Press Releases

DeKalb Offers Residents Free Disposal at Landfill

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Sanitation Division will host the Third Annual Landfill Amnesty Day event on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the county-owned Seminole Road Landfill…

DeKalb to Repair One of its Worst Repeat Sewer Spill Sites

DECATUR, GA.—A $3.2 million project will begin later this month to fix one of DeKalb County’s most problematic sewer spill sites.

From January 2014, to present, Hood Circle was the site of 12 sewer…

DeKalb County Public Safety Celebrates Excellence

DECATUR, Ga.—The DeKalb County Department of Public Safety will hold its inaugural Public Safety Awards Breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at 8 a.m. at the Stone Ridge Event Center, located at…

Clark Harrison Building in Decatur Closed Today

DECATUR, Ga. – Clark Harrison Building, located at 330 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA 30030 is closed today, Oct. 15.

Offices inside the Clark Harrison Building include Permitting, Business…

DeKalb to Demolish Out-of-Service Water Tank

DECATUR, Ga. – On Monday, Oct. 14, the DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) will begin work to demolish the out-of-service steel water tank located at the corner of West Howard…

DeKalb Contractor Cleaning Diesel Fuel from Creek near Rock Chapel Road

DECATUR, Ga. – Cleanup is underway after diesel fuel was discovered in Wesley Branch tributary near Rock Chapel Road and Hightower Trail in unincorporated Lithonia.

DeKalb County Fire Rescue’s…

Park Advisory Committee to Meet Oct. 16

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb Park Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m., at West Exchange Place, 1950 West Exchange Place, Tucker, GA 30084. The meeting will take…

DeKalb County Public Safety Celebrates Excellence

DECATUR, Ga.—The DeKalb County Department of Public Safety will hold its inaugural Public Safety Awards Breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at 8 a.m. at the Stone Ridge Event Center, located at…

Commissioner Bradshaw Allocates $25,000 to R.I.S.E. UP Youth Services Program

DECATUR, Ga.—DeKalb County Commissioner Steve Bradshaw has allocated $25,000 of District 4 reserve funds to R.I.S.E. UP, a young men’s leadership development program, which will target District 4…

DeKalb Cooperative Extension Announces Creating a Welcome Space for Pollinators Classes

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Cooperative Extension will host two Creating a Welcome Space for Pollinators workshops on Oct. 17 and 24, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Below are the workshops locations.


Oct. 17…