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Welcome To DeKalb: 2019 Newcomers Guide by Champion Newspaper
Welcome To DeKalb: 2019 Newcomers Guide by Champion Newspaper
Welcome To DeKalb: 2019 Newcomers Guide by Champion Newspaper
DEKALB
Uniquely
Welcome
to DeKalb County!
On behalf of our citizens, welcome to DeKalb!
It is an honor to serve as DeKalb’s chief executive officer
as well as former superintendent of the DeKalb County
School District.
With 740,000 residents and an emphasis on
collaboration, DeKalb boasts the perfect complement of
diversity and unity. It is home to immigrants from more than
100 countries, speaking more than 100 languages.
DeKalb is synonymous with success. The county is home
to artists, athletes, architects and entrepreneurs; owners of
construction companies and auto dealerships; high-tech
and engineering firms. Blessed with a lush tree canopy and
wide green spaces, DeKalb is also home to some of metro
Atlanta’s most prestigious residential communities, and
you’ll find some of the nation’s most prominent houses of
worship and revered spiritual leaders here as well.
You will find more than a half dozen great educational
institutions, including Emory and Oglethorpe universities.
Our school district is a leader in STEM curricula, and
students can receive tailored education with program
options such as theme, magnet, international baccalaureate
and Montessori.
Many of the region’s leading medical facilities and
hospitals, including Emory and Oglethorpe universities,
Emory Decatur Hospital, the renowned Children’s Hospital
of Atlanta and, of course, the nation’s Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention are found in DeKalb.
And that’s not to mention thousands of acres of parks,
including Stone Mountain Park, Arabia Mountain and many
other natural assets.
It is with a collectively warm heart and open door that we
invite new residents and encourage citizens from throughout
the region, the nation and the world to make DeKalb County
home!
Michael L. Thurmond
CEO of DeKalb County
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Carolyn Glenn
Publisher
John Hewitt
Chief Operating Officer
Kemesha Wadley
Production Manager
Carla Parker
Contributing Writer
Horrace Holloman
Contributing Writer Moving to dekalb educATION IN dekalb
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Welcome
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce is the catalyst that
attracts, supports and advances business and economic
development interests in DeKalb County. The Chamber
to DeKalb County!
strives to be the convener of partnerships and facilitator of
solutions.
On behalf of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce and the FOUR CORE FOCUSES
communities we serve, welcome to DeKalb County! We’re glad
To support the DeKalb Chamber mission, our work is
you’ve chosen to make DeKalb your home.
reflected in our four core focuses:
DeKalb County has a rich history. Our diverse communities– • Education and Workforce Development
growing families, young professionals, business leaders and • Economic Development
those retiring from life careers–make this county one of the best • Public Advocacy
places to call home.
• Member Services
DeKalb is home to world-class bioscience and research
institutions, including the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. We are home to premier healthcare and higher PRIORITY GOALS
learning institutions, including Emory University, Georgia With the support of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
Piedmont College and Emory Decatur Hospital. We are home to
Board of Directors and community partners, we have
the largest dinosaur exhibit and IMAX screens at our Fernbank
Museum of Natural History and we are home to the largest defined our priority goals. These goals will help us make an
farmer’s market in the southeastern region of the country. impact to our members and the business community, and
align our work to advance our mission.
This guide will show you what DeKalb has to offer, and we hope
it will help you feel more at home. Whether you enjoy visiting an
• Increase visibility of DeKalb Chamber’s work in the
antique market, a brew pub, some of Atlanta’s best restaurants
and bars, or a farm-to-table dining experience, looking for stellar community
educational opportunities; or wanting to start a business, DeKalb • Define DeKalb Chamber as the resource portal for
County has something for you. business information and connection
• Advocate for a business-friendly environment in DeKalb
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce is here to help you become
County and the metro Atlanta area
an active and engaged member of our community. When you
prosper, we all prosper. • Create an inviting environment that supports business
expansion and growth of new entrepreneurs
Welcome home! • P rovide access to people, information and opportunities
• Increase workforce opportunities through corporate
partnerships
Katerina Taylor
President & CEO
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
Along with being named after the birthplace of the talent of local artists—formed by the Avondale Arts
William Shakespeare, Avondale Estates gets some of its Alliance, residents and businesses.
