Longtime Central Georgia Friends Plan to Bring Businesses to the 5th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival
Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
The Hispanic Heritage Festival is returning to Macon for the fifth year in a row.
Maribel Medina and Reyna Alcantar have been best friends since they were 12 years old.
"And now that we see how much the Hispanic population has grown, it's become like really heartwarming," Alcantar said.
The two are also each other's biggest cheerleaders, supporting one another as they've started their own businesses in Central Georgia. Now, they're bringing those businesses to the Hispanic Heritage Festival for the first time.
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