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Macon-Bibb County will become the fourth-largest city in Georgia when consolidation kicks in, covering about 156,000 people, and that higher profile has piqued the interest of at least two organizations.

The Georgia Municipal Association wants the new commission to come to dinner and hear a presentation on what GMA membership can offer, Macon-Bibb County Mayor-elect Robert Reichert told commissioners-elect earlier this month. And they’ll soon hear from the Association County Commissioners of Georgia as well, he said.

“Both of them want to court us, because we are both a city and a county,” Reichert said.

GMA wanted to host a gathering this month, but commissioners want to schedule it in January. Reichert said he wouldn’t mind joining both groups, but the new government doesn’t absolutely have to join either one.

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