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The Clarkston City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday 3-2-2021 starting at 7:00P. Click to view Meeting Video This Meeting will be available virtually through Zoom. This will allow interested parties to view the meeting without attending in person. The Zoom meeting access information has been listed below. Meeting ID /Password and Registering to Speak To access the meeting you
Happy Black History Month: DeKalb Unknown Episode 3 of our Black History Month video series, "DeKalb Unknown", is now available for your viewing! In this episode our host, Eric Williams, interviews the Mayor of Clarkston, GA, Ms. Beverly H. Burks. As a Georgia native and the first Black woman mayor of Clarkston, Mayor Burks has a triumphant story in battling cancer while also breaking barriers
The Clarkston Police Department will host law enforcement’s nationally recognized “Coffee with a Cop” event on Saturday, February 27, 2021, 10:00AM-12:00PM, at Refuge Coffee (4170 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Clarkston, GA 30021). No topic is off the table, so come, be heard, and engaged! Clarkston Police proudly presents “Coffee with a Cop” to build and sustain community relations and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2021 DeKalb Announces $21 Million Federal Grant to Prevent Tenant Evictions Coalition will help renters and landlords affected by pandemic DECATUR, Ga.–Today, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced receipt of a $21 million grant from the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance program. CEO Thurmond convened a Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition comprised of
Join Us on March 12 at 1:00pm for the Grand Re-Opening of Friendship Forest Wildlife Sanctuary, 4380 E Ponce de Leon. This event will be Socially Distance and Masked are Required.
The Clarkston Planning & Zoning meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 2-16-2021 starting at 7:00P, has been cancelled. No applications have been submitted for consideration of the Planning & Zoning Committee.
Clarkston Historic Preservation Commission 1-20-2021 CANCELLED The Clarkston Historic Preservation Commission has CANCELLED their meeting scheduled for 2-17-2021.
CITY OF CLARKSTON - City Council/Senior City Staff will hold a virtual (on-line) retreat to discuss/review City operations, capital projects, and the future of the City of Clarkston. Link to Meeting Video The public may view the meeting but will not have the opportunity to speak/dialogue in any of the discussions (no public comment). A copy of the meeting’s agenda is enclosed.
As we enter February and Celebrate Black History Month, we take a moment to recognize and remember a Beautiful Soul that All Residents in Clarkston who knew her can count themselves as truly Blessed, Sister Betty Hasan Amin. We lost Sister Betty in January 2020 and her absence is deeply felt. Undoubtedly she would have provided some well needed wisdom during the past year of the pandemic. Each
The Metro Atlanta Chamber is proud to announce the launch of the second round of the RESTORE ATL Grant. This latest round of grants, totaling $180,000, is furnished through investor donations collected at the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s 2020 Annual Meeting and comes on the heels of the first RESTORE ATL Grant, bringing the total amount raised for the initiative to $360,000. The grant will support