Macon-Bibb County, Georgia Economic Development Team received a Bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award for its 2015 project in the category of Paid Advertisement Campaign for communities with populations of 25,000-200,000 from the International Economic Development Council.

The honor was presented at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 6, during the 2015 IEDC Annual Conference, which was held October 4-7, in Anchorage, Alaska.

“From localized community projects, to large scale endeavors, economic development efforts have played a vital role in the global economy,” said JoAnn Crary, CEcD, Chair of the International Economic Development Council and President of Saginaw Future Inc. “As we address new and longstanding challenges, these efforts continue to take on even greater importance. The award serves as a salute to pacesetting organizations like the Macon-Bibb County, Georgia Economic Development Team for leading the charge."

Each March the statewide business publication, Georgia Trend Magazine, features Macon-Bibb County, Georgia in a detailed article.  For a number of years, the Macon Economic Development Commission and Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce have collaborated with some of our economic development partners on an ad designed to attract the attention of GA Trend’s readers and let them know why Macon-Bibb County is a great place for business and tourism.  This year, eight (8) different organizations, Macon-Bibb County, the Bibb County School System, the Macon Water Authority, Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority, New Town Macon, the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce, and the Macon Economic Development Commission collaborated with the marketing company, Bright Ideas Group, to design this ad which features a coffee shop filled with people who represented a variety of economic development aspects of our community.