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News Articles: redevelopment

At left, the old Macon Health Club at Cherry and First streets downtown.

How a new hotel, apartments, a restaurant and a health club may be coming to downtown Macon

A land swap in Macon-Bibb County means a long-dormant, historic health club in the heart of downtown will see new life.

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Redevelopment in Little Five Points could include demolishing Star Community Bar. Patrons added their signed to join an email list after a with information on how to save the bar after a community meeting September 18, 2022.

Atlanta community rallies to preserve a beloved bar facing demolition

A longstanding Georgia bar and music venue is facing demolition to make room for new development. But the staff and the bar's patrons are organizing to save it. Community members say the fight to preserve Star Bar is over more than just a building — it’s also about culture.

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The largely empty Gwinnett Place Mall was once the pride of one of Georgia’s fastest-growing counties. In September, county leaders held a “welcoming week” to get community input on the mall’s future. In 1990, Gwinnett County was 97% white. Today, it’s majority-minority and one of the most diverse counties in the nation.

Is Revival Possible? A Talk About The Past And Future Of Georgia's Dead Malls

GPB’s Rickey Bevington talks with Ellen Dunham Jones, director of the Urban Design Program at Georgia Tech and co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs about the history of American malls and the possibilities for their future.

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Macon Non-Profit Shifting Lending To Women And Entrepreneurs Of Color

A Macon nonprofit focused on downtown revitalization is creating a multi-million dollar, low interest loan fund to help Black-owned businesses get off the ground.

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The Mill Hill section of Macon, where about $800,000 of blight money will be spent.

Tearing Down Blight In Macon-Bibb County

In February Macon-Bibb county commissioners agreed to take $4.5 million and spend it on 15 blighted projects in the county. One commissioner called the...

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