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3 weeks ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
Macon’s Urban Development Authority received a $310,000 grant from the National Park Service Friday to “restore and rejuvenate” the DeWitt-McCrary House on Hydrolia Street, according to a news release from Macon-Bibb County. The restored historic house will be the site of the new Muscogee Cultural Center, which will serve as a museum and meeting space for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, according to Alex Morrison, executive director of Macon-Bibb’s Urban Development Authority.
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3 weeks ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
More than a dozen college students from Emory University showed up to a Georgia Public Service Commission hearing last week to oppose Georgia Power’s latest proposed 20-year energy plan.
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4 weeks ago | 
gpb.org | Margaret Walker
A bipartisan bill to make the Ocmulgee Mounds Georgia's first and only national park and preserve was reintroduced Wednesday after an effort in 2024 didn't ultimately make it through Congress. Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, and Reps. Sanford Bishop (D, GA-02) and Austin Scott (R, GA-08) introduced the legislation.
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4 weeks ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
A bipartisan bill to make the Ocmulgee Mounds Georgia’s first and only national park and preserve was reintroduced Wednesday after an effort in 2024 didn’t ultimately make it through Congress. Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, and Reps. Sanford Bishop (D, GA-02) and Austin Scott (R, GA-08) introduced the legislation.
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1 month ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
Nearly 190,000 Georgia Power customers were disconnected in 2024 due to the inability to pay bills after a record-high rate increases were implemented in recent years, according to a recent report from coalition of Georgia-based environmental groups. The report credits the rate-hikes, and therefore the disconnections, to Plant Vogtle construction costs.
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1 month ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
A quarter of a million dollars is being poured into Fort Hill Community Park in East Macon as a result of a handful of new grants and contributions. Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful received $50,000 Thursday from the James M. Cox Foundation to add new park benches, decorative trash cans, game top picnic tables and outside exercise equipment to the park, according to Asha Ellen, executive director of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful.
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1 month ago | 
gpb.org | Margaret Walker
The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back dozens of rules, programs and grants - a handful of which will alter regulations for Georgia's coal-fired power plants. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the more than 30 rollbacks in the first week of March. Georgia is home to two coal-fired power plants, Plant Bowen in Euhlarlee and Plant Scherer in Juliette, which happens to be the largest coal-fired power plant in the world.
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1 month ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back dozens of rules, programs and grants -- a handful of which will alter regulations for Georgia’s coal-fired power plants. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the more than 30 rollbacks in the first week of March. Georgia is home to two coal-fired power plants, Plant Bowen in Euhlarlee and Plant Scherer in Juliette, which happens to be the largest coal-fired power plant in the world.
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1 month ago | 
gpb.org | Margaret Walker
BrightFarms, a national indoor farming company that focuses on sustainability, now has its greenhouse in Macon shipping to grocery retailers across the Southeast. The new shipping agreements will significantly cut down on transportation distances. BrightFarms will put its products in chains such as Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Kroger and Walmart.
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1 month ago | 
macon.com | Margaret Walker
BrightFarms, a national indoor farming company that focuses on sustainability, now has its greenhouse in Macon shipping to grocery retailers across the Southeast. The new shipping agreements will significantly cut down on transportation distances. BrightFarms will put its products in chains such as Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Kroger and Walmart.
