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New development coming to Covington Highway

Developers of the once defunct Panola Slope mixed-use project hope the complex spurs economic development on Covington Highway. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Running from Avondale Estates to near Stonecrest Mall in unincorporated Lithonia, 12-mile Covington Highway is the focus of some new economic development. A month-old RaceTrac gas station is causing traffic jams along Covington Highway as it engages ...

Dead in its tracks: Soap box derby facility on hold

Site preparation on the proposed soap box derby park in Lithonia has been halted by the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners—pending approval by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis. In a 6-0 vote June 12, commissioners passed a resolution requesting Ellis to...

Stone Mountain business group says tax paying off

For a year, some Stone Mountain business owners have been taxing themselves to help curtail crime, blight and empty commercial buildings along Mountain Industrial Boulevard. Businesses owners in the year-old Stone Mountain Community Improvement Distr...

County looking for new animal shelter leader

DeKalb County is looking for someone who has an affinity for animals and the people who love them. A new deputy director of animal control is needed because the current head of the division, Kathy Mooneyham, is retiring at the end of July. The positi...

Avondale sets zoning for annexed property

For more than a decade Joe Gargiulo has been fighting against having his business annexed into the city limits of Avondale Estates. “I’ve got nothing against the city of Avondale Estates,” said Gargiulo, president of Candler Investment Group. ...

Commissioners question work at unapproved derby park

Acres of land in unincorporated Lithonia are being cleared for a project that DeKalb County commissioners have yet to vote on. The Board of Commissioners wants to know what’s going on at the site of a proposed $1 million soap box derby facility. In...

Golden Shuttle for seniors may be parked

Some DeKalb County senior citizens are concerned that a free shuttle service may be ending. Funding is running out for the Golden Shuttle, a free service to people 60 and older who register at Senior Connections. There are three Golden Shuttle buses ...

Belvedere gardeners plant seeds of health

In a community garden on Columbia Drive in south DeKalb County, residents are growing greens, collards, kale, cabbage, strawberries, potatoes, carrots, squash, cucumbers and radish. “Just about most of the vegetables you can buy in the store, someb...

Proposed Lithonia biomass plant seeks permit

It has a new name, but it’s still the proposed gasification plant for Lithonia. Green Energy Partners filed a permit with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in April to construct a 10- to 12-megawatt “biomass fuel electric generating f...

Candidates qualify for July primaries

As candidates were qualifying for the July 31 Democratic and Republican primaries, one state representative announced that she would not run against her friend. “Our districts were combined during redistricting to the dismay of both of us,” said ...