Press Releases

DeKalb Offers Free Bulky Item Curbside Collection

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Sanitation Division will offer free residential bulky item curbside collection every Friday and Saturday from Nov. 30, 2018, through Dec. 22, 2018, as part of the…

DeKalb Provides $2 Million Loan to Support Senior Housing

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County provided $2.2 million in funding to support the development of Columbia Senior Residences at Decatur East, an affordable senior housing complex located near the Avondale…

DeKalb County Mobile Career Center November Schedule

DECATUR, Ga. – WorkSource DeKalb announces its Mobile Career Center schedule for November. The center will be stationed at locations throughout DeKalb County to help put DeKalb County citizens back…

Commissioner Gregory Adams and Stonecrest Councilman Jimmy Clanton to Host 2nd Fall Collaborative Town Hall Meeting

Decatur, GA – Super District 7 Commissioner Gregory Adams and City of Stonecrest District 1 Councilman Jimmy Clanton will host a second Collaborative Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, November 27, 2018,…

Commissioner Gregory Adams and Pinch of Excellence Collaborates on “Bags of Love” Drive Helping DeKalb’s Homeless Citizens

Decatur, GA – Super District 7 Commissioner Gregory Adams is partnering with Pinch of Excellence’s CEO, Michelle Stanton, on “Bags of Love”. Bags of Love is a clothing drive that will provide…

Positive Rabies Case Reported in DeKalb County

DECATUR, Ga. — On Oct. 30, 2018 a raccoon was captured near 600 block of Farrar Court in Decatur and later tested positive for rabies.

This year, there have been 13 positive raccoon rabies incidents…

DeKalb Announces Veterans Day Sanitation Schedule

DECATUR, Ga. – In observance of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 12, the DeKalb County Sanitation Division will be closed. 

Due to the holiday, garbage, recyclable materials and yard trimmings…

Gresham Recreation Center to Host Annual Canned Food Drive

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs encourages residents to join us in the fight to combat hunger in the community by donating nonperishable food items…

Lucious Sanders Recreation Center to Host Coat Drive

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs is accepting new or gently used coats for its first coat drive now until Friday, Nov. 30.

As the temperature…

DeKalb, City of Dunwoody Reach EMS Service Agreement

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County has taken another step to improve countywide emergency ambulance service by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Dunwoody mayor.

“The lives and…