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The better Macon gets, the more interesting my job gets. Over the next couple of weeks I will have interviewed Cheech and Chong, Alice Cooper, Ray LaMontagne, JJ Grey, and Luke Bryan who are all playing our town over the next month or so. And our cover story by Ruth Sykes on the success of College Hill offered me the opportunity to slide down Coleman Hill, stroll through the renovated Tattnall Square Park during a workday, and tour some beautiful new lofts. Every time I go downtown, there is something new, it seems. An entire block of Second Street is in the back of a dump truck, waiting to be made new. It seems like a new restaurant is announced each week. Newest in line is a cajun eatery and a potato and specialty Hot Dog joint. Beer Fest sold out again.

Mercer’s first annual SoCon Fest is coming up.

Macon’s Octoberfest is on the horizon. And Mercer football has kicked off.

I can remember a time when a lot of us were concerned with the attitude of Maconites.

There was a lot of negativity in the air, and local people were behind it. It doesn’t seem that way anymore. It’s rare to run into someone who bad mouths Macon, and when you do, you feel sorry for them, more than anything, for not having the courage to explore all the things happening here. College Hill, The Knight Foundation and Mercer University, in just a few years have completely changed the face, and the attitude of our town. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

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September is a big month for Macon! Mercer University kicks off their first season of athletics as part of the Southern Conference (not including women’s lacrosse & sand volleyball), The

Hummingbird Stage & Taproom moves to non-smoking after nearly ten years, students can revel in their first full month back to school, and the weather might possibly be tolerable.

That being said, the 11th Hour wants to wish a big “welcome back” to all our old college friends and extend a warm greeting to the class of 2018.

Much to the delight of many members of the Middle Georgia community, the Hummingbird Stage & Taproom announced a partnership with the Medical Center & Coliseum Medical to adopt a non-smoking policy effective September 1. The venue has supplemented the change by opening a full service outdoor bar and updated audio & video options. The most exciting part of the new policy is that from September 1st to the end of November (National Lung Cancer Awareness Month), the Hummingbird will be donating a portion of sales and guest donations to the Cancer Life Center at Medical Center and the American Lung Association via Coliseum Medical. After nearly ten years in business, this is an exciting and progressive change for one of the city’s busiest nightlife spots.

Like I mentioned, Mercer University has made the transition to the Southern Conference for nearly all athletic programs and will be celebrating the exciting move with a free, public festival on Friday, September 5th. SoConFest will be held in Black Field, adjacent to Mercer’s Football Stadium, on the evening of the 5th and will feature performances from sunDollars and renowned New Orleans soul-rock group The Revivalists. The event is open to the public and is picnic friendly. The event starts at 7:00pm.

Later that evening, The Cox Capitol Theatre hosts a low-dough “Back to School Bash” featuring up-andcoming Atlanta-based act Stokeswood and two Macon-based acts, Bootz & Katz and Good Night Alive!

The show starts at 10:00pm and is FREE for anyone with a college ID or $5 to the general public.

The following afternoon, Riverside Cemetery and Conservancy will be presenting the first ever “Down by the Riverside Festival”. For this unique live music event, guests will meander through the historic cemetery and enjoy sets from a variety of local artists in different settings. Admission is free for ages 10 and under, $5 for all students, and $10 for the general public. The historic cemetery was established in 1887 and was developed under the watchful eye of Calvert Veux, who is most well known for his work in Central Park, Riverside Park,

and the Museum of Natural History.

On Sunday, September 14th the Macon Film Guild will offer three screenings of “We are the Best”, a movie described by the Wall Street Journal as “A blissfully funny film . . .that will be winning hearts – and even grownup minds – for a long time to come” . Set in 1980’s Stockholm, the film focuses on the lives of a group of young girls, who at massive odds, intent to start a punk band.

Screenings will occur at 2:00pm, 4:30pm, and 7:00pm.

Admission is $5.

Goodwill Industries will be hosting their annual Job Fair on Thursday, September 18th from 1:00pm 4:00pm at Anderson Conference Center. Come prepared with your resume and a story to tell! Employers from around the Middle Georgia will be onsite to meet and greet with guests and determine if you are the employee they’ve been looking for.

On the night of the 18th, The Hummingbird Stage & Taproom (non-smoking as of September 1st) will host Fat Possum Records act Water Liars. After touring with Drive-By Truckers among others, they released their third LP, a self-titled effort, earlier this year and have been on the road nearly ever sense. They’ll be joined by Macon’s own Roly Bots. The show is free and music starts around 10:30pm.

The legendary combo of Cheech & Chong will go out in a cloud of smoke at the Macon City Auditorium on Friday the 19th. Joined by WAR, they’ll be brining down the house with a variety show of the comedy fans have grown to love over the years and the speaker-thumping funk of songs like “Low Rider”, “Why Can’t We Be Friends” and many more classics. Tickets are now available at Ticketmaster.com Cherry Blossom Festival & The Knight Foundation will be hosting a free, public concert of inspiration music at Washington Park from artists like William Murphy and Isaac Carree on Saturday, September 20th. Guest can enjoy an afternoon of uplifting praise and worship while helping out the Middle Georgia Food Bank and their community! The event starts at 4:00pm and guests are asked to bring a donation of at least one canned good.

Visit CherryBlossom.com for more information.

Until next time...

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Ana lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job, and her greatest passion: Book Club. But when her cherished group becomes the focus of a documentary film, their intimate discussions about life and literature take a turn for the hilarious in front of the inescapable camera lens. Add a provocative new member along with some surprising new books titles, and these six friends are bound for pandemonium. A delightful new play about life, love, literature, and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines. Adults $25, Students $15 (through age 22) Reservations Required Call 746-9485 from 10 am - 3 pm, Monday - Saturday.

