Macon Roving Listeners and East Macon have received national attention by Creative Exchange for their art of listening. The contributions of neighborhood residents are key to the success of the Mill Hill arts village initiative.
Highlights from Nicole Rupersburg’s article include the following:
“The Macon Roving Listeners are there for just that purpose: to listen. To ask questions. To show people that their opinions matter. And, beyond just listening, also act as agents of change.”
“The Macon chapter of the Roving Listeners was started five years ago by Centenary Community Ministries with the same mission: to find out what people’s gifts are through listening…The Listeners are a mix of youth and adults who go out as a team to knock on doors and interview people in the neighborhood, asking them basic questions about who they are, where they’re from, how long they have lived there, what they like about Macon, and what they want to see changed.”
“The goal of this project is to develop approximately four square blocks of the historic Fort Hawkins Neighborhood in East Macon into an arts village in order to address blight and foster economic opportunity in Macon’s oldest neighborhood.”
Mill Hill: East Macon Arts Village is a partnership of Macon Arts Alliance and the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority and a key component of the Macon Action Plan.
For the full article please visit: http://www.springboardexchange.org/people/maconrovinglisteners.aspx
Photo provided, courtesy of Matt Odom.