City-wide recycling could come back to Macon.

According Director of Internal Affairs Keith Moffett, the city isn't yet requesting bids from companies but they are taking the preliminary information-gathering steps to find a company to build and run a recycling facility.

City council already heard from one company this week.

Florida-based Southeast Renewables presented a proposal to build a 1,000 square foot recycling plant in Macon  during a work-session on Tuesday.

According to the spokesman for the company, the plan would involve rerouting all city trash to their private recycling facility.

City employees would gather all of the un-sorted trash as usual. But instead of taking it directly to the landfill, they would take it to the recycling plant for sorting.

Whatever couldn't be recycled, would then end up in the landfill.

Southeast says they don't want the city's land, or the city's money.

The Macon Centreplex increased its revenue and decreased its net operating loss over the past three years, according to Marriott Hotel General Manager David McCartney.

Three years ago, the city of Macon awarded the Noble Company the contract to build the Marriott Hotel and manage the Macon Centreplex.

The city also leases the convention center.

McCartney says the financial numbers prove that the decision was a step in the right direction.

"I think it's a combination of reasons for the increased sales," says McCartney.

He says a slight upswing in the economy, an aggressive marketing campaign and the power of the Marriott brand has helped bolster sales.

According to his presentation to city council Tuesday night,  the Coliseum and the Macon City Auditorium brought in $1,470,504 in fiscal year 2009.

In 2011, they brought in $1,966,032, an increase of almost half a million dollars.

Panda Bear’s Tomboy album officially dropped on April 12, and on Record Store Day on April 16, an edition of 1000 limited LP / T-shirt bundles will be available at participating Record Store Day stores. This shirt design will not be available again, and is not available online anywhere! Noah Lennox recently stopped by the NPR studios in DC to guest DJ with Bob Boilen on NPR’s All Songs Considered program – listen to the 40 minute session HERE. And after reading a little about Panda Bear’s new record, Tomboy, below, you can listen/download one of the tunes off the record (if for some STUPID reason you haven’t bought the record yet).