uniqueness from its one-of-a-kind Tudor-Revival style Along with unique annual festivals such as Autumn
architecture. Fest and Art-B-Que, the city also has thriving small
The Tudor-Revival style architecture of city hall and businesses, thrift stores, parks and a lake with a lake
other buildings along the main street are like no others in house where activities are held with a picture-perfect view
DeKalb County. The Avondale Estates Historic District is of local scenery.
named on the National Register of Historic Places. Avondale Estates may be small, but it offers several
Avondale Estates also has a hidden gem with its options for dining, coffee and snacks. Rising Son
historic theater in downtown. The Avondale Towne Cinema restaurant features a southern-inspired menu with modern
building, built in 1925, has been used as the city’s town twists, Banjo Cold Brew Coffee serves cold coffee, snacks
hall, a post office, movie theater, music venue and various and other beverages. Good Karma Coffee Shop has gluten-
studios. and dairy-free treats to pair with coffee. Visit the Sweets
The site of the nation’s first Waffle House, which is Boutique of Icing Cake Designs or Southern Sweets
now a museum, is also located in Avondale Estates. Waffle Bakery for a sugar fix.
House was founded in 1955 by Avondale Estates residents The city is home to Avondale Elementary School,
Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner. DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, DeKalb School of
Avondale Estates has a thriving arts district which the Arts and The Museum School of Avondale Estates.
features ArtLot—a temporary city park to showcase
Jonathan Elmore
Mayor, City of Avondale Estates
It’s not hard to tell what makes employment. founded program offering bicycle
Clarkston unique. Clarkston originally bore the education, repair and access on a
Clarkston is home to many nicknames of “Goatsville” and donation basis.
refugees and features a hub of “Angora Heights” because of the large Clarkston’s Community Center
immigrant-owned businesses and concentration of goat farmers in the also offers youth, senior, technology
city-dwellers hailing from Ethiopia, area. Angoras goats, considered to and healthy living programs. Milam
Somalia, Eritrea, Vietnam, Nepal and be of high quality, were prevalent in Park features playground equipment,
other countries across the globe. The Clarkston and allowed to roam freely. a walking trail, a swimming complex,
city has been welcoming to refugees Clarkston’s sole high school, tennis courts, nature preserve and a
and immigrants from more than 50 Clarkston High, has incorporated lake for fishing.
countries for the past 35 years. this history by making the Angora Clarkston’s Friendship Forest Park
In the late 1990s, the United its official mascot. In addition to offers 15.7 acres of wildlife sanctuary
States’ Asylum Program for Refugees Clarkston High School, two DeKalb and walking paths for residents and
identified Clarkston as an ideal place County School District elementary visitors. Forty Oaks Nature Preserve—
for refugee resettlement. The city was schools and one middle school are near Milam Park—offers the same
identified for its trend of relocating located in Clarkston. The city is also amenities, as Friendship Forest Park
homegrown residents, inexpensive home to Georgia Piedmont Technical plus a community garden.
housing options and access to public College, Georgia State University’s According to Clarkston officials,
transportation. Clarkston Campus and Atlanta Area 75 percent of the city’s population
Clarkston was founded in 1882 as School for the Deaf. is under the age of 40. Residents
a railway stop between Athens and Clarkston is along the PATH speaks more than 50 languages and
the Eastern Seaboard. It eventually Foundation’s Stone Mountain linking about 40 percent are foreign born.
grew to be one of Atlanta’s first Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park Approximately 85 percent of Clarkston
suburban communities, with residents to Stone Mountain Park. The city is businesses are immigrant-owned.
often commuting to the big city for home to Communicycle, a community-
Welcome to Doraville
The city of Doraville declared itself no the diversity of the area with 43 percent
more a “pass-through point” in 2018. Hispanic, 28 percent White, 14 percent Centrally located and
In the past year, the city has taken Black, 11 percent Asian, 2 percent Native personifying DeKalb County’s
several steps to broaden its appeal and be American and 20 percent who identify as uniqueness, Doraville is a thriving
more attractive and welcoming to visitors “other.” City officials estimate 56 percent international community, with cozy
and residents. of residents speak a language other than forested historic and contemporary
The city’s council moved to allow English as a first language. neighborhoods.
