Press Releases

The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will hold a Parks Citizen Advisory Board Committee meeting on Thursday, March 28, 2023, at 6 p.m. at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center, 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA.

The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will hold a virtual public master planning meeting Thursday, March 16, at 6:00 p.m. The community is invited to participate and offer guidance for future county park improvements via Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting and use Meeting ID: 289 107 608 447 and passcode: 8ZiZwK.

The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs has opened registration for youth track-and-field. The registration fee is $40 per participant. Participants must be between the ages of 5 to 14 and a birth certificate is required to register. Registration includes four track meets. Practice dates and times will be determined by recreation centers. Registration is open through March 10.

The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections will hold a Special Called Meeting on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. This meeting will be conducted in-person at the Tobie Grant Recreation Center, 593 Parkdale Dr, Scottdale GA 30079. Public comments may be made in person or submitted by sending an email of one page or less to electionspubliccmnt@dekalbcountyga.gov, which must be received between 1:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.

The DeKalb County Sanitation Division will host its spring household hazardous waste recycling event on Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 8 a.m. – noon, at the Sanitation Division’s Central Transfer Station, 3720 Leroy Scott Drive, Decatur, Ga. 30032. During the event, county residents will have an opportunity to properly dispose of dangerous household items that are no longer in use.