14 maconmagazine.com | December 2024/January 2025
34 Music, memories,
and movement in
West Macon
A look back at the first
year of the Atrium Health
Amphitheater
42 Heroes Among Us:
Terry Patterson
A senior marathoner hits
10,000 miles every year
45 Our local loving
gift guide
We've curated some solutions
to your gifting needs –
and they're just around
the corner
56 A healing touch
means mothers
thrive
Meet some of the dedicated
professionals working to
solve Georgia's maternal
mortality crisis
62 How Habitat
makes a home
The Tran family shows how
safe and affordable housing
makes a difference
88 Trash Talk
County sanitation workers
are the gatekeepers to keeping
Macon-Bibb clean
100 Invested in a
better community
Macon's leading institutions
and executives benefit from
Knight Foundation's
investments in thought
leadership and networking
109 In Memoriam:
Josh Rogers
Kirby Godsey reflects on the
dogged passion of NewTown
Macon President and CEO Josh
Rogers, taken from us too soon
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