Author: On Common Ground News

DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond plans to roll up his sleeves and help clean up DeKalb. Literally. Thurmond will kick off the Operation Clean Sweep blight reduction initiative on Saturday, March 11, 8 a.m., at Wade Walker Park, 5585 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain. The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners approved the county’s 2017 operating budget of $1.3 billion, which funds Thurmond’s top priorities of addressