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FROM TOP The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce celebrated
the legacy of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce with the unveiling of
a Georgia Business History Initiative historical marker at the Macon City
Auditorium—the city where the Georgia Chamber held its first Board of
Directors meeting over 100 years ago. Mount de Sales music students
enjoyed a tour at The Grand. Kathy McArthur and Waldo Floyd
and Emerson Floyd and Rachel Cochran attended the triennial
celebration of The Society of Cincinnati, hosted by The Georgia Society
along with The French Society in Paris and at Versailles. The Society
of Cincinnati is relatives of the officers of the Continental Army from
the American Revolution from the original 13 colonies and France.
Southwest High School senior Victoria Freeman won a $15,000
scholarship as the champion of the fifth annual Poetry Slam, held
April 25 at the Historic Douglass Theatre and funded by the Griffith
Foundation. Main Street America has posthumously honored Josh
Rogers, late President & CEO of NewTown Macon, with the 2025
Mary Means Leadership Award — the highest recognition for visionary
leadership in downtown revitalization. Josh's wife Meaghan, and their
children Jack and Ellie, accepted the award in his honor at the Main
Street Now Conference held in Philadephia. Macon's crew celebrated
with an appropriate photo op.
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