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New funding will help promote participation in Macon-Bibb County consolidation
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Building on Success, Knight Foundation Expands Support for Community Foundation-Backed Information Projects
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Seven pilot sites join national digital library project with Knight Foundation funding
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Expanded focus for Macon's College Hill: innovation and entrepreneurship
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Art leaders in Miami and San Jose join Knight Foundation’s National Arts Advisory Committee
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Digital media innovator Tim Regan-Porter named first director of Knight-funded Center for Collaborative Journalism
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City of Macon Welcomes Code for America Fellows
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Knight Foundation brings Code for America to Detroit, Macon and Philadelphia
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Challenge seeks new models for arts journalism
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Knight Foundation helps bring Code for America to Macon
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Macon game wins 2011 FutureEverything Award for creative innovation in art, society and technology
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Macon’s Yolanda Latimore Joins Knight Foundation Arts Advisory Committee
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Got Love For Macon? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Six Cultural Groups to Engage Macon with Knight Foundation Funding
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New Games Provide Ways to Bring Communities Together in Macon and Biloxi
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Efforts to Strengthen Macon's College Hill Funded by Knight Neighborhood Challenge Grants
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Knight Foundation and Kaboom! Team Up to Build New Playground for Macon
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Knight Foundation Names Vice President of Arts
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Free Public Internet Access Expands in 20 U.S. Cities Through Knight Foundation’s Library Initiative
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Macon’s Washington Memorial Library to Become 21st Century Information and Community Hub
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$1 Million Knight Foundation Gift Supports United States Artists (USA) Fellowship Program
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Economy Not Key In Residents' Love For Where They Live
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Economy Not Key In Residents' Love For Macon
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$5 Million to Help Revitalize Macon's College Hill Corridor
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Dennis Scholl Named Miami Program Director for Knight Foundation
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How Much Do You Love Where you Live?
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Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen Addresses Economic Outlook
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How Much Do You Love Where you Live?
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National Trust Loan Fund Launches $5 Million Fund To Develop Affordable Housing
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Knight Foundation Expands Cadre of Community Liaison Program Officers
Knight Blog
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ArtPlaces announces new funding to 44 U.S. communities
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Successful collaboration a critical element in community engagement
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New partnership designed to strengthen local arts journalism
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Now live: the first Digital Public Library of America
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New focus, opportunity for funding in community news and information
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Digitizing Georgia's cultural heritage
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The potential of Open Gov in small to mid-sized cities
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Missed #infoneeds conversation at Knight's Media Learning Seminar? Here's full coverage
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Expanded commitment to community information needs
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Libraries use digital technology to redefine their roles in communities
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Libraries go from building collections to making connections
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ArtPlace announces 104 finalists for creative placemaking grants
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Community foundations look to boost fundraising efforts with online giving days
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Today’s public library: explore, learn, connect
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Innovative approach to evaluation recognized
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The power of tech to build a 21st century government
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Macon embraces digital opportunity campaign
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Knight Foundation's Communities Program strategy
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How Knight Arts helps build community by binding people to place
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Knight Foundation’s National Program strategy
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An experiment: Journalists at a convention take time to engage with the community
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Macon's living laboratory of journalism
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Engaging community to improve Macon's College Hill Corridor
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Knight's aspiration for Macon: hip, historic and prosperous
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Bringing the medical school model of journalism to Central Georgia
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Seven lessons learned about social impact games
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Blake: How the arts can build community in Macon
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A first look at new Center for Collaborative Journalism in Macon
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.@recovers_org launches http://t.co/cFwUDkP3tE to help coordinate #OKC #Moore tornado relief. Share needs, volunteer or send supplies.
