First meeting set for Jan. 22 at East Lake YMCA.
by Patch Staff DeKalb County will hold a series of meetings to discuss the future of garbage pickup in the county. The next meeting is set for Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the East Lake Family YMCA, 275 East Lake Blvd. SE. Additional scheduled meetings are set to be held at the following places:
Great Start Georgia initiative dedicated to ensuring children get a great start in life.
DeKalb County authorities executed search warrants Monday morning at the home and office of Burrell Ellis.
DeKalb County investigators searched the home and office of county CEO Burrell Ellis on Monday morning. From a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Three unmarked police cars were parked outside Ellis’s home in the Southland subdivision, Channel 2 said. The search comes on the same day as Ellis testified before a special grand jury investigating county watershed operations. Ellis appeared before local media shortly before 1 p.m. and said he's unaware of any wrongdoing by him or those within his office related to the department's bidding. He also said he hasn't had any inappropriate contact with county vendors that do business with the department. "We're just going to continue to cooperate [with the investigation]," Ellis said. "I don…
East Atlanta Patch voters in DeKalb and Fulton counties have several locations to cast their ballots.
The benefits are economic as well as environmental.
by Kathie Gannon The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners recently took a big step to make DeKalb County greener. Last Tuesday the Board voted to eliminate the initial $30 sign-up fee for curbside recycling. It’s time for more DeKalb residents to recycle. While our county is among the leaders in recycling in metro Atlanta, still only 21 percent of the eligible households in DeKalb currently recycle. The county has a goal to increase recycling to 40 percent, the national standard. In addition to dropping the recycling registration fee, we’ve also established a modest marketing campaign to reach more citizens. It’s my hope that the elimination of the recycling fee is just the jump start needed for residents to get behind this. In just two …
The county has eliminated the $30 registration fee, effective Wednesday, Sept. 26.
DeKalb County is making its recycling service free to residents. Effective Wednesday, Sept. 26, the county is eliminating the $30 registration fee for curbside recycling making it free for DeKalb residents. “We think that by removing the cost barrier and increasing education on how and what to recycle, our citizens will embrace it,” said DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis. The DeKalb Sanitation Division has a waste reduction plan and a goal to reduce landfill disposal of solid waste and increase recycling. The goal is to increase residential recycling from 21 percent today to 40 percent by 2016, or approximately 64,000 residential homes. Recycling is already available in all county buildings, parks, and recreation centers. DeKalb's …
Job seekers will meet representatives of government agencies and private employers.
by Patch Staff The DeKalb Workforce Development Department is hosting its seventh annual Workforce Development Day Job Fair: Making ONE DeKalb Work on Sept. 21. The fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive in Decatur. The event offers job seekers the opportunity to meet with representatives from various departments and companies, including ONE DeKalb Works contractors and private sector employers. DeKalb Workforce Development’s previous job fair held in April 2012 was aimed at connecting skilled jobseekers with employers actively seeking qualified staff. The event drew an attendance of more than 1,300 visitors. As a result of the fair, 20 percent of those seeking gainful employment were hired …
Training sessions designed to provide residents with information about voter registration, identification requirements and to conduct voter registration drives.
by Patch Staff ONE DeKalb Votes and the DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office, will host a voter education and registration training on Monday, Sept. 17, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for residents. The training sessions will be held at the Voter Registration & Elections Office, 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300 in Decatur. The training sessions are designed to provide residents with information about voter registration, ID requirements and conducting voter registration drives. The workshops will empower neighborhood leaders and participants to respond to questions and conduct voter registration drives in their respective neighborhoods, churches and schools. East Atlanta Patch is comprised of several city of Atlanta neighborhoods that …
Commissioners vote 4-2 against
In a widely watched vote on an issue that drew passionate pleas from both sides in the last few months, DeKalb County's board of commissioners voted against expanding a proposed smoking ban that would have made bars, strip clubs and public places smoke-free. The vote – deferred from the commissioners' Aug. 23 meeting — was 4-2, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Proponents said the proposed ban, which would have been similar to existing ordinances in Savannah and and Decatur, would not have had any significant economic impact to businesses that cater to smokers. Opponents to the measure, including the Columbus-based International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association, said a similar ban in Ohio cost that state 5,400 spirits- and hospitality-…
7:25 pm on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
You're most welcome Paul! :) Your article was well done and presented the story fairly without any gratuitous side-swipes at the smokers -- something that's a bit rare in ban-related articles of the last few years. I looked at the "representing workers" trick above. Let me look at another one. You noted in the article that, "For some Atlanta neighborhoods like East Atlanta Village and Kirkwood, … more ›
The day's top headlines for Monday, July 18, 2011.
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