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NEW BUSINESSES AND
PROGRAMMING ARE
BRINGING FAMILIES
DOWNTOWN
IF YOU CREATE IT, they will come. That's the hope, anyway, for
those working to drive more families to downtown Macon as a
destination for family-friendly activities.
"Downtown is definitely growing. We want to let people know
that families are able to come downtown and enjoy all it has to
offer," said Felicia Howard, owner of Felicia's Cake Factory and
Main Street Macon events committee chair. "Family entails more
than just small kids. Teenagers, adults, spouses, cousins, even pets
are part of your family."
Along those lines, Main Street is working on a family-friendly
scavenger hunt set for June's First Friday. It will include visits to
businesses, lessons on history and fun activities.
"We're trying to find different activities that all those age groups
can enjoy and spend quality time together doing," she said. "If there's
one thing that 2020 taught me and my family, it's the importance of
spending quality time together and finding different ways to do that."
Creating special programming for families is also a big part of
the Macon Action Plan 2.0.
