Press Releases

DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will hold an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated playground and pavilion at Pea Ridge Park, formally Rehoboth Park, on Wednesday, September 21, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be held at Pea Ridge Park, 3105 Tolbert Drive, Decatur, GA 30033.

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.