Drive through almost any neighborhood in Macon-Bibb County and you're apt to spot some houses with crumbling facades, shuttered windows and overgrown lawns. They're among the county's nearly 4,000 unoccupied properties. Most of them are only in poor or fair condition, but more than 400 are in such bad shape they need to be demolished.

On Second Thought for Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Samantha Max just wrapped a series and a podcast on blight for The Telegraph, where she covers health. She joined On Second Thought from Macon to explain the roots of the problem and what residents and local leaders are doing to fix it.

Georgians continue to grapple with cybersecurity after a string of recent attacks on Georgia Tech, Georgia-based Equifax and the City of Atlanta.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms spoke with GPB's Rickey Bevington about new measures to prevent hackers from attacking the city's computer infrastructure, which last year was frozen by hackers demanding ransom. They also talked about the seeming invasion of scooters, the rising cost of living in the city and Bottoms' recent move to close the Atlanta City Detention Center.

Access to fresh, healthy food is not a given in Georgia. The U.S. Department of Agriculture tracks areas that are low-income and have limited access to grocery stores, also referred to as food deserts. This month, GPB News is looking into creative, local solutions to access issues in a series called Full Plates: How Georgia Fights Hunger. Today, we heard from reporters Emily Jones and Stephen Fowler about what the Savannah and Rome communities are doing to get fresh food to residents.

 

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