If you came to National Night Out last night, THANKS!If you helped setup or tear down, THANKS A TON!
If you weren't able to make it, you missed out! :-)
We had a great time on the Poplar Street parking deck, with bouncers for the kids, music from local artists Jowin and Al K!ng, facepainting, and hearing from people like our very own Patrick "P-Mac" McConnell; Warren Selby, founder of Crimestoppers; Sheriff Jerry Modena; Police Chief Mike Burns and Sergeant Zac Self of Crimestoppers.
One of the goals of a National Night Out event is to choose a Project 365 for the community to work on over the next year. Patrick announced that City Watch's Project 365 will be graffiti removal downtown. New Town Macon was awarded a grant to use graffiti removal equipment and will be partnering with Crimestoppers this year to make Macon beautiful!
Overall, the event turned out really well. A lot more people came than I expected, and we got news coverage on Fox24, 41WMGT, and 13WMAZ. You can read the Macon Telegraph's article here. Check out some pictures below, and be there next year when we do it again!
Patrick employing the rhetorical skill of hand motions
Sergeant Zac Self and a Crimestoppers agent
Sheriff Jerry Modena (check out the aweome bouncer in the back!)
A sweet Crimestoppers car