Colombia-native launches project to increase community engagement [Video]

MACON, Ga. — Laura Gómez moved to Macon seven months ago from Bogotá, Colombia. Even though Gómez is still adjusting, she said she wants to bring people with a similar background together.

Gómez calls her project “Macon for everyone, Macon para todos.” She started it with the help of a $5,000 grant from the Knight Foundation.

“I’ve always wanted to do something for the community wherever I am. I want to leave like a fingerprint,” she said.

Gómez pitched her idea to the Knight Emerging City Champions Fellowship. The foundation chose her project and now she will use the project grant and foundation resources to plan events at the Cotton Avenue Plaza in Downtown Macon.

She wants to focus on Hispanic community members. Her husband Benjamin Perez Mendina …