alcohol to be served at special events, Doraville is convenient for travel on Not just labels, Doraville is a
bringing more business to the city. I-85, I-285, Buford Highway, Peachtree City of Ethics and a Tree City which
gives you a peek into our community
The council also approved for pubs Industrial Boulevard and Shallowford values.
and breweries to be established in the Road, making it an easily connectable A community that embraces
city, further diversifying businesses in community to Atlanta, Lenox Mall, progress and encourages originality,
Doraville. Perimeter Mall and the rest of DeKalb Doraville is a welcoming “city
The city also made an effort to County. that connects.” Recognized for
be more inclusive by partnering with Doraville is also cashing in on embracing diversity and promoting
Welcoming America, a nonprofit and non- Atlanta’s recent film boom with inclusion, the city also has excellent
partisan organization that describes itself Assembly’s first tenant, Third Rail Studios. international culinary experiences
as providing the roadmap and support The studio boasts 140,000 square-feet of (more than 100 internationally-
known ethnic restaurants) and a
needed to become more welcoming land and three sound stages. notable multi-modal transportation
toward immigrants and all residents. Doraville offers residents and visitors network, Doraville is a vibrant
Doraville also adopted a citywide several parks, including Autumn Park, residential and commercial hub.
nondiscrimination business ordinance Brooks Park, Chicopee Park, English Oak As Doraville’s mayor, I invite you
that would allow an individual to file a Park, Bernard Halpern Park and Flowers to come be part of our city, a place to
legally enforceable complaint against Park, all offering such amenities as open stay for a lifetime.
a business for blatant discriminatory play areas, picnic areas, and playgrounds.
offenses. Doraville is served by DeKalb
Historic neighborhoods, city parks, County School District’s Henderson
international businesses and independent Mill, Evansdale, Pleasantdale, Oakcliff,
businesses are just a few of the many Hightower and Cary Reynolds elementary
attributes offered by the city of Doraville. schools as well as Sequoyah Middle
Part of the Buford Highway School, Chamblee Charter High School
Corridor, Doraville boasts more than and Cross Keys High School, and currently
100 independently owned international under construction, a new Cross Keys
restaurants. Diners can experience Elementary School.
cuisines of Vietnam, Korea, Mexico, Tapestry Charter Middle School,
Colombia, Cambodia, the South, China, Atlanta Jewish Academy, Sophia Academy
Japan and more along the city’s main and Northwoods Montessori School are Donna Pittman
Mayor, City of Doraville
thoroughfare. also located in Doraville.
Doraville’s demographics reflect
The 10-year anniversary of calling the city home. American Intercontinental University’s
Dunwoody becoming a city of Dunwoody is known for a Dunwoody campus.
DeKalb County was marked in rich history dating back to the Dunwoody is a member of the
Uniquely
2018. early 1800s. The city is named Perimeter Business Alliance, the
Following unprecedented after Major Charles Dunwody, a Perimeter Community Improvement
growth spurred by neighboring businessman-turned-Confederate Districts and the Atlanta Regional
areas of Atlanta and a three-year, Army official. It is believed the Commission—organizations dedicated
citizen-led movement, Dunwoody extra “o” currently used in the to the betterment of the region.
was officially incorporated as a spelling of the city’s name was
DeKalb County city in December added due to the region’s dense
2008. The city has 48,733 forestry.
residents, according to the 2015 The city is home to Ebenezer
census. Primitive Baptist Church, founded
On behalf of the City of Dunwoody and its
Today, Dunwoody is an in 1829, one of the oldest and most
citizens, I welcome you to our beautiful city!
engaged community with an historic buildings in the metro December 1, 2018 marks the 10th Anniversary
active hospitality center situated Atlanta area. The church, located of Dunwoody becoming a city. Since the city’s
at the top end of DeKalb County. at Roberts Drive and Spalding incorporation we’ve witnessed tremendous growth
Bordering Fulton and Gwinnett Drive, is still active. and success. The city is home to notable parks and
counties, the city stands as Dunwoody is also home to recreation locations, plays host to a wide range of
Atlanta’s northern crossroads due Donaldson-Bannister Farm, a premier events, an abundance of dining options and
to its proximity to I-285 and GA- house built in the 1870s following encompasses the area’s top shopping and retail
400. the end of the Civil War. The house destinations. Most of all, the citizens that live, work
and play in Dunwoody are fantastic and friendly!