Macon First Friday Bluegrass Celebration at The Library Ballroom

Come on down to The Library Ballroom on September 5th for a Macon First Friday Bluegrass Celebration with Recycled Grass! Doors open at 7:00pm. Tickets are $5.00. Cash bar will be open through the night. 652 Mulberry Street

Joan Stockstill Godsey Concert Series presents Orion Weiss, Piano

Presented by Townsend School of Music at Neva Langley Fickling Hall at the McCorkle Music Building. Pianist Orion Weiss featured artist in the inaugural concert; one of the most sought-after soloists in his generation of young American musicians, Weiss has performed with the major American orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and New York Philharmonic. His deeply felt and exceptionally crafted performances go far beyond his technical mastery and have won him worldwide acclaim. Free, 7:30 p.m.

Candlelight Jazz In The Courtyard at Douglass Theatre

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Wine-tasting. Prizes. Live music by the GQ Jazz Quintet. Bid adieu to summer in dazzling style. Free! 8 p.m. 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

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Presented by Mercer University Athletics at 7 p.m. Mercer University is celebrating their move to the historic Southern Conference with a live concert! The New Orleans-based soulful rock sound of The Revivalists will headline the concert, while Macon’s own sunDollars will open up the show. Nothing better than good music on a fall Friday night in Georgia. This event is free for the entire community and will take place at Black Field, adjacent to the Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex.

Macon Pops Kicks off Season

Macon POPs , led by Artistic Director Matt Catingub, along with special guest vocalist Anita Hall, and featuring multi Grammy®-nominated percussionist, and Macon Pops President, Steve Moretti, will be performing a wide variety of songs from artists such as Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Michael Jackson to John Mayer and Pharrell Williams. The show will feature popular music from each decade from the 40’s until now, including one of the songs Steve Moretti performs in the upcoming Clint Eastwood film, “Jersey Boys” which premiered June 20th.

Macon Pops is an innovative, high energy, and world class orchestra event bringing together the most talented studio and orchestral musicians from around the southeast and across the country. 7:30 pm at the Macon City Auditorium. Tickets $10. www.maconpops.com

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“Medea” Presented by National Theatre Live at Douglass Theatre

3 p.m. Terrible things breed in broken hearts. $20, $15 for seniors & students.

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Cheech & Chong and War Coming on September 19

The Macon Centreplex announced that legendary comedians, Cheech & Chong and iconic band, War are coming to the Macon City Auditorium September 19.

The show will start at 7:30 and ticket prices vary from $35, $55, $60, and $80.

The Up In Smoke tour is a complete integration of WAR’s timeless catalogue, and CHEECH & CHONG’s no authority brand of comedy and music. The party begins with WAR performing hit after hit such as “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “Low Rider” and “Cisco Kid,” with the show progressing into a combination of Cheech and Chong’s most infamous songs (backed up by WAR) such as “Earache My Eye,” “Basketball Jones” and “Mexican Americans” and some of their most iconic comedic skits such as “Dave’s Not Here” “Santa Clause and His Magic Dust” and “Sister Mary Elephant.”

Seeing WAR and CHEECH & CHONG jamming together on the same stage, has been described as a genius night of music and comedy.

Styx Sails Into Macon October 5

Legendary rock band Styx will sail into Macon, GA this October 5th for one amazing show at the Macon City Auditorium! Spawned from a suburban Chicago basement in the early 1970s, STYX would eventually transform into the virtual arena rock prototype by the late 1970s and early 1980s, due to a fondness for big rockers and soaring power ballads.

Over the course of their 38-year career they’ve released well over two dozen studio albums, best-of compilations and live albums, garnering a host of Top Ten singles. Tickets start at $38.

Alice Cooper Promises a Killer Show on October 18

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the founding father of modern horror rock music will explode onto the Macon Coliseum stage on October 18th, 2014.

Known the world over as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper will bring his own special theatrical brand of hard rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new in what is sure to be one of the most exciting pre-Halloween celebrations ever.

Cooper’s last time in Macon was July 10, 1977 when he brought his King of the Silver Screen Tour to the Coliseum. He was good then, but he’s even better now!

Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. With a schedule that includes six months each year on the road, Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does.

The show starts at 8 p.m. sharp, but the fun starts even earlier, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Fans are encouraged to dress in their best Halloween costume and be a part of the celebration.

Tickets are on sale now at the Macon Coliseum Box Office located at 200 Coliseum Drive in Macon as well as through icketmaster.com. Tickets start at $28.

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Ray LaMontagne Supernova Tour October 30

Join us for a night of great music with Ray LaMontagne in support of his new album Supernova! Ray’s most recent critically acclaimed, Grammy award winning album God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Digital Album chart.

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Local ‘Group’ Smears and Distorts The Efforts Of Interim Bibb Superintendent Steve Smith It has come to my attention that recently a ‘group’ of disgruntled individuals has put their sights on trying to defame the character of interim-Superintendent of the Bibb County School District Dr. Steve Smith. The rant below was recently sent to the Board of Education.

There has been MANY, MANY stories done on WeArePolitics and The 11th Hour about several of the employees mentioned in this letter including Terrance Smith and his brother Terrell Smith as well as Kimberlyn Carter and Ed Judie, pointing out years ago that most of these people were making way too much money for the jobs that they were doing.

From what I am hearing, the rant is very much like the same nonsense that comes out of board member Tom Hudson’s mouth at every turn, so apparently this ‘group’ of concerned citizens are probably the same ones that have been dragging down the progress of Macon-Bibb for decades and now, under the guise of the familiar charge of racism, are doing whatever they can to halt the efforts being made to right the ship that the former Superintendent Romain Dallemand has scuttled. Dallemand at every turn hired political cronies and people who were never suited in the positions they were put in. Further, many of these employees were overpaid and underworked as they were given cushy, posh jobs with important titles at the now defunct Welcome Center.

Anyone who dared to speak out and call Dallemand’s hand was run out or called a racist themselves.

