Press Releases

On Oct. 25, a portion of the northbound lane along Columbia Drive, between Snapfinger Road and Homera Place, will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while crews work to rehabilitate 386 linear feet of ductile-iron sewer pipe. This section of Columbia Drive will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 6.

On Oct. 25, a portion of the Northbound lane along South Columbia Drive, between Missionary Drive and Derrydown Way, will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while crews work to rehabilitate 386 linear feet of ductile-iron sewer pipe. This section of South Columbia Drive will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 6.

On Oct. 25, a portion of the Northbound lane along South Columbia Drive, between Missionary Drive and Derrydown Way, will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while crews work to rehabilitate 386 linear feet of ductile-iron sewer pipe. This section of South Columbia Drive will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 6.

DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson recently allocated $15,000 in District 7 discretionary funding to the Atlanta Community Food Bank to assist Soldiers' Angels with three mobile food distributions for veterans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The second distribution will take place this Friday, Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Atlanta VA Arcadia Clinic, 250 North Arcadia Avenue, Decatur, Ga. 30030.

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson, in his role as the District 3 Commissioner and president of the National Association of Counties Organization, is participating in the National Nonpartisan Conversation on Voter Rights. Commissioner Johnson has been selected as part of an esteemed group of influential civic leaders from across the country convening in Denver for a historic event with the shared goal of delivering a comprehensive and actionable strategy to protect and expand voter rights.