Residents of Dunwoody can is used for public and private
Dunwoody is home to Brook Run Park; at 102
enjoy the city’s vast number of events such as weddings and acres it is one of the largest parks in the region.
parks, community involvement, family reunions. Currently Brook Run Park is undergoing updates
access to Atlanta, urban amenities Dunwoody is known for which will provide citizens and visitors with
in a suburban setting and career its schools, parks and retail upgrades for future events, concerts, recreational
opportunities, according to city options. Dunwoody is home to activities, sporting events and programming. The
officials. Dunwoody is dedicated to the Dunwoody Nature Center, City of Dunwoody also encompasses the Perimeter
the improvement of transportation the Stage Door Players theater Area which includes Perimeter Mall and the
and transit initiatives to help company, Perimeter Mall, the Dunwoody MARTA Station. Today we are able to
boast as a premier destination, seen as one of the
ensure the area’s employees, Marcus Jewish Community Center
Southeast’s strongest and most dynamic locations
residents and visitors have Atlanta, Spruill Center for the Arts for business and economic development.
convenient options for moving to and Dunwoody Preservation Trust Our citizens have a great deal of pride in their
and through the city. Greenspace, all of which provide amenities, city, from our friendly neighborhoods to our thriving
multi-use trails, playgrounds, park events, shows and classes. business community and we welcome all who come
facilities and other community Education and workforce to live and visit!
assets provide improved lifestyle development are an integral part
opportunities and health benefits. of the city’s lifeblood, according to
The city is rapidly becoming city officials. The city boasts top
one of metro Atlanta’s leaders in educational opportunities from
commerce and transportation. five DeKalb County School District
Dunwoody is recognized as one elementary schools, one middle
of Atlanta’s business districts, school and one high school as
with such companies as Cox well as Georgia State University’s
Media Group, State Farm, Macy’s, Dunwoody campus, Troy Denis Shortal
Mayor, City of Dunwoody
T-Mobile and Six Continents Hotels University’s Atlanta campus and
Spanning 0.2 square miles, Pine Lake is volunteerism. The city is self-described as City of Pine Lake
DeKalb County’s smallest city. a safe space for the LGBTQ community and
As the smallest city in
The city sports a lake, is located within other “straight-but-not-narrow” people. DeKalb County, Pine Lake is
a forest and has a population of fewer than Pine Lake is home to many artists “micropolitan.” It’s a place
800; it’s easy to see why people migrate to who show their artwork publicly via yard where every effort, idea
and stay in the city of Pine Lake. art, quirky fence decoration and in-home and individual involvement
Once considered a weekend retreat studios. The city’s lake house offers quickly becomes part of the
for residents from the greater Atlanta area classes on subjects such as environment, natural flow of civic life.
to escape the “big city,” Pine Lake was sculpture and creative dramatics during the Pine Lake is proud of
established in 1937. Lots in Pine Lake summer. our water and trees and
originally sold for as low as $69. Pine Lake’s LakeFest is known for the small homes that don’t
compete with the natural
Weekenders eventually began calling its showcase of local talent, outdoor environment. It is the
Pine Lake their permanent home and began concerts and local cuisine. The festival beach and the park and the
convincing their friends to move there as also includes live music, a sand sculpture wetlands that become our
well. Today, approximately 700 people call contest, a citywide dance, a sidewalk chalk real living rooms. What many
Pine Lake their primary residence. art contest and Floatzilla, a lake parade of love about Pine Lake is the
Pine Lake is named after its central floating floats. swimming and singing and
feature, a lake made from a widened portion The city is also home to several 6-foot the dancing that happens on
of Snapfinger Creek, which runs through the by 10-foot community gardens plots, each city streets.
city. The city was originally part of a DeKalb owned by Pine Lake but available for rent Pine Lake is where the
stranger becomes a neighbor
County farm and the valley where the city for $20. and the neighbor becomes
sits was once cornfields. The Pine Lake Lounge, also known as a friend.