As I pointed out many times back then, Dallemand himself always seemed to be at the center of hiring these people and almost always picked the least competent person for the job. Whether it was because he could control situations because of the person’s incompetence as was the case with Tom Tourand who was the former IT director or because the person’s hiring was beneficial to Dallemand, Dallemand continued to put people of incompetence in levels of authority. (By the way, Tourand was dismissed very early on because he was clueless in the position, but strangely the writer “Mr. Jones” forgets this fact mainly because Mr. Tourand is white. Forget the fact that a kid who was good with a GameBoy had as much technical know-how.

Tourand is also the guy who “synced up” Macon’s traffic lights. You know the ones that take you 30 minutes to get through on Eisenhower Parkway? That should tell you something.)

Where was the public outcry from these guardians of society when Dallemand was robbing them blind of over $52 million?

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long term agreement with them to support software purchased for the school system that was unneeded.

From ‘Daryl Jones’ to the Bibb County School District’s Facebook page (I have broken it into paragraphs for easier reading): “To all citizens, It appears lately since we have gotten a new superintendent, that many African American administrators any supervisors have been unjustly let go, demoted, or forced out. This is outrageous.

Since Dr. Steve Smith has been in office, I have seen many changes and the majority due to perception and not valid data.

We demoted Dr. Efrem Yarber, which led to him leaving the District, we demoted Dr. Eric Caryl, which led him to leave the District, we did not renew Alicia Allen Carter, we riffed Dr. Terrence Smith and Kimberly Carter and then offered them mediocre jobs as an insult but a way to get rid of them. We got rid of Cheryl Aaron. We moved Dr. Michele Flowers. We fired Dr. Benjy Morgan and I am quite sure there are others that I just haven’t heard about yet.

I am asking for an open records request on all African American administrators who have been removed, demoted, or changed since Dr. Steve Smith has been the Superintendent. On the other hand, it has been brought to the community’s attention, that many Caucasian administrators have been elevated, promoted, and given pay increases. We have even created jobs. We hired a caucasian man to take Dr. Caryl place who just happened to be a former friend of the Superintendent. We replaced Mrs. Aaron with a caucasian without just cause in my opinion. We replaced Dr. Flowers with Lori Smith, caucasian and very close with Erin Weaver who just happens to be Dr. Smith very good friend. We hired Erin Weaver and Bruce Giroux, retired employees to come back and make thousands of dollars when we had qualified persons who could have easily been a Deputy Superintendent.

For example: Dr. Tanzy Kilcrease, and awesome administrator, native of Macon, who came back to Bibb to be an Associate Superintendent. She is young and understands what our young black children need.

Who do we have in the Superintendent cabinet that can relate to our young black children? Oh yeah, we got Sylvia Hooker who is African American, but is not young, not from here, and oh yeah a friend of Dr. Smith.

Now, lets get to how we are dealing with our children. I am requesting an open records request on how many children have been suspended since Dr. Smith has arrived in comparison to Dr. Dallemand. How many children have been expelled? How many

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Mayor Reichert’s 5x5 program came to District 2 last spring, and from May 26 - June 29th, the neighborhood and residents of Lynmore Estates (a.k.a. the Peach Orchard) were its most recent beneficiaries.

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The 5x5 Program is the way that MaMayor Reichert said, “The con-Bibb County successively targets and recently completed 5x5 enhances five block areas in each district in an in five-week period. Its overall goal project in District 2 marked is to complete ten 5x5 events annually that then translates into the improvement of an the beginning of a new, estimated 225 square blocks each year. expanded program that will 5x5 brings into these specifically designated areas the focused and intensiencompass our entire comfied services of these Macon-Bibb County Departments: Animal Welfare, Busimunity and bring enhanced ness Development Services, Economic municipal services to all and Community Development, E-911, Engineering, Facilities Management, parts of our county.” And Fire, Municipal Court, Parks and Beautio fication, Public Works, and Recreation as this is a promise to us all. well as the Mayor’s Office itself.

Additional services for the neighborhood are accorded by Bibb County and Lynmore Estates residents joined and Sheriff’s Office, Community Partnership, participated together in a Clean Sweep the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission, the Land Bank Authority, Macon Event that included a volunteer coordinated cleanup of the of the neighborhood, Area Habitat for Humanity, the Macon an entryway sign unveiling, a fruit tree Water Authority and Rebuilding Macon. orchard groundbreaking, the Yard of the The reason that I selected Lynmore Month award and the presentation of a Estates as the District 2 targeted area this check towards the revitalization of the year is because it is a neighborhood that neighborhood. is very well-defined and quite visibly on The event also served as a moment the rebound. of remembrance as all in attendance solOver the past decade or so, the emnly paused in silence in memory of the ongoing presence and efforts adminismembers of the Caffee family who were tered there by Macon Area Habitat for Humanity, Southside Baptist Church, and killed in a house fire in that neighborhood last year.

Countryside Baptist Church had already If the goal of this Lynmore Estates 5x5 combined rather seamlessly to improve program was to engage the faith-based the overall appearance of the neighborcommunities, citizens, outside agencies, hood and build a sense of community volunteers and elected officials, then it among the residents. was a rather overwhelming success that The 5x5 program kicked off with the served to build a sense of community and demolition of a blighted structure located further enhance the quality of life and at 4215 Irving Avenue, and during the mission of this exemplary and rallying five ensuing weeks, fourteen notices segment of Macon-Bibb County. of demolition were sent out to properMOONHANGER & THE BIG HOUSE MUSEUM PRESENT In comment, Mayor Reichert said, ty owners there, advising them of the “The recently completed 5x5 project in Macon-Bibb County government’s intent FRIDAY District 2 marked the beginning of a new, to proceed with the demolition of these expanded program that will encompass properties and of placing a lien for all DOORS 7/SHOW 8 them. our entire community and bring enhanced costs incurred against municipal services to all parts of our Then on June 21 and as something of y county.” And this is a promise to us all. a culminating event, fifteen organizations

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A Successful Partnership The College Hill Corridor Does anybody remember what Montpelier Avenue looked like three or four years ago? How about Oglethorpe Street, Coleman Hill or Tattnall Square Park? If you haven’t lately, take a ride through the area now. That’s the College Hill Corridor. If you’re new to town, or just haven’t been paying attention, the College Hill Corridor is two square miles, connecting Mercer University to downtown Macon, bordered by I-75, Mercer University Drive, New Street and Riverside Drive. It’s a lot more than geography, though. In fact, it’s hard to share all that’s been accomplished there since four Mercer students came up with the idea as their senior capstone project in 2007. So I’ll just recap some highlights of the last couple of years.

