Press Releases

Seven Metro Atlanta Counties Partner with Be The Match to Bring Awareness to a Lifesaving Cure

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is pleased to announce her partnership with Be The Match, a national marrow donor program, and several neighboring county officials…

DeKalb County Launches COVID-19 Small Business Loan Program

DECATUR, Ga. – Today, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners approved the DeKalb Better Business Loan Program, a partnership with local banks to provide financial relief to small DeKalb County…

DeKalb Parks to Serve School Lunch During Fall

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will remain as resource for students to pick up nutritional lunches during the fall until children return to school.

All nine recreation…

Sugar Creek Golf and Tennis to Reopen Aug. 10

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will reopen Sugar Creek Golf and Tennis on Monday, Aug. 10, at 7:30 a.m., at 2706 Bouldercrest Road, Atlanta, GA…

CEO Thurmond Appoints New Emergency Management Director

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond has appointed Joseph K. Cox, director of the DeKalb Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), effective July 25. He had been the acting DEMA director since…

DeKalb Residents Encouraged to Donate Essential School Items During ‘Stuff the Bus’ Supply Drive

DECATUR, Ga. – This Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson will host a special event to ensure that DeKalb County students in need will have the necessary tools to succeed for…

DeKalb to Hold Second Virtual Master Plan Meeting for Rehoboth Property

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will hold a second virtual community meeting to review upcoming park improvements for Rehoboth Park on Thursday,…

DeKalb County Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson to Honor DeKalb Lives Lost to COVID-19

Decatur, Ga. –DeKalb County District 5 Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson will host a virtual memorial for the more than 200 DeKalb residents who have lost their lives to COVID-19 since the beginning…

DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson to Host Virtual National Night Out

DECATUR, Ga.- DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson will host the first ever virtual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, 6 p.m.

All across the country, communities have observed the…

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Awards Drug Treatment Grant to Juvenile Court

DECATUR, Ga.—DeKalb County Juvenile Court was awarded $44,563 from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to implement a Family Treatment Court. 

This funding will expand the services of the…