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Steeped in Georgia history and southern tradition, Macon is at a crossroads. The community is working to increase its population of homeowners and to strengthen city leadership and government to respond more effectively to the needs and goals of its citizens.

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The 2009 Soul of the Community Survey explores the link between residents' emotional ties to where they live and the community's economic growth. Three main factors that emotionally attach residents to Macon: social offerings (fun places to gather), openness (how welcoming a place is) and aesthetics (an area’s physical beauty and green spaces). Aesthetics was found to be a community strength. However, the study also determined that residents felt social offerings (especially the nightlife), and openness, (particularly to young, college graduates), need improvement in order to encourage resident attachment to the area.

See survey details for Macon at http://www.soulofthecommunity.org/macon .

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Macon News Releases

Monday, February 1, 2010: National Contest Calls on Community Foundations for Local Information Experiments
Wednesday, January 13, 2010: Knight Foundation Spurs New Round of Local News and Information Projects Nationwide
Thursday, January 7, 2010: Knight Foundation Commits $70 Million to Community Foundations

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Community Grants in Macon

Mercer University
Amount: $2,000,000
To revitalize Macon’s historic neighborhoods and business districts through the establishment of the College Hill Alliance (CHA).
Community Foundation of Central Georgia
Amount: $3,000,000
To establish the Knight Neighborhood Challenge, an innovative program that brings the best ideas forward for citizen-led neighborhood improvement and ensures funds are available to implement these ideas with disciplined accountability and reporting.
Mercer University
Amount: $250,000
To help plan revitalization efforts in several historic Macon neighborhoods.
Tubman African American Museum
Amount: $241,000
To help a key local institution succeed by providing technical and project management support for a critical capital campaign
Community Foundation of Central Georgia
Amount: $250,000
To revitalize city government by providing Macon's new mayor and council a wide-ranging Fund for Excellence in Government, to be established at the Community Foundation of Central Georgia
Community Foundation of Central Georgia
Amount: $32,750
To strengthen civic engagement at a key point in Macon's history through support of a broad-based initiative to increase citizen awareness of issues and candidates in the 2007 elections

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