Historic Preservation Neighborhood Revitalization
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Completed Projects
Saving Historic Neighborhoods
Since our founding in 1964, Historic Macon Foundation has purchased, rehabilitated and sold over 140 historic buildings throughout Macon. Over eighty of these projects have been completed through our neighborhood revitalization program and are illustrated on the map above. Click the markers to learn more about the individual projects. Our investments of your donations in these projects has resulted in $10 million in construction investments, creating 2,000 jobs for local workers. The properties rehablitated through these programs have added $9.5 million to the local tax base. Crime has plumetted 80 percent while home-ownership rates in these neighborhoods best the national average. We have saved 20,000 tons (the weight of 1,800 school buses!) of debris from entering the landfill by saivng these homes. Most importantly, these homes create neighborhoods with a quality of life that does not exist anywhere else in Middle Georgia. Owners of these homes can walk to amenities like coffee shops, pizza places, a bike store, Mercer University's sports, drama and music programs, six city parks, including our dog park and Alexander II school. Very soon, Barnes and Noble Bookstore will be added to that list. Our neighborhoods are beautiful, safe, neighborly and fun. Learn more below and make the move to historic Macon, Georgia. How Neighborhood Revitalization Works
Historic Macon Foundation's programs in Neighborhood Revitalization are a national example of saving entire historic neighborhoods to create diverse, attractive neighborhoods for years to come. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has even recognized our efforts with a prestigious Honor Award. Currently, Historic Macon Foundation is revitalizing the historic Beall's Hill neighborhood. Bounded by Orange Terrace, College St., Telfair/First St. and Elm St., the neighborhood is a showcase of historic buildings dating from the 1860s to the early twentieth century. Historic Macon Foundation makes strategic investments with private funds to revitalize entire neighborhoods not just one house at a time, but block by block. We rehabilitate existing historic structures to meet the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for rehabilitation. On empty lots, we build new houses with historic charm that fit right in. We even built Macon's first dog park and shade tree nursery as part of our neighbrohood revitalization programs. Working holistically and focusing on one neighborhood at a time means that we create sustainable and diverse neighborhoods where people of all walks of life will enjoy living for generations. Thanks to incentives like Mercer University's Down Payment Assistance program, and state and federal tax credit programs, owning a landmark historic building is well within your reach. Check out our properties for sale, and move to one of our 12 beautiful historic districts today! Case Studies and More Information
Neighborhood Revitalization Guide by Bette-Lou Brown, President 1999-2000, Executive Director 2003-2008 Tatnall Square Heights Case Study
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