Today, the lake is known as the city’s the Pine Lake Lakehouse, showcases jazz,
meeting place and center of activities. In blues, songwriters, solo acts and poetry Welcome home
2014, the lake served as a “living lab” for readings the second Saturday of every
students taking a permaculture certification month.
course in which they researched, explored Pine Lake is located between Clarkston
and offered solutions to several of the city’s and Stone Mountain along Rockbridge
environmental concerns. Road to the south and Ridge Drive to the
In 2017, Pine Lake began examining north.
nearby properties for annexation. City Schools in Pine Lake include DeKalb
officials have held several meetings County School District’s Rockbridge
discussing annexation but none have yet Elementary School, Stone Mountain
come to fruition. Middle School and Stone Mountain High
The city is known by many for its School. Many families also choose to use
laidback atmosphere, consideration of the International Community School, a public
environment, community involvement and charter school local to the area.
Melanie Hammet
Mayor, City of Pine Lake
Stone Mountain Park gets a lot of rock’s surface. house, built by his father in 1917,
attention because of its size, its history The Davidson family owned Arabia to house collections from, and tell
and the activities and attractions it Mountain during the 20th century, stories of the Flat Rock community.
provides. and by the 1960s, Davidson Granite Flat Rock Archives President Johnny
But DeKalb County has another Enterprises was the largest producer Waits, who is a descendant of one
mountain that has deep history and of granite in the world. In the 1970s, of DeKalb County’s oldest families,
can be explored by tourists, and it’s the Davidson family donated more guides visitors through the history
located in Stonecrest. Arabia Mountain, than 500 acres of Arabia Mountain and of the traditionally African-American
a granite monadnock, is the feature surrounding lands to DeKalb County community and offers tours of the
attraction of the Arabia Mountain as a nature preserve for residents to Lyons Farm and a slave cemetery.
National Heritage Area. enjoy. Since then, the park has been The city’s namesake comes from
The Arabia Mountain monadnock, expanded several times and now The Mall at Stonecrest, a two-level
or an isolated and exposed rock includes 2,550 acres, several granite shopping complex located in the heart
outcropping, is one of the few in outcrops and two lakes. of the city. The mall is surrounded by
Georgia. Other nearby monadnocks The Davidson-Arabia Mountain a community that features homes, a
include Stone Mountain and Panola Nature Preserve includes large movie theater, hotels and restaurants.
Mountain. The unique topography formations of exposed granite, There are nine schools in the city,
and geology of a monadnock allows wetlands, pine and oak forests, multiple including Arabia Mountain High School,
for unusual plant and animal species streams and two lakes. Stonecrest is which is one of the top schools in the
to thrive. Arabia Mountain has five also home to the Flat Rock Archives. area and provides students with an
species that are listed as both state The Flat Rock Archives is another environmental, energy and engineering
and federally endangered, including the unique feature of Stonecrest. It is magnet program for grades nine
bright-red diamorpha plant that lives in housed in the ancestral home of through 12.
small pools of water that form on the Rev. T.A. Bryant Jr. He donated the
There are many unique aspects Stone Mountain was incorporated buried in Stone Mountain Cemetery.
about the city of Stone Mountain. into the newly formed DeKalb County The cemetery was established in
From Stone Mountain Park to in 1822. A post office was created in 1850 and is also the final resting
Stone Mountain Village, visitors can 1834, a hotel was built in 1836 and place for the village’s settlers, granite
see and experience the uniqueness of an observation tower was built at the cutters, farmers and townspeople.
the city. Before tourists visit the park, summit of the mountain. The cemetery is complemented by its
they often visit the Stone Mountain By 1839, a general store granite entry piers, carved headstones
Depot Welcome Center and Village was added, and the village was and mausoleums. The historic
Museum. The center is located on established under the name New landmark draws visitors interested
Main Street in the old Train Depot. Gibraltar. The name was officially in family and local history as well as
The Train Depot has an extensive changed to Stone Mountain by the passersby attracted by its unique
history in Stone Mountain. The south Georgia Legislature in 1847. features and walkability.
side of the train depot was built During the Civil War, Stone Another attraction in the city is
in 1857 after the Georgia Railroad Mountain Village was destroyed by ART Station, a contemporary arts
Company completed the line from troops under the command of General center housing a small theater, five art
Madison to Atlanta. The north side James Birdseye McPherson on July galleries, a gift shop, rehearsal space,
was built in 1914 as a passenger 19, 1864. On Nov. 16, 1864, General dance and music studios, ceramics
office and waiting room. In the early William Sherman’s Union troops studio, box-office, production and
1960s, the train depot served as the destroyed the railroad tracks to the administrative space.
