CLIFFARD WHITBY, MACON-BIBB MAYORAL CANDIDATE, CHATS ABOUT RUN-OFF ON HAPPY TALK

Hello World, this is Gloria Stanley of Happy Talk. 

My special guest on Happy Talk is Mr. Cliffard Whitby.  Mr. Whitby is Macon-Bibb Mayoral Candidate in the upcoming 8/11/2020 Runoff Election.  

Mr. Cliffard Whitby was born and resides in Macon, graduate of Southwest High Sch.  Married to Dr. Shantel King-Whitby with six daughters and two grandsons.  

He is President of Whitby Inc., a property and business development company. He initially partnered with the City of Macon and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Authority on residential revitalization projects to combat blight, in addition to the College Hill Alliance intiative in building homes in the Beall’s Hill Area adjacent to Mercer University. 

Mr. Whitby has served on multiple boards and held numerous leadership roles -Tri-Chair for the Macon-Bibb Economic Impact Study, Executive Director of the Central GA Partnership for Individual and Community Development, and past president and current member of the 100 Black men for over 20 years - supported at risk youth.  Director of Macon Promised Neighborhood Program - a program servicing underserved families and children. 

He served as Chairman for the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority and brought in new industries- Khumo Tires, 1st Quality Diaper and Irving Tissue to the Macon-Bibb area with an economic impact in thousands of jobs in Middle GA resulting in over $2 billion dollars of industry investment in Macon-Bibb. 

He supported numerous youth programs - Rites of Passage, Adopt-A-Role Model and 100 BM's Music City Classic.  And he partnered with Mercer University to provide some start-up funds for its Innovation Center Program.