With diligence and enthusiasm, your volunteer Chamber leaders are hard at work in 2020 to support our capable and dedicated staff as they identify new ways to make Macon-Bibb the best place to do business. As my predecessor Jim Manley has shared, our strategic planning retreat in November 2019 brought together outgoing and incoming members of the Chamber’s Board of…

The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce challenges you to do the math. 159 years. 1,000 members. 50,000 employees. One unified vision. It all adds up. When community stakeholders collaborate, the sum is greater than the parts. Ultimately, we are Greater Together. The Greater Macon Chamber is evolving. We will respect our legacy and champion innovative concepts from visionary leaders. We…

By Melanie Lasoff Levs  – Associate Editor, Atlanta Business ChronicleDec 13, 2019, 3:33pm EST https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/13/pre-historic-american-indian-hunting-site-in-macon.html A prehistoric American Indian hunting site in Macon, long a source of pride for the city, has become a national park, now a source of pride for the country – and a new tourism and economic development draw. In March, the Ocmulgee National Monument was renamed Ocmulgee Mounds…

By Randy Southerland  – Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business ChronicleDec 13, 2019, 11:41am ESThttps://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/13/the-music-is-back-in-downtown-macon.html  Macon’s downtown has undergone a revitalization that few would have thought possible just a decade ago. “There have been a lot of partnerships over a long period of time that have gotten us to this point where things are really popping and unquestionably, we passed the tipping point,” said Josh…

Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle By Doug DeLoach  – Contributing Writer Dec 13, 2019, 9:21am EST Updated Dec 18, 2019, 9:39am EST https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/13/macon-bibb-county-industrial-sector-soars.html The MBCIA works with local partners such as the Macon Water Authority, Macon-Bibb County Economic and Community Development, Macon-Bibb County Boards of Commissioners, Bibb County Board of Education, Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Department of Economic Development. Industrial development in Macon-Bibb…