A National Spotlight on Macon in C-SPAN’s 2014 Cities Tour
Macon will be the first of twenty-four cities to be featured on C-SPAN’s 2014 Cities Tour, a show in its fourth year airing on BookTV (C-SPAN2) and American History TV (C-SPAN3). In each community, the network’s producers spend a week partnering with C-SPAN’s local cable affiliates to produce the unique segments. As a public affairs programming network, C-SPAN does not receive any taxpayer or advertisement dollars, and Macon’s Cox Communications was one of the first cable systems to support C-SPAN.
A number of attorneys at Spivey, Pope, Green and Greer proudly support the Hay House, a stunning Greek-revival style mansion built in the 1860s, which will be featured in Macon’s Tour. The Hay House hosted C-SPAN for a news conference attended by local media, community leaders, and Mayor Robert Reichert. The purpose of the Cities Tour is to showcase the historical and literary significance of communities that may not otherwise be familiar to a national audience. Mayor Reichert called the C-SPAN visit “a rare opportunity to showcase our community and the projects we’re engaged in that make us special.”
As a law firm located in the heart of historic downtown Macon, we are actively engaged in efforts to preserve and restore the beauty and culture of our city. In addition to spending time at the Hay House, the C-SPAN producers visited the Allman Brothers Band Big House Museum, the Ocmulgee National Monument, and the Museum of Aviation, spoke with several locally acclaimed authors, and interviewed students at Howard High School, Wesleyan University, and Mercer University.
The segments of C-SPAN’s 2014 Cities Tour will air this weekend, February 15-16, with Macon leading the way.