Press Releases

The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 12, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/84958022051. The meeting can be joined by phone at 602-333-0032 or 1-888-270-9936 and using the conference code 482992.

The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections meeting for the purpose of conducting its normal monthly business will be held on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. 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.

Today, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced the establishment of a DeKalb Bicentennial Commission that will lead a year-long series of events that will commemorate and celebrate the county’s 200-year history. The bicentennial commemoration will officially begin on Dec. 9, 2022, the 200th anniversary of the founding of DeKalb County, according to CEO Thurmond’s 2022 mid-year budget amendment recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.

Commissioner Steve Bradshaw encourages the public to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Tobie Grant Recreational Center tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 2, at 10 a.m. at 593 Parksdale Drive and Tobie Grant Lane in Scottdale. The new center is named after Tobie Kendall Grant (1887-1968) who was a renowned African American community leader, spiritual advisor, businesswoman and philanthropist in Scottdale.

Today, Sept. 1, DeKalb County District 7 Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson will be speaking at the BE Safe America Safety Summit & Think Tank, sponsored by Safe America Foundation. Having recently joined Safe America Foundation as an advocate, Commissioner Cochran-Johnson will support the organization’s new “TV PSAs” initiative as an on-air national correspondent to raise awareness concerning human trafficking, as well as assist in saving lives in the Ukraine and abroad.