city hall and city jail. It remained north of the mountain during the Stone Mountain features many
in use until 2012 when the new March to the Sea. small businesses, biking trails
municipal building was completed. The railroad track is the oldest and local parks for residents and
The Train Depot is a landmark in structure that was burned by visitors. The city is also home to
Stone Mountain Village, which was Sherman during the Civil War that is Stone Mountain Elementary School,
established in the early 1800s. The still in use today. Champion Middle School and Georgia
area that now makes up the city of Many Civil War veterans are Military College.
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Decatur, GA 30034 P. O. Box 361573
678-418-3514 Decatur, GA 30036 Decatur Atlanta Printing
470-222-3410 www.decaturatlantaprinting.com
DeKalb Municipal Association 205 Swanton Way, Units A&B
www.gmanet.com Lighthouse Family Retreat Decatur, GA 30030
509 N. McDonough Street www.lighthousefamilyretreat.org 404-378-4231
Decatur, GA 30030 4470 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Suite 200
678-686-6287 Atlanta, GA 30338 PrePrint
404-583-9173 www.preprint.net
Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia 1937 Briarwood Court NE
www.laccgeorgia.org New American Pathways Atlanta, GA 30309
4120 Presidential Parkway, Suite 100 www.newamericanpathways.org 404-636-3586
Atlanta, GA 30340 2300 Henderson Mill Road NE, Suite 100
770-441-7581 Atlanta, GA 30345
404-299-6099 REAL ESTATE
DeKalb Kids Project, Inc.
www.dekalbkidsproject.org Partnership For Community Action, Inc. Coldwell Banker Commercial/Metro Brokers
PO Box 252 www.pcaction.org www.cbcmetrobrokers.com
Stone Mountain, GA 30088 815 Park North Boulevard 2217 Crescent Walk
404-793-2713 Clarkston, GA 30021 Conyers, GA 30094
404-929-2500 443-299-2078
Eckerd Connects/Paxen
www.eckerd.org StandUp for Kids Halpern Enterprises
240 Candler Road www.standupforkids.org www.halpernent.com
Decatur, GA 30317 200 Nelson Ferry Road Suite B, 5200 Roswell Road NE
470-553-0267 Decatur, GA 30030 Atlanta, GA 30342
770-362-3099 770-508-3312
Frazer Center
www.frazercenter.org The Task Force for Global Health HausZwei House
1815 S. Ponce de Leon Avenue NE www.taskforce.org www.HausZweiHomes.com
Atlanta, GA 30307 325 Swanton Way 1270 Caroline Street, D120-414
404-377-3836 Decatur, GA 30030 Atlanta, GA 30307
404-371-0466 404-299-7100
Goodwill of North Georgia, Inc
www.goodwillng.org The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater M & P Shopping Centers
2201 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite 300 Atlanta www.mpshoppingcenters.com
Decatur, GA 30033 www.salvationarmyatlanta.org 5025 M Winters Chapel Road,
404-420-9900 1000 Center Place Atlanta, GA 30360
Norcross, GA 30093 770-698-0403
Habitat for Humanity - DeKalb 404-486-2962
www.dekalbhabitat.org T. Dallas Smith & Company, Commercial Real
2380 4th Street The Sisterhood Projects, Inc. Estate Brokers
Tucker, GA 30084 www.thesisterhoodprojectsfoundation.org www.tdallassmith.com
770-270-6817 5361 Rock Springs Road 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite No. 2350
Lithonia, GA 30038 Atlanta, GA 30303
ICare, Inc (The Church at Decatur Heights) 404-368-1753 404-525-8212
www.icareseniors.org
735 Sycamore Drive The Sisterhood Projects, Inc. The HomeTeam @Keller Knapp Realty
Decatur, GA 30030 www.thesisterhoodprojectsfoundation.org www.hometeamatl.com
404-377-2273 5361 Rock Springs Road 1027 Monroe Drive
Lithonia, GA 30038 Atlanta, GA 30306
Jewish Family and Career Services 404-368-1753 404-218-6319
www.jfcsatl.org
4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30338
770-677-9300
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