Calling All Volunteers to Beautify Our Community
Oct. 21, 9 – noon. Join Friends of Hairston Park to spruce up the park. Volunteers will be working on the playground, in the native plant garden, on the new kiosk, and on StoryWalk.
889 S. Hairston, Stone Mountain, GA 30088
The entrance is at the intersection of S. Hairston and Mainstreet Park Dr. The park is on S. Hairston between Elam Road and Redan Road.
We deserve nice places in our community, and it takes all of us to keep them nice!
Tree Planting Day Oct. 28, 9 a.m. – noon.
As part of our multi-year effort to beautify S. Hairston, we are planting trees from Adcox Road to Treehills Parkway. We appreciate the gift of more than 50 tress from Trees Atlanta.
Join the fun. You may park at Allstate Insurance Co, 1289 South Hairston Road, Stone Mountain. (Overflow parking is available on Adcox Road). We are gathering in the lot next to the Allstate parking lot.
Trees Atlanta provides the tools. Please wear gloves and bring water. The link below has more details.
We look forward to seeing you.
SPLOST II Is on the Ballot Nov. 7
Take the time to learn what the renewal of the penny local option sales tax means for our community. The first SPLOST has expired, and the County is giving voters the option to renew it. The funds will help pay for 200 jmiles of road resurfacing, public safety faciltities, improving parks, building sidewalks and trails, and investing in libraries.
Details are provided at this link.
DeKalb County Moves Towards 100% Clean Energy
Recently, at the DeKalb New Green Deal Summit sponsored by Commissioner Ted Terry, citizens learned a lot about the efforts to develop a more eco-friendly county. The initiatives include developing clean energy sources, adding alternative transportation options (Sidewalks! Trails! Bike paths!), and offering different sized housing to give consumers more choices.
The County wants your opinions on what a clean energy future should look like. Please take the survey by clicking this link. This survey also has a sign-up to receive additional information about upcoming workshops and community engagement sessions.
A Sigh of Relief
It appears that Rudolf Bradford has finally taken seriously the court order to cease and desist from slaughtering animals on his property at 1636 Rice Road. It took three and one-half years and a two-day stay in DeKalb County Jail before he complied with the court order.
According to the Karen Scott, Assistant DeKalb Solicitor-General, Bradford “has made significant steps in bringing his property into compliance based on the last inspection conducted by the Department of Planning & Sustainability. The slaughtering of animals has ceased and was confirmed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. All animals for slaughter to include chickens, sheep and goats have been removed from the property.”
We received this news a few days before there was to be a probation revocation hearing. Ms. Scott has been an exemplary advocate for the law, and she has been painstaking in her efforts to keep us fully informed over the past three years. We very much appreciate her work.
For the record, Bradford slaughtered 5,510 cows, pigs, goats, and sheep since the cease-and-desist order was issued March 19, 2019. He slaughtered none in August and September. The total slaughtered since the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture began doing inspections is 7,640 animals.
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