Press Releases

DeKalb Invests $1.9 Million in Sanitation to Continue Deployment of Automated Side Loader Trucks

A $1.9 million investment will continue DeKalb County’s ongoing deployment of automated side loader (ASL) trucks.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond proposed the funding for the Sanitation Division…

DeKalb Commissioners Unanimously Adopt Fiscal Year 2020 Budget

Today, DeKalb County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved CEO Michael Thurmond’s proposed $1.4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2020, which projects a $113.3 million rainy-day fund and…

Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson to Host DeKalb Business Summit

DeKalb County is home to many entrepreneurs and small business owners who contribute to the economic landscape of this great nation. Because many owners are unaware of the county resources available…

Spring Household Hazardous Waste Event Free for DeKalb Residents

The DeKalb County Sanitation Division will host a household hazardous waste recycling event Saturday, March 21, 2020, from 8 a.m. – noon, at the Sanitation Division’s Central Transfer Station, 3720…

DeKalb Cooperative Extension Announces ‘Grow Peaches & Plums’ Class

DeKalb County Cooperative Extension will host a "Grow Peaches & Plums” class on March 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the DeKalb Extension Demonstration kitchen, located at 4380 Memorial Dr. Ste.…

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond to Deliver 2020 State of the County Addresses

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond will give his outlook for 2020 during two State of the County addresses in March.

Business leaders and other community partners are invited to a State of the…

DeKalb County Audit Oversight Committee Meeting Feb. 28

The DeKalb County Audit Oversight Committee will meet on Feb. 28, 2020, at noon, at the Maloof Building, fifth floor, Board of Commissioners’ conference room, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA 30030…

Commissioner Steve Bradshaw to Hold Community Meeting on New Stone Mountain Senior Center

Commissioner Steve Bradshaw will host a community meeting on the proposed District 4 senior center on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at Antioch AME Church, located at 765 S. Hairston Road, Stone Mountain, Ga…

Clairemont Avenue Reopens after Water Main Repairs Completed

Clairemont Avenue in Decatur reopened at 6 a.m., Feb. 18, after DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) crews repaired a break on a 20-inch-diameter water main.

DeKalb Watershed crews…

Clairemont Avenue Water Main Repair Update, 9:10 p.m.

DeKalb Watershed crews expect to have the road repaired and reopened around midnight.