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Also inside
12 Editor's letter
19 Faces
61 Discover Townsend
2025-2026
Concert Calendar
79 Announcements
80 My Macon: A hometown
developer explains how
the sky is the limit for
Downtown Macon
90 Macon Chose Me:
Rabbi Aaron Rubinstein
101 In Memoriam: Mike
Seekins redefines famous
102 Fitness: Using supersets
during workouts for leaders
and business owners
104 Cups and Water:
The frequency of wisdom
108 Interiors: Five upgrades that
come with the pay grade
110 Top 10 in the 478
113 Five Minutes with…
Elizabeth Almena and
Monica Pirela
$ 6 | A U G U S T S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 5
G R O U N D B R E A K E R S
Celebrating
a Downtown
Building Boom
Plus
T H E N E W A M E R I C A N S | B L AC K B RO T H E R H O O D A N D L AT I NA L I D E R E SA S
L E A D I N G T H RO U G H T H E L I F E S PA N | W H Y C A M P C O U N T S
O U R 5 U N D E R 4 0 YO U N G L E AD E R S
ON THE COVER Our 5 Under 40 Young Leaders
in front of the Neel's building, one of a number of
current major construction projects lighting up
downtown. Photo by Jessica Whitley.
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