After an initial $250,000 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant in 2008, the money’s been pouring into the Corridor, thanks to people and organizations with vision, passion and a commitment to making our hometown the best it can be. In just over four years, that initial grant has leveraged $91 million in private and public investment as the College Hill Alliance’s original four year Master Plan has unfolded. In just two square miles.

How has this money been invested? A few early projects included: the now-packed Second Sunday Concerts in Washington Park, growing from about 30 people that first Sunday; familiar orange and black logo bike racks; sharrows painted on busy streets reminding motorists to share the road with cyclists, and Mercer Village, which kick-started the changes on Montpelier Avenue. A rehabbed block of space on the triangle between Montpelier and Coleman Avenues brought the first restaurateurs and Georgia Public Broadcasting to the Corridor, while across the street, an old parking lot morphed into beautiful new student loft living above several retail and dining spots. The momentum was growing.

The last two-and-a-half years have delivered even more massive growth and improvements in the Corridor.

Here are some highlights.

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Jim Daws, of Sierra Development in Atlanta, was looking for something different. He found it in the Corridor and took a giant risk, investing $10 million to lay it all on the line in the Village with his Mercer Lofts Phase One. College Town Cool was on the rise in the Corridor. Daws wasted no time developing Phase Two across the street, which added three stories of student apartments and Mercer’s Center for Collaborative Journalism to the Village.

Besides bringing new housing, business, shopping and dining to the Corridor, Mercer Village has now added to the vibe with events like tailgating during Mercer games, Christmas in the Corridor with a giant snow slide, and Mardi Gras, complete with a traditional Krewe parade and New Orleans-style cuisine.

Last fall, due to Mercer Village’s success, the International Economic Development Council presented a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award in the category of Real Estate Redevelopment & Reuse to the College Hill Alliance, recognizing their efforts to recruit and retain businesses and foster neighborhood revitalization. A Silver Award was also presented in the category of Neighborhood Development Initiatives, recognizing the partnership and dedication of the City of Macon, Mercer University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to reinvigorate the Corridor.

Around the corner from the Village, Daws is putting the finishing touches on Mercer Lofts Phase III, on College Street directly across from Tattnall Square Park.

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ally moved historic properties to other locations in the Corridor, where they have been rehabbed into beautiful, single-family housing and restored to their former glory.” Next time you’re on Oglethorpe, check out three of them – just down from the Bear’s Den. Mid-July saw the groundbreaking for Daws’ Phase IV loft project on the property that originally housed the campus of Wesleyan College, founded in 1836, inspiring the College Hill name for the area. The U.S. Post Office on College Street is a replica of the original Wesleyan building, which later featured a Victorian façade. It burned in 1963, after the school had moved to its current location. The area behind the post office became a thriving retail area, but the buildings slowly emptied. Now cleared, the property will soon be home to the Corridor’s newest mixed-use development of business and student housing, the Lofts at College Hill. Its first retail tenant was just announced: Boba Mocha, a fusion café serving a variety of coffee, tea, food and snacks. Daws’ vision, commitment, and now nearly $40 million private investment in the Corridor, are making a real difference in the Corridor’s economic development.

making it happen

Other individuals also continue to make a difference, especially thanks to the Knight Neighborhood Challenge (KNC), which has awarded close to $2.12 million in grants to help neighbors bring to life their own vision for making the area more livable, walkable, friendly, and generally cool. The College Hill Corridor Commission will soon vote to fund an additional 30 projects, awarding more than $1.336 million in its final round of grant requests. Some of the most visible results of recent KNC grants include: expansion of Lights on Macon, a nightly illumination tour of the Corridor’s architectural riches; directional and map signage; Macon Free Little Libraries, seven “take a book, leave a book” public book exchanges with designs ranging from a large Dr. Who themed TARDIS to a small theatre inspired library, and Coleman Hill Reclamation & Natural Playground, pouring a new concrete walking trail linking the park’s

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monuments, installing a sculpture to inspire creativity and imagination, bringing in boulders for climbing, and creating a 67-ft. in-ground slide down the hill, just for fun.

Coleman Hill is not the only Corridor park benefiting from neighbors’ ideas and KNC grants. The volunteer group Friends of Tattnall Square Park has been busy! Not too long ago, this once thriving historic park and site of Macon’s first public playground was on the verge of blight, just across the street from Mercer’s picturesque front campus. It was a barrier between students and Macon’s resurging downtown. As part of the College Hill Corridor master plan, with dedicated Friends of Tattnall Square neighbors and KNC grant funding, Tattnall Square Park is being reborn, with the additional help of SPLOST funding, private donations, the Macon-Bibb Parks and Recreation Department, the Community Foundation of Central Georgia and Mercer.

Some improvements include: 200 newly planted trees; trash receptacles featuring thought provoking literary quotes; refurbishment of the playground and tennis court areas; new entrances and walkways similar to the park’s original plan, and a brilliantly engineered and landscaped rain garden, alleviating erosion problems while beautifying the park. Already, more families are picnicking and playing, students are studying or throwing Frisbees, couples are being photographed, people are coming out for free Yoga Saturday mornings, and outdoor movies, concerts and other events are popping up like never before.

Washington, DC-based City Parks Alliance named Tattnall Square to its list of 12 “Frontline Parks” this year, recognizing it as a standout example of urban park excellence, innovation and stewardship. Adding to the park’s improvement, College Street is also undergoing major enhancements with streetscape design to improve pedestrian safety and a new roundabout at the corner of Oglethorpe Street improving traffic flow, thanks to a Georgia Department of Transportation grant awarded to Macon-Bibb with matching funds from Mercer University and some additional funding from Macon-Bibb directly.

