Knight Foundation
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To provide technical assistance and cross-community learning opportunities to Knight grantees working on out-of-school-time programming and related youth-development initiatives in seven Knight communities
To support the development and implementation of a game in Macon that uses an alternative form of local currency - Macon Money - to literally connect Macon residents to each other and to the College Hill Corridor in new ways
To create the Big Night Fund, which will provide reduced facility rental fees for area non-profit organizations
To create the Center for Collaborative Journalism (CCJ), a unique community news and journalism training partnership between Mercer University, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting aimed at improving news flows and engaging citizens
To support a program that increases engagement and transparency in government by asking top developers and designers to become CFA fellows, giving a year of service in city governments, including two Knight communities
To support our strategy of investing in citizen-centered solutions in three Knight communities by piloting the Code for America model, which deploys technology professionals to develop original solutions that engage citizens in community challenges
To revitalize Macon's historic neighborhoods and business districts through the establishment of the College Hill Alliance (CHA)
To underwrite the development of a five year business plan for the potential College Hill Alliance, marketing support for Beall's Hill neighborhood and start-up funding for College Hill Corridor programs
To strengthen civic engagement at a key point in Macon's history through support of a broad-based initiative to increase citizen awareness of issues and candidates in the 2007 elections
To supplement an existing donor-advised fund (Macon, GA)
To provide improved digital access for library patrons and create a civic gathering place
To include Knight-community libraries in the creation of a national digital library network