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Macon sculptor transforms bus stop into visual art
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MACON, GEORGIA (41NBC/WMGT) Macon’s first ‘Art Stop’ is complete thanks to the Macon Arts Alliance and the Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority.
Macon’s first ‘Art Stop’ at the intersection of Cherry Street and MLK has been transformed into visual art.
“Make it playful. Make it lighthearted. Not controversial, something that everybody can enjoy,” said Macon artist James Bodell of JR Bodell Sculpture, Inc.
The design, titled ‘Diversity in Motion’, is filled with a variety of colors and shapes. This symbolizes the diversity of people and modes of transportation in the community.
Work is being done on the middle block of Poplar, thanks to money from the Business Improvement District and matching funds from the Peyton Anderson Foundation
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) The hustle and bustle of downtown Macon continues to draw new people and businesses. But the city did not always look this way.
“When we started in 1996, I would say most people didn’t believe that downtown revitalization could happen,” said Josh Rogers, director of Newtown Macon.
Rogers has worked at Newtown since 2014. He says planning and grants help push the city forward.
“When you compare us to some of the most prosperous downtowns in the country, or even in the South, our possibilities are endless,” he said.
Newtown partnered with Macon Urban Development Authority to present a new Macon Action Plan. Downtown Challenge grants totaling $1.5 million from the Peyton Anderson Foundation and the Knight Foundation will help fund the new plan.
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Georgia’s U.S. Attorney from the Middle District of Georgia Has Resigned
His office touts ‘the highest number of AUSAs for the office’ and the prosecution of ‘more criminal defendants in the District’s history’ during his tenure.
One of the U.S. Attorneys in the state of Georgia has resigned.
Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, resigned as U.S. Attorney effective 11:59 p.m., December 11, 2020. Following his resignation, he plans on reentering private practice with a law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S. Attorney Peeler, a graduate of the University of Georgia and the University of Georgia School of Law, has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia since 2017. During his tenure, U.S. Attorney Peeler implemented an effective and sustainable strategy to combat violent crime in all five divisions in the Middle District of Georgia. He also created a Complex Fraud Unit in the Office to detect, investigate an