Gas stations · Georgia

Former gas station near the intersection of Spring Street and Riverside Drive

Imported, unreviewedRegreenedDemolishedMacon, GA

Demolished gas station site (2025) with planned park use; unverified opportunity score, high-traffic location, but no active development or local peer examples. · summary, model-written

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Place

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30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 93,000 on 16 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

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Strategy

Regreened

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New use

Park and open space

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Now

Status	DemolishedWikipedia no source
Strategy	RegreenedWikipedia no source
New uses	parkWikipedia no source

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History and original facts

County	Bibb County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Draft from maconbibb.us, model-extracted, unreviewed: A former gas station near Spring Street and Riverside Drive was demolished in 2025 to create a new trailhead for the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail.

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Planning

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Site context

Housing permits, Bibb County (GA), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 154 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	4 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Korner Kupboard (0.4 km); Macon Grocery Warehouses (1.4 km); Westgate Mall (4.6 km); Macon Mall (6.6 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	10,123 jobs in 757 establishments; average annual pay $39,350; employment location quotient 1.28; employment -2.5% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	13,945 jobs; 206 in retail trade, 846 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 13021013701)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 29th income percentile as adults; 2.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (384 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 83% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 39.2%; median family income $64,844; 285 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Bibb County School District (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	332 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	67 county-logged events: 51 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 flash flood, 4 hail; $2,700,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 31201, 2026-09	median list price $169,450 (+5.9% on the year); 48 active listings; median 100 days on market; 12% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	759 establishments (-6%); 11,287 jobs (+10%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $170,006 (+2% 1 yr, +29% 5 yr); typical rent $1,211/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	93,000 vehicles a day on 16 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 9,389 trucks; 37 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Former gas station demolished (2025 event).

Why. Status: demolished. Strategy: regreen (planned park use).

Where it stands. No active development plans noted. Opportunity score unverified (0.0) due to demolition status only.

For a planner

High-traffic interstate (93k ADT) nearby.
Within 10km of 4 sites: 1 under construction, 1 proposed, 1 closed mall.
Housing market: ZHVI $170k (2026-09), +2.4% YoY.

For a developer

Peer regreen projects exist in GA (Atlanta/Smyrna), but not Macon.
No current permits or active projects on this parcel.
Traffic data confirms accessibility, but no new use details beyond 'park'.

What we do not know yet

No evidence of active planning for park.
Peer projects are 60-100km away (Atlanta/Smyrna), not comparable to Macon.
Strategy 'regreen' lacks implementation details in record.

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Timeline

2025 demolition of former gas station

Sources

Gas station demolition next step in Downtown gateway ...
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On Thursday, October 30, crews from the Public Works Department demolished a former gas station near the intersection of Spring Street and Riverside Drive to make way for a new trailhead for the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Former gas station near the intersection of Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Macon, GA." Record n-52cca9c318, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/ga/macon-former-gas-station-near-the-intersection-of-spring-street-and-ri/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_maconformergasstationneartheintersection,
  title = {Former gas station near the intersection of Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Macon, GA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/ga/macon-former-gas-station-near-the-intersection-of-spring-street-and-ri/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-52cca9c318, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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