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  • Midstate Life

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008

    Written by Emily Hill

    Quality of Life

    Quality of Life

    Some Southern cliches are true. Rest assured that bathtub moonshine and copper spittoons have long ago been put to rest. Yet, here in the Midstate area, children catch lightning bugs in Mason jars at dusk, peach cobblers cool on oven racks and neighbors trade community news in the stands at high school football games. While [...]

  • Midstate Life

    Posted on October 2nd, 2008

    Written by Emily Hill

    Events and Festivals

    Events and Festivals

    If you grow up in the South, it doesn’t take long to figure out any town worth its weight in arts and crafts has at least one festival. And Georgia has some humdingers. On the odd side, there are the Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn, Mule Day in Calvary and the Shrimp and Grits Festival [...]

  • Midstate Life

    Posted on September 30th, 2008

    Written by Emily Hill

    The Arts

    The Arts

    When the lights dim, whether it is the small lights of the community theater stage or the great bulbs of the Grand Opera House, the audience members collectively hold their breath waiting for the curtain to rise. No matter the venue, the Midstate delivers such high quality arts and entertainment, you may forget you’re not [...]

  • Midstate Life

    Posted on September 30th, 2008

    Written by Emily Hill

    Education

    Education

    Shana Brown, a second-grade teacher at Bleckley County Primary School, just had a Smart Board installed in her classroom. The new technology allows her to control computer applications directly from the Smart Board’s touch-sensitive projected image. Thanks to residents of Bleckley who approved a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, the county now has enough [...]

  • Midstate Life

    Posted on September 29th, 2008

    Written by Emily Hill

    Health Care

    Health Care

    From neonatal intensive care and cardiac rehabilitation right down to Scooby-Doo Band-Aids, the Midstate area not only has outstanding health care and modern facilities, but home-grown community care. In fact, Bibb, Bleckley and Pulaski counties have nearly twice the state average of beds per 1,000 people. When it comes to practicing physicians, Bibb County has [...]

  • Midstate Life

    Posted on September 29th, 2008

    Written by Emily Hill

    Leisure & Recreation

    Leisure & Recreation

    Escape from hot, black asphalt and chemical exhaust fumes. Escape to the Midstate’s cool green golf courses, glassy lakes and winding hiking trails. In Jones County nearly one-fourth of the land is federally protected, ensuring that its 35,000 acres will never be bulldozed or paved over. Middle Georgia’s long seasons, gentle landscape and indigenous wildlife [...]

  • Counties Bibb County

    Bibb is a county of firsts. Throughout its long history, ...

  • County & City Resources

    Peach County Chamber of Commerce 201 Oakland Heights Fort Valley, GA 31030 (478) ...

  • Featured Articles Your Guide to Living in Central Georgia

    Midstate Magazine is an annual publication of Macon Magazine aimed ...

  • Midstate Life Quality of Life

    Some Southern cliches are true. Rest assured that bathtub moonshine ...

  • People Quent Floyd and Shana Brown

    Quent Floyd Principal, Bleckley County Primary School Shana Brown Second-grade teacher, Bleckley County ...

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