Press Releases

DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson will address students at Georgia State University (GSU) to discuss policymaking and the ongoing need to evaluate community in the development of public policy. The lecture will take place today, January 18, at 1:00 p.m. at GSU’s Alpharetta campus and will engage students in actively discussing policy related issues, including public safety, housing, and voting.

For the past 19 years, DeKalb Watershed Management has sponsored the Art Calendar Contest which promotes awareness of the importance of water for a healthy way of life and sustainable future. This year’s theme was “A Day Without Water: Water is such an important resource, what would a day without it be like?”

The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners kicked off the first meeting of the 2023 year by voting on the positions of the presiding officer and deputy presiding officer. For the 2nd consecutive year, both Commissioner Robert Patrick and Commissioner Mereda Davis-Johnson were elected to serve as the presiding officer and deputy presiding officer, respectively, for 2023.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff facilitated a roundtable discussion celebrating the Congressionally Directed Spending Project he successfully secured $842,000 for the Ethiopian Community Association in Atlanta on Jan. 11, at the Ethiopian Community Association in Atlanta located in Stone Mountain.

An organizational meeting of a special committee of the Charter Review Commission that was formed for the purpose of reviewing and discussing the structure of Commission Districts will be held on Tuesday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/s/85097307107