changed the sales tax in the county from 7% to 8% on all taxable purchases.
While the burgers-of-the-week participating in the Macon Burger Week have been only seven dollars in the past, the price-per-burger has been raised to a total of ten dollars each this year.
“We feel like it's the right thing to do.” Miller said. “It's something that we needed in our community for a while.”
“It’s a great way for the community to show our support for both Middle Georgia Regional Libraries and Macon’s Friends of the Library, and all the resources we work hard to provide in Macon-Bibb County and throughout Middle Georgia.”
The Bibb County School District believes that the research implemented in making decisions on vaccinations have the best interests of the population in mind.
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