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College Hill continued Also at this intersection, Mercer is transforming the former Tattnall Square Presbyterian Church into the Tattnall Square Center for the Arts. Once complete, it will house Mercer’s theatre program and a performing arts center for the community. It’s slated to open in early 2015.

Turning an abandoned Corridor church building into an arts center makes perfect sense for Mercer, as the university counts among its alumni the late music pioneer Phil Walden, who lived, worked and played in the College Hill neighborhood long before the Corridor was dreamed up by future Mercerians. The city’s music legacy has been celebrated this year by Music Ambassadors: Macon.

Funded by a KNC grant in partnership with the College Hill Alliance and Historic Macon, this unique program’s first-year goal was to make national musicians ambassadors of the city. They played free lunchtime concerts in Mercer Village, toured the city, and performed in intimate house concerts at Corridor residences. Music Ambassadors has applied for a final KNC grant and will evolve into an artist in residence program, according to Tim Regan-Porter, who created it and penned both grant requests.

The goal now is to build even greater connection between the musicians and Macon by having them live in a historic home for several weeks, be inspired to write new music, and record in a local studio, actually becoming themselves part of Macon’s rich music heritage. Making music, making a difference, making waves… whatever people make in the Corridor, all are invited to join the “Maker Movement” sweeping across the country that includes a national network of artisans, crafsmen, small business entrepreneurs and innovators building new, locally-driven economies. This summer, the College Hill Alliance was awarded a $125,000 grant from ArtPlace America to host Central Georgia’s first maker festival next spring. The Alliance is one of only 55 applicants to be awarded funding from the highly competitive ArtPlace America grant program in 2014, gleaning more than double the $58,500 they requested because of the intensive planning needed and regional appeal of the event.

“The opportunity for us to build on the emerging Maker Movement by creating an event that locally celebrates and supports the very powerful transformative potential of the arts within a community is something we are very excited to share,” says Alliance Executive Director Heather Pendergast.

what’s next?

The College Hill Corridor Master Plan has been updated to continue through the College Hill Alliance’s 2015 sunset, when the climate and culture created these past few years is carried on by the volunteer College Hill Commission, Mercer University, local non-profit organizations, and citizens. During the next year and a half, final Knight Neighborhood Challenge grant projects will be funded and implemented by the creative people who dreamed them up. The InTown Neighborhood Association will continue to oversee and maintain Lights on Macon, as well as the Corridor’s annual soap box derby in conjunction with The Magnolia Street Soap Box Derby volunteer organization. Bragg Jam Arts and Music Festival will absorb and maintain the Second Sunday concerts in Washington Park, and so on, as neighbors, entrepreneurs, makers and others who care about this community take the reins to carry on.

Mercer University will continue to anchor the Corridor, as will private investors who know their commitment will not only reap rewards for them, but contribute to the growth and success of the entire community.

The College Hill Alliance’s 2012-2014 Report to Community asks: “How do we keep up the momentum and achieve sustainability for generations to come? The answer lies in the Corridor’s original mission: to attract and retain the best and the brightest.”

Take a drive through the Corridor. Check out all that’s happened in just these few years, and hold on tight.

The best is yet to come.

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Corridor Champions: Beverly Blake & Bill Underwood

By Ruth Birch Sykes Ever since Mercer University President Bill Underwood recognized the potential of a 2007 senior capstone project dreamed up by four university students and brought it to the attention of John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Macon area Program Manager Beverly Blake, these two community leaders have served as champions of the College Hill Corridor. But you’ll never hear them talk about themselves.

“It wasn’t any one organization, person or institution – it’s been all of us,” says Blake. The list of contributing organizations is long. Still, Blake is quick to mention Underwood’s vision of a college district around what would become Mercer Village and his intuitive embrace of the original student project that would become the College Hill Corridor.

“It’s been very rewarding, as everyday leaders have really come forth,” Blake says of the entire project.

“It’s about creating a neighborhood, a city where people will choose to move because of the high quality of life, reasonable cost of living and a great job all in the same place. And that’s Macon, Georgia. And that’s College Hill.”

Blake came to Macon in 2005 to oversee the Knight communities of Macon, Milledgeville and Columbus.

Macon is one of eight staffed Knight communities, each of which has been home to a Knight newspaper: Miami; Philadelphia; Akron; Detroit; Charlotte; San Jose; St. Paul, and Macon. This is the smallest Knight city, but Blake says that’s okay. “It allows us to try things others can’t – we can experiment,” she says. “We take the risk others can’t or won’t take – we look for innovators, risk takers who care. Macon may be small, but we’re smart.”

Blake credits a strong partnership between Knight and Mercer University from the very beginning as critical to the Corridor’s success, with Underwood’s vision helping create the “College town cool” vibe that had been missing.

She says one of the main secrets to College Hill’s success is the Knight Neighborhood Challenge. The final round of funding for these grants is about to be awarded and even more innovative, community-driven projects will appear throughout the area in the next year or so. In 2015, the College Hill Alliance office will sunset, as the many initiatives begun under its oversight the past few years are taken over by local citizens and community organizations.

“That’s by design because we feel really strongly that Knight’s role is to get things started – to push innovation – get people to not worry about failing,” says Blake.

Across the Corridor, Underwood says his role has been primarily recognizing the bright students who envisioned the College Hill Corridor and the fact that there were a lot of talented young people here with

great ideas who could help make things happen in the community. They included Mercer students and faculty as well as the first volunteer Commission co-chairs and the Corridor’s first part-time employee, now President of NewTown Macon, Josh Rogers.

Mercer will forever be an integral part of the College Hill Corridor. Underwood, like Blake and others, agrees volunteers and business people will carry on the work that has taken root here.

