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It's amazing to see the new spirit of cooperation and enthusiasm that has grown in Macon-Bibb since consolidation 2 years ago. I'm looking forward to the future for this city. I have a feeling Macon-Bibb will be one of Georgia's greatest comeback stories...
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The Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority and NewTown Macon are striving to implement the MAP vision which calls for downtown economic development that protects existing businesses while attracting new ones, enhancing social opportunities while transforming public spaces, encouraging more people to live downtown and improving public transportation and parking.
With the three foundations working together with the Urban Development Authority and NewTown, Dennis believes anything is possible.
"It's the power of partnership. If everybody does a little bit we can get a lot done," Dennis said.
The Downtown Challenge, which was announced Tuesday morning at a news conference at Terminal Station, is open to projects within the city's urban core and surrounding neighborhoods within the borders of Interstate 75, Seventh Street, Little Richard Penniman Boulevard and Emery Highway.
"A downtown can flourish only when the neighborhoods around it are vital and people are engaged and neighbors rely on that downtown presence to give them things to do," Blake said."
Dennis believes consolidation has forged a new spirit of cooperation and enthusiasm is gaining momentum.
"I think we are thriving," she said. "And there's an unprecedented energy and it's not just right this minute. It's been building."
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