Re-Pack the Back-Pack

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…

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…

“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…

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,…