He says it was appropriate for Mercer and other entities to give the Corridor a jump start, “but we always had the expectation it would build momentum and continue growing, developing and thriving after the initial, crucial funding by the Knight Foundation.”

What’s next: Urban Core Master Plan Both Underwood and Blake look to the future as the Macon Action Plan (MAP) gets underway, expanding Macon’s rebirth throughout the city’s true urban core from Central City Park to I-75, and from across Mercer University and Little Richard Penniman Boulevard to Emery Highway. The Knight Foundation and Peyton Anderson Foundation have each awarded $225,000 for a total of $450,000 in grant money to fund the initiative. Already, based on community input, MAP leaders have selected Interface Studio (the same group that shepherded the Corridor’s master plan) to assist with research and master plan development. Input from the community is actively being solicited.

Says Blake, “Shared vision - community driven, community led, will create the next step toward Macon’s total renaissance. We can do it. We can reclaim the urban core of Macon and make it a hip, historic and progressive community.” She adds that Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert is a true champion for this place, which makes a huge difference for such community initiatives. Better yet, she believes MAP will engage anyone in Macon who wants to be part of change and help Macon move forward. Learn how to be involved at www.maconactionplan.com.

Underwood’s and Mercer University’s commitment also holds steady as the work begun in the Corridor expands outside its two square miles. “We will remain as interested in the future as we are now,” he says, adding that the success of the university depends on it. “We can’t thrive in a decaying community. Macon’s urban core means the growth of downtown; business, entertainment, breweries, music – the beginnings of a vibrant entrepreneurship life in Macon.”

Thanks in large part to Mercer University and the Knight Foundation, and equally as important, the leadership of Underwood and Blake in partnership with local government and so many other organizations, Macon-Bibb is creating a sense of place and a “cool” to attract and keep the best and brightest people here, creating a 21st Century economy.

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by Angel Collins Cesare Mammarelle is a ball of energy. It’s not a frantic, jittery leg kind of energy but the kinetic energy of a dynamic object you just happen to find at rest. As an entrepreneur with businesses throughout the US, one would think Macon would be too small to hold the ambition of this one time engineer. Mammarelle didn’t know when he came to Macon in 2000 that he would find himself in the midst of a community that he would one day call his own.

It was a trip on the whim that brought Mammarelle to Macon. Immigrating from Abruzzo, Italy to Hartford, CT, the University of Hartford grad spent a lot of his formative years in the restaurant business. Though his original degree allowed him to design roads and bridges, it was the restaurant business that eventually called to him. His degree did not go unused since he designs every aspect of his restaurants. As he says, “Precision is important.”

When he came to Macon in 2000, he had businesses in Connecticut and Atlanta and was considering opening a restaurant in Birmingham. When the deal in Birmingham went south, his consideration of Macon, which included his admiration of the architecture in downtown Macon, was that dreaded p-word, Potential. “I felt there was a market,” said Mammarelle. “I became interested in the architecture. This was a market to do something different, maybe bring a little “big city” flair. I knew there was potential here. Then the fun started. It took me 7 months to put a plan together and get my financing in order. Getting that original loan was nothing short of giving up my first born, my car, and everything else. Bank presidents were telling me not to open downtown. First they said no. Seven out of eight banks said no and then they proceeded to give me their viewpoint about why downtown was so bad. That’s no joke.” In 2000, downtown Macon was in the beginning of an upswing. As Mammarelle remembers it, “There was a huge buzz, like things were going on.” He was encouraged by his fellow restaurateurs, like Allan Bass, who were opening more than one business at the time. “I framed all of my rejection letters.”

“In 2006 or 2007 things started falling down,” remembers Mammarelle. “Everything got put on the shelf for 6-7 years. Now we’re starting to see the results of things getting back on track. It was touch and go. There were a few years where I thought about selling and moving on.

This is a very challenging community. There are a handful of people who are responsible for this [good] change.

There were civic organizations that would not get on the same page, a lot of people having their own agenda, but now we have a lot of young people heading up the Urban Authority, Mainstreet Macon, and College Hill Corridor that share the same goal, get along, seem to enjoy doing things together. You can see it. The next challenge is staffing, getting qualified people in here, it’s a nightmare.

It’s really, really hard to get good qualified people. I’m willing to train people, whether on kitchen side, or server, bartender, manager side.” Mammarelle hopes that eventually the kids from Mercer will become a bigger part of the hiring pool.

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11 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Cesare 1. I am a clown in private with my family 2. I have Crohns Disease 3. The five people I would have dinner with, Moses (the first one), Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Sam “Momo” Giancana, Nikola Tesla, any one of the founding fathers of this kick ass country!

4. I prefer mountains and lakes over the beach.

5. I can be an asshole of magnanimous proportions.

6. No one will ever out work me, except my dad.

7. I will be cool and calm in a major shit hit the proverbial fan I’m stranded in the middle of nowhere with my kids kind of situation but I will nut up if the freaggin internet is running slow.

8. I used to design bridges and roads as a civil engineer.

9. I love what I do, but I still want to punch the first person who said “sauce on the side” square in the face.

10. If I were on death row my last meal would consist of a ricotta and eggplant brick oven pizza from First and Last Tavern in Hartford, Connecticut, my moms cavatelli pasta with her marinara sauce, a side of the tuna tartar from Tic Toc Room and of course a bottle of a 1998 Tenuto San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia.

11. I want to meet the aliens that designed the pyramids, left us the crystal skulls, built the airstrip and figures in the Nazca Desert and gave us the Twinkie recipe.

so far and it might still be too early to tell, but I think consolidation is making significant changes in efficiency, which will eventually attract more developers and businesses, which will make the city grow and it will be what I always thought Macon could be, a little Atlanta. It’s not fair to compare Macon to Athens and Atlanta as far as culture, diversity, and what you can get for your money here versus Atlanta. Atlanta doesn’t have some of the architecture we have here. We need to utilize everything we have here and make that big push.”

