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Also inside
12 Editor's letter
19 Faces
28 Local Buzz: Mercer
makes moves downtown
34 Did you know about
478 Creatives?
58 My Macon:
Find ArrKeicha Danzie's
doggie delights
71 Women About Business:
Coming into our power
86 How Stuff Works:
Making space for progress
97 Interiors: What's on
her desk?
100 Macon Chose Me:
Kirsten West
104 Fired Works
ceramics exhibition
108 Fitness: Her heart
110 Cups and Water:
Becoming Brave
112 Artist spotlight:
Meg Hogan Campbell
114 Top 10 in the 478
116 Five Minutes With…
Carrie Genzel
ON THE COVER Macon native Valerie Montgomery
Rice shines as she celebrates the 50th anniversary
of Morehouse School of Medicine.
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