The Stonecrest City Alliance reports that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill allowing for a referendum on whether to create a new city in DeKalb County. Stonecrest would have a population of about 50,000 ...
Two proposed south DeKalb County cities – Stonecrest and Greenhaven – are under consideration as the current Legislative session winds down. Stonecrest, which would have a population of about 50,000 people, has passed the House ...
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the proposed city of Stonecrest passed a key legislative hurdle on Wednesday, making it out of the House Governmental Affairs Committee. Its next step may be a vote by ...
Supporters of creating a new south DeKalb County city of Greenhaven will meet on Sept. 23 at an event hosted by state Rep. Rahn Mayo, D-Decatur. The forum will take place at the Community Achievement Center ...
This story has been updated. DeKalb Strong, a group formed in response to the process of creating new cities in DeKalb County, will become the public face of the opposition to the proposed cities of ...
I’ve attended the birth of one city. Back in 2012, I was working at Reporter Newspapers when Brookhaven came into this world flailing its grabby hands in the direction of some choice commercial property that ...
Together in Atlanta didn’t get anywhere with its proposal to annex Druid Hills into Atlanta, but the organizers say they’ll be back. Ditto for the proposed cities of Greenhaven and Stonecrest. While the proposed cities ...
The Stonecrest City Alliance said despite reports a bill for the city of Stonecrest was dead, the measure is still moving forward. The state Senate approved SB 208 on Tuesday in a 45-1 vote. In ...
This story has been updated. A copy of legal ads provided by the DeKalb Champion newspaper shows that annexation bills for Avondale Estates and Decatur, as well as a Greenhaven cityhood bill, could soon be ...
Stonecrest has become the third proposed DeKalb County city to be introduced in the General Assembly this week. State Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler, D-Lithonia, sponsored the Stonecrest cityhood bill a day after the introduction of bills for Tucker ...