Commissioner Larry Johnson is eternally grateful to the army of volunteers who disregarded their last minute Christmas Shopping to participate in the 2017 Random Acts of kindness. The team visited all the fire stations in the South DeKalb area along with the DeKalb Fire Chief Fullum, DeKalb County School Superintendent Dr. Greg, Judge Mike Jacobs, [...]

Commissioner Making rounds in the Community Commissioner Larry Johnson made his rounds of visits with Home Owners Associations and Civic Associations in the District. This always provides an opportunity for the citizens to interface with the Commissioner and have their questions answered about the general operations of the county government. Commissioner visited the Kings Row [...]

Tree of Love On December 16, 2017, Commissioner Larry Johnson will host his 19th season of the Tree of Love at the Gallery of South DeKalb Mall. The tree of Love is a holiday celebration to assist children living in DeKalb who because of their circumstances such as being in foster care, single parent household [...]

OPEN House FROM THE ALLIANCE OF DEKALB COUNTY The Alliance of DeKalb County a DeKalb based non -profit organization that receives HUD grants to buy blighted properties. The organization refurbishes and resales them to mode rate income buyers who meet the HUD criteria. Commissioner Larry Johnson w ho has been a supporter of this [...]

DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond will give an update on progress made toward addressing the water billing crisis on Tuesday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m., in the Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. CEO Thurmond will discuss the most recent steps the county has taken to resolve the county’s water billing crisis. This meeting is part of CEO [...]

“Place does Matter, and Blight is a Public Health Issue”, with those words from Commissioner Larry Johnson, along with the CEO, the Code Enforcement, the DeKalb Police and the Conley Business District Association launched a historic campaign against blighted properties in the Commercial District of Conley CID. Commissioner Johnson recognized that blight may not go away [...]

“Place does Matter, and Blight is a Public Health Issue”, with those words from Commissioner Larry Johnson, along with the CEO, the Code Enforcement, the DeKalb Police and the Conley Business District Association launched a historic campaign against blighted properties in the Commercial District of Conley CID. Commissioner Johnson recognized that blight may not go away [...]

DeKalb County played host to an OPIOID Prevention Summit that attracted policy makers, Industry Professionals, Service Providers, Institutions, Law Enforcement Agencies and County government from the Metro Atlanta and across the country.  Commissioner Larry Johnson in partnership with Aetna, Morehouse School of Medicine, FDHA and STAND Inc., hosted this event at the Porter Sanford Performing [...]