When people buy a new home, it's frequently because they're looking for more space.

But the Historic Macon Foundation is trying to change that by showing prospective home buyers how to better utilize small spaces at a design seminar on Thursday night.

They call the idea the "small house movement" and Historic Macon Executive Director Josh Rogers says the goal is to encourage young, first-time home buyers to move into up -and-coming areas.

"Smaller houses are always less expensive and more efficient," says Rogers, and he's hoping those things will appeal to young professionals.

Right now, the foundation is focusing on building in the Beall's Hill area.

They recently finished a 600 square foot traditional style home with hard wood floors, granite countertops, and a large bedroom and living room on Ash Street, and had no problem getting their $61,000 asking price.

The history lesson continued today in Atlanta as lawyers for Monroe and Bibb counties argue the origin of their county line nearly 200 years ago.

At stake are 900 acres and dozens of homes that could move from Bibb to Monroe, along with their tax revenue.

Testimony is centering around a ferry across the Ocmulgee River in the early 1800s and whether surveyor Terry Scarborough found the right location three years ago.

The ferry site was used to mark the original county line in 1823.
Bibb county's witnesses Tuesday said there were two different ferries and Scarborough got the wrong one.

A day after Macon music legend Eddie Kirkland died in a Florida car accident, his daughter and former manager remembered him and spoke about the loss.

Gary Montgomery sorted through his friend's belongings such as guitars, speakers and other items he says Kirkland was carrying while driving through Florida Sunday.

He says his friend was full of talent and loved to share his music. "He's won every major blues award that's been out there. He's traveled nationally and internationally."