COVID-19 lockdowns decimated the travel industry and there is little hope it will bounce back any time soon. Visit Macon, the local convention and visitors bureau, is seeing some signs of recovery but it is clear it will take time to reach the level of business enjoyed before the pandemic.
When the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections considered Sunday voting last week, members deadlocked 2-2. One of the two Democratic representatives on the board, Cassandra Powell, did not cast a vote and now her party seeks to remove and replace her.
As the downtown Macon Marriott hotel bond deal closed, another major development project lost bond funding as part of the Central City Commons project.
Instead of closing down two miles of a street in one neighborhood and drawing a huge crowd from across the county, smaller and more intimate gatherings are planned in three areas of the community.
