Macon-Bibb County

The East Macon Youth Baseball League and Macon-Bibb County will celebrate the start of Delores A. Brooks Recreation Center’s ( 3326 Ocmulgee East Boulevard ) second phase of improvements with a Groundbreaking Ceremony on Thursday, March 14 at 10:00 a.m. “Thanks to the SPLOST, we are making the investment needed to provide our children with the facilities, fields, and greenspaces […]

The Macon-Bibb United Boxing Club is hosting a boxing tournament at Freedom Park (3301 Roff Avenue) on Saturday, February 9. Entry is just $15 (children under 5 are free), doors open at noon, and the bouts start at 1:00 p.m. Fifty matches are already scheduled with competitors from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and […]

The Macon-Bibb County Recreation Department and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission will host a student Oratorical Competition on Saturday, January 12, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Elaine H. Lucas Senior Center in Central City Park. The essay prompt for this year’s competition was: “Our lives begin to end the day we […]

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Construction of the second phase of Filmore Thomas Park is underway thanks to the work of WLS Construction, Inc. and funding from the Commission’s Blight Remediation Program. With approximately $376,000, the popular park on Log Cabin Road will receive new walking trails, a pedestrian bridge across the creek that runs through the middle of the […]

The Macon-Bibb County Recreation Department and Macon Bacon will hold a free, one-day baseball camp on Saturday, July 14 from 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Historic Luther Williams Field. Children ages 8 – 16 will work with Macon Bacon players and staff from the Recreation Department on pitching, catching, hitting, and infield and outfield […]

Lake Tobesofkee and Bowden Golf Course are now their own separate departments within the Macon-Bibb County government. Previously, they both fell under the umbrella of the Recreation Department. With this change, the people who managed those places are now their directors. Brandon Doles is the Bowden Golf Course Director, and Donald Bracewell is the Lake […]

Macon-Bibb County will celebrate the construction of its new senior center with a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, August 3, at 9:30 a.m. The new center will be located in Central City Park on Willie Smokie Glover Drive and will be named the Elaine Lucas Senior Center after Macon-Bibb County’s District 3 – and first […]

[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””]As part of Major League Baseball’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program, the Parks and Recreation Department, United Way, Boys and Girls Club of Central Georgia, and the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Play Ball initiative are partnering to host a one-day Summer Baseball Camp as part of national initiatives to get more […]

In its ongoing effort to improve parks and greenspace throughout the community, Macon-Bibb County has begun a major improvement project at Henry Burns Park, located at the corner of Ingleside and Ridge Avenues. A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the project will be held at the Park on Wednesday, May 17, at 10:00 […]