Press Releases

The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections will host a Special Called Meeting on Monday, Oct. 10, at 1:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the contract with Konnech. This meeting will be conducted via teleconference (Zoom). Simultaneous public access to the meeting will be available via livestream on DCTV’s UStream channel at https://video.ibm.com/channel/dctv-channel-23.

DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will hold an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly extended trail at Zonolite Park on Wednesday, October 19, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be held at Zonolite Park, 1147 Zonolite Place, Atlanta, Ga 30306.

DeKalb District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson and District 5 Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson invite the public to join the fun and excitement at the DeKalb Community Empowerment Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The DeKalb Empowerment Fall Festival will be held at The Gallery of South DeKalb, 2801 Candler Road, Decatur, Ga. 30034.

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson in partnership with Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.) will be hosting a Mobile Food Pantry to combat hunger and food insecurity. The outdoor event will use a drive-through model to service recipients. It will be held Thursday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., at First Baptist Church Gresham, 2394 Gresham Rd. SE, Atlanta, GA 30316.

Today, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond presented to the Board of Commissioners a $20 million proposal designed to enhance emergency department services at Emory Hillandale Hospital and reduce Grady Hospital’s operating deficit. If approved, CEO Thurmond’s $12 million funding request for Emory Hillandale Hospital will mitigate the loss of emergency room beds due to the pending closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center on Nov. 1, which is expected to result in increased emergency department and inpatient flows to hospitals throughout the Atlanta metropolitan region.