'It's Make or Break'- How Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival Helps Keeps Downtown Businesses Alive

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026

Every March, Chrissy Lee Brown stops sleeping.

The owner of the Parish on Cherry Street restaurant in downtown Macon spends her nights climbing ladders, hand-tying flowers to air vents and stringing lanterns from the ceiling — all before opening her doors the next morning for another packed shift during Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival.

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