The mayor projects upgrading the airport. Others advocate passenger rail service. We press to complete the Eisenhower Parkway Extension, to rehabilitate entire neighborhoods, downtown and the riverfront. We are emerging as a major regional educational and health services center. NewTown Macon spearheads downtown renewal.
Important partnerships revitalize whole neighborhoods.
Recalling that Macon was once the rail hub of the Deep South and gave birth to major corporations that later relocated, we see a legacy of successful enterprise. The vision of leaders such as Kirby Godsey, Damon King, Marco Danese and others stirs growing hope. But this is not all. Taken at face value, the census reveals a city in crisis despite all of these positives. And a county in danger of following.