His new restaurant, Yabu Sushi, takes pleasure in the historic space in which it resides. “I’ve always had an idea that I’ve wanted to do an edgier sushi. The space is really cool for it. You know, just walking into it, it’s going to be a different sushi experience, at least here in Macon. I was fortunate that I have a hand full of good people. Myko Estacio, the head chef, is from California. He bring a different culinary feel and a different vibe overall. He’s got that California, just going with the flow vibe, doing some badass stuff. Melanie Diehl is our beverage manager. She did an excellent job putting together a drink menu. I couldn’t be happier. Mike Reilly has been working for me for years as my general manager and I put a lot of trust in him. These people are some of my best.”

For people who are considering Macon as a home, as Mammarelle now considers it, he has much advice and praise. “Middle Georgia is beautiful. A lot of times, people who are from this town don’t realize what they have. They lose sight of [it all]. And people coming in can see that and see what Macon has to offer. They look at this place and are like, ‘wow, so much could happen here,’” said Mammarelle. “Keep an open mind. Don’t absorb too much of what some people say but don’t take for granted what a lot of other people would say. If you want to accomplish something in this town, regardless of what your field is, there is good opportunity to do that here better than anywhere else. I feel like I have a pretty good pulse on the situation. You have to deal with bullshit like this on second street, but when it’s done, it will be worth it. You have to absorb stuff like this in order to progress.

If you want to go to high end techno clubs that’s not for here. If you’re looking for a cool, smaller vibe downtown, a good up and coming music scene, good restaurants and entertainment, this is the place for you.”

When it comes to the decision to tough it out in Macon, he credits everyone who fought to help Macon progress during a time the entire United States called the Great Recession. “Frank Wright once said a path with no obstacles lead nowhere. Sometimes you just have to fight your way through it. It doesn’t accomplish anything for people to just huddle down. Luckily, some people didn’t do that. If people had, what we’re experiencing now would still be 3 to 4 years away. There are people, like the Dunwody’s, people like that, who hung their balls out there to make some shit happen despite all the negativity and bullshit going on with the economy and banks and all that,” said Mammarelle. Pardon his French.

His new restaurant, a son, another child on the way, and an upcoming wedding has knit him to the city and the community. “I was always connected [to the community]. I sat on a lot of boards, coached the girls soccer team at Westside High for four years, and coached soccer at Howard Middle School. I was already embedded outside of the restaurant community. Matteo is 3 now and we’re starting to look at schools and what directions we’re going in next,” said Mammarelle. “At the end of the day, everyone wants to enjoy their life, meet some interesting and cool people, make a couple of dollars, spend a couple of dollars. When I moved to Atlanta, there were 1.5 million people. Now there are 6 million,” speculates Mammarelle. “You couldn’t pay me to live in Atlanta right now. I still own property there and I go out for the day or the night, but I’m relieved to get on I-75 heading south.”

Mammarelle proves there is no place like home, even if it’s your adopted one.

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Smears and Distorts Continued from page 12 children have been locked up or how many campus police cases? How many evidentiary hearings? How many manifestation determination meeting? How many students have been sent to Alternative Education? I want this broken down by gender and race.

Every time I look around I hear teachers talking about what new academic software or program they got for children but what about helping the children who need help emotionally. We got rid of the interventionist, who happen to all be African American!

We don’t have any behavior therapists or specialists. We don’t have enough counselors or social workers. What have we invested to help our children in this area? I heard that the District put Dr. Flowers back downtown and she is doing something with behavior. Anyway, do we really think one person can make a dent in this big mess!

All this extra money we have on creating new jobs, and pay raises should have went to help the children! I am requesting an open records request on how many discipline referrals have been made just since August 1st.

Finally, the special education needs to be looked at. How come we have schools saying they only provide limited services or they don’t have self-contained? This is against the law! So we place kids who need self contained in general ed classroom to only fail or get in trouble. Then when the teachers write them up cause they can’t handle them- the principals suspend or send to alternative school. Or we stick them in Alternative Ed with no support and kick them out of that too! ... A group of us in this community have been getting together and talking about these issues.

We are tired of our children and leaders being treated unfairly or differently from their caucasian friends and coworkers. You will continue to get these types of emails from many others and me until we see that something is done! Board members wake up! You will not get reelected. We voted for you to help the children of this district and make ethical and just decisions. This

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There you have it Middle Georgia. Apparently this person or ‘group’ want people to be judged solely by the color of their skin and not the substance of their work. Tom Hudson should be very ‘proud’ of what his legacy will be as a member of the Board of Education as well as either the writer or ring leader of this tripe. Another thing that you should remember in reading all of this is that Kimberlyn Carter, mentioned above as a ‘victim’ of Dr. Smith’s was former Mayor C. Jack Ellis’ campaign manager as well as the campaign manager for now Clerk of Superior Court Erica Woodford, was caught running copies for his campaign at the Welcome Center on your nickle. One more thing to remember about Ms. Carter is that she was promoted to the Director of Strategic Partnership at the Welcome Center making $95,000 per year which was given to her for her vast experience of six years as a Special Education instructor. (Please refer to the 9/24/2013 edition of The 11th Hour as well as searching on WeArePolitics.)

The bottom line is that Dr. Smith has not only done his best to clean out the barnyard but has also done his best to put people that have qualifications to match their job and are paid what is fair based on their abilities not the color of their skin. He has done a great service to our children and our community and should be commended not ridiculed.

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How many are African American and how many are Caucasian? Everything I have asked for should be public knowledge. You cannot hide the truth any longer!

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By reviewing music experiences that you, dear reader, may or may not have had the esteemed privilege to witness, we, the Field Note Stenographers (sometimes referred to as FNS,) hope to showcase bits of awesome and intriguing music happenings in our fair city with the ultimate goal of convincing you to support live music in our area. After all, this is your music scene Macon. Get dirty. Dig the field.

