Press Releases

Seven DeKalb County Departments Relocate Offices

DECATUR, Ga. – Due to the sale of the Clark Harrison Building in December, seven DeKalb County departments relocated, including Planning, Facilities Management, DeKalb Watershed Management Inspectors…

DeKalb CEO Thurmond Releases Proposed Budget

DECATUR, Ga.— DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond released his first proposed operating budget of $1.3 billion today for fiscal year 2017. This proposal begins the implementation of Thurmond’s vision for…

Volunteers Needed for DeKalb County Homeless Count

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb County Community Development Department is looking for 80 volunteers to sign up for a street count and survey of the county’s homeless. The count will take place Thursday, Jan.…

WorkSource DeKalb Hosting Ongoing MARTA Hiring Event

DECATUR, Ga. – WorkSource DeKalb and Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) have partnered to conduct pre-employment assessments of bus operations and transit systems personnel. …

CEO Thurmond Invites Employees to Atonement, Healing and Restoration Service

WHAT:            As a part of his weekend of inaugural events, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond is inviting county government employees to a…

CEO Thurmond Invites Residents to Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast

WHAT:            As a part of his weekend of inaugural events, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond is inviting residents to an ecumenical prayer…

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners will hold a Committee of the Whole - Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

DEKALB BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND EXECUTIVE SESSION

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017

Decatur - The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners will hold a…

AT&T Outage Preventing Phone Customers from Calling 911

UPDATE: Outage resolved

Tucker, Ga. – AT&T is reporting a major, isolated outage, affecting certain area codes and exchanges. The outage is preventing certain AT&T customers from dialing 911…

DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond Invites Public to Inaugural Events

 

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond’s “New Day for DeKalb Inaugural Celebration 2017” steering committee has published a schedule of events that will honor DeKalb’s federal, state and…

DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs to host Father-Daughter Dance

DECATUR, Ga. — The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will host its Father-Daughter Dance at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, located at 980 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta, GA…