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National #artplace grants to receive new support include #Miami's own @ArshtCenter and @OCINEMA http://t.co/B3tMB7HGru v @MiamiHerald
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MT @EricNewton1: Civic engagement increases with news and information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We
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MT @skitdaddle: Big things to come at @McCollCenterNC with support from @ArtPlaceAmerica and the @knightfdn | http://t.co/KPjOx7xhuZ
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MT @jpalfrey: Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen Receives Annual PBS ‘Be More’ Award: @pbs: http://t.co/U7pGLQ7158 @ibarguen
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Meet some of new @ArtPlaceAmerica #placemaking projects: @OCINEMA @ArshtCenter @LiveArtsFringe @MACLAarte @MercerYou http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP
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"IRS foot-dragging on tax-exempt status is stifling nonprofit investigative #journalism" http://t.co/B9ch4wrYun v @washingtonpost
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.@ArtPlaceAmerica announces $15.2M in funding for new projects in 44 #communities http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP #artplace #placemaking
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Using stories & data to advance community change http://t.co/rfCrGLU6ue v @TDFcommunity @floodlightstory #opendata #dataviz
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How jschools are helping students develop entrepreneurial #journalism skills http://t.co/HLepj5LsAK v @poynter #education
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Paving the way for 'ecoventions' at the @SchuylkillCtr http://t.co/Lb6xO4dQO2 by @newsworkswhyy v @KnightArts #Philly
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Come work with us at Knight. We're currently hiring for a #systemsanalyst & an assistant http://t.co/rJkUBaUHNK #employment #hr
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Don't miss an opportunity for #funding in #opengov, information tools in Knight Community Info Challenge http://t.co/OoXlMcWmZ8 #infoneeds
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Turn civic health data to useful apps/visualizations: have impact on public decision-making http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ @CivicData deadline 5/19
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.@knightarts finalists show depth of #Miami’s #cultural community, diversity of leaders & outside-the-box ideas http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz
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50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
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Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
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Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
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Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
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Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
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Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
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RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
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Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
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“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
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We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
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Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
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How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn
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In The News
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City street sign, lighting problems in Macon can be reported online
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Inexpensive Internet, computers available to Bibb families
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Macon Arts, CCJ announce partnership with National Endowment for the Arts grant
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Splash pad, 60-foot slide among grant-funded projects coming soon for College Hill Corridor parks
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Knight Foundation selects new vice president of communities, national initiatives
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Macon Film Festival: Where creativity meets community
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JumpStart program to help spur midstate economic growth
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Grant looks to develop public arts programs in Macon
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College Hill Alliance announces new leader
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Tattnall Square Park to receive largest tree-planting since 1915
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Macon Library grant will help preserve local history
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Code for America unveils Macon apps
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Low-cost technology to be offered to Bibb students
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Ga. one of 7 states involved in national digital library project
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Knight Foundation Commits $2.3 Million for Innovation Phase of College Hill Project
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Ribbon cut on Mercer, GPB and Telegraph’s journalism venture
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Center For Collaborative Journalism Dedicated in Macon
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Knight Foundation grant to boost entrepreneurship in College Hill
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How To Spread 1,000 Random Acts Of Culture
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Code for America nearing goal of government-monitoring apps
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University with a mission
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‘Hidden in plain sight’
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NEA chairman praises Macon arts scene
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Macon Money: A social game in Georgia tries to bring residents together across traditional boundaries
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Macon community benefitting from tech upgrades at Macon library
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Soapbox derby features record number of entrants
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New Knight Neighborhood Challenge Grant winners announced
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Digital Media Innovator Named First Director of Mercer’s Center For Collaborative Journalism
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'I Love Macon' campaign launched to promote city
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Knight Neighborhood Challenge in the College Hill Corridor
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ArtPlaces announces new funding to 44 U.S. communities
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Opening reception for Afrofuturism exhibit to be held at the Tubman African American Museum on May 24
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Little Richard receives honorary degree from Mercer University
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Macon Little Theatre presents a nerdy comedy full of laughs and surprises
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Historic Macon announces tour schedule for “Macon, Then and Now” exhibit
Featured Macon Projects (3 of 41)
Browse ProjectsOur Stories, Our Lives
To support the production of "Our Stories, Our Lives: The African American Experience", a performance that will provide much needed opportunities for local African American actors and bring a more diverse audience to Theatre Macon's community
Macon Journalism Collaborative
For a planning grant to determine the feasibility of establishing a Journalism Collaborative between Mercer University, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Springboard for the Arts
To bring Springboard for the Arts' Community Supported Art program to Knight Foundation's eight communities over the next two years, inspiring local art movements
About our Macon Strategy
Our Macon strategy is two-fold:
1. To build the urban core and create a vibrant community in the three-square-mile area from Mercer University through historic downtown.
2. To connect people through information and technology so they can make informed decisions and act upon those decisions with confidence.
We work to create a sense of place and belonging in College Hill. We enhance news and information exchange through the Center for Collaborative Journalism. We help people tap into the power of the Internet through Connect2Compete.
Knight is committed to leading and working with others to create informed and engaged communities — and Knight is committed to Macon.
Macon Project Categories
About Our Engaged Communities Strategy
To help sustain healthy communities in a democracy, we aim to increase the ability of individuals to engage in change.
Trabian Shorters on our strategy
Staff
Beverly Blake
Program Director/Macon
Macon Community Advisory Committee
• Charles Olson
• Lynn Murphey
• George McCanless
• Monica Smith