THIS WEEK’S INSTALLMENT BY JARED WRIGHT

THE REVIEW AUGUST 22

BBQ, Blues & Brews Concert Series at Cox Capitol Theatre

Lightnin’ Malcolm is late for soundcheck. It’s thirty minutes before doors, and the only clue as to his whereabouts is a second-hand anecdote about an early morning couch in Minneapolis and what was surely a helluva party the night before.

Soon enough, though, Malcolm, accompanied by drummer Stud (T-Model Ford’s grandson if you’re keeping score), can be seen creeping through the backstage alley in a packed-to-the-gills Toyota Tundra, and in an accent thick with southern Missouri charm and a smile as bright as his heavenly white shoes, says, “Aw man, sorry we’re a little behind. I thought that time was gonna change on the way. But that’s not ‘til tomorrow.” Within minutes, they’re loaded in and ready to go – it’s clear that this isn’t their first rodeo.

During soundcheck, Stud says there’s probably no need to even mic the drums (“I play the shit out of ‘em”), and as the show starts, it becomes apparent that he’s likely right – no amount of EQing can make them not sound like cardboard boxes. However, aural intricacies aren’t the focus here, especially when Stud’s drums are combined with the steady North Mississippi drone of Malcolm’s right thumb. It’s this syncopated rhythm that is first and foremost, and the deceptively simple, finger-picked melodies float just underneath to provide the right amount of American Primitive color, especially when echoed by Malcom’s voice. It’s a sound that can only be arrived at through decades of poking around various juke joints and playing with legends like R.L. Burnside and Honeyboy Edwards, soaking it up until saturated, and then it seeps out the pores.

Sadly, these intricacies were largely lost on Macon’s keep-to-the-seats-tap-the-kneestick-the-bottom-lip-out-over-fifty-white-blues crowd, who mostly remained politely planted even as Malcolm ventured off the stage to join the crowd.

Next up is the Wichita-based trio Moreland & Arbuckle. Probably the easiest way to define the difference between Lightnin’ Malcolm and this band is to state the fact that the former has been on the road for around three decades and that the latter released their first record five years after the formation of the Black Keys. The minimal guitar and drums format is the same, but there is a slight difference. It’s not the sound of the blues experience – it’s a sound rooted in CD reissues of ‘essential’ Charley Patton sides and music-blog blues mythology. But what the hell is ‘the blues’ anyway? It’s a term that’s been canonized and bastardized, idolized and individualized until rendered essentially meaningless. To steal a phrase from Peter Novick, to define it is like nailing jelly to a wall. That guy who claims to know the meaning of the term? His name is Rick. He just fell off his barstool. He’s been here since ten minutes before the chain was pulled on the open sign. (In book review news, if you find this sort of discussion interesting, check out Amanda Petrusich’s new Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78 rpm Record. Her musings on the quirky intricacies of collector culture and that culture’s role in the invention of the blues as a genre make the book well worth a read.).

But back to the show. Whatever you call what they’re playing, Moreland & Arbuckle can boogie, and if you’re into that sort of 21st century Black Keys-style rawk ‘n’ stroll, they’re right up your alley. Once Moreland pulled out the Les Paul – Macon’s favorite musical aphrodisiac – the crowd slowly began filtering out onto the floor,

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and Arbuckle’s adeptness on the harp kept them there. Moreland’s other instrument of choice – a cigar box mutant hybrid of a bass and guitar – certainly wins the award for best instrument of the night by far, and his footwork was something that one must behold to believe. Imagine Billy Gibbons doing the Truffle Shuffle combined with Justin Smith on a case of Four Loko staring lustily into a mirror at 4 a.m. practicing his moves to T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer” and you’ve got the gist…

All told, it was a perfectly pleasant evening of music all the way around, with some free BBQ thrown in to satisfy the taste buds as well. The Capitol has recently been doing a great job of presenting an eclectic mix of shows – do yourself a favor and invest in the next one that’s there whether or not you recognize the name on the marquee (especially if that name is Sturgill Simpson). And for fuck’s sake, don’t be afraid to get out on the floor and shake a leg when you do. Musicians love that shit.

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Mercer University will celebrate its first weekend of competition in the historic Southern Conference with an evening of fun and music on Black Field, adjacent to the Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex.

The Sept. 5 event – dubbed SoConFest – will include a concert headlined by the New Orleans-based rock septet The Revivalists.

Students, Mercer alumni and the community are welcome at the free event, which begins at 7 p.m. and will include a pep rally led by the Mercer spirit squad and band and will feature remarks from head football coach Bobby Lamb and members of the team. The Bears take on Furman the next day at 6 p.m. on Anderson Field in Mercer’s first Southern Conference contest.

The Revivalists, formed in 2007, are considered among The Big Easy’s best original bands for their combination of danceable rock and soulful songwriting. Their sound features the older styles and warmer sounds of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll. Opening the concert will be Macon indie rock quartet sunDollars. One of the bands at the forefront of a local resurgence in young artists seeking to rebuild a cohesive music scene in this tradition-rich town, sunDollars offer “a lonesome, yet vibrant set of songs that are very much inspired by place.” The band was formed in 2011.

FRIDAY, SEP 5 Boot Hill @ AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Boot Hill is an eclectic collection of skilled musicians, playing aggressive country, classic rock, outlaw country, up-tempo southern covers, and original music. The band’s background is as diverse as the music they play, hailing from The Abby Owens Band, Stoopgrass, Bad Vision, Barrell House Ballers, Fresh Heat, and the Eddie Kirkland Band. Their individual musical influences range from The Who to Wilco to Johnny Cash. All the differences in background have combined onstage to form a cohesive group of guys who enjoy playing for ramblers, drinkers and everyone who likes live music.

Romance Radio @ Crazy Bull What do you get when you combine the soul and groove of pop country tunes and the excitement of a rock concert? Radio Romance. Radio Romance is a new and upcoming band out of Nashville, Tennessee that pushes the envelope when it comes to modern country music. The band features lead singer/rhythm guitarist, Sam Hayes, accompanied by lead guitarist/vocalist, Josh Gramling, and percussionist/pianist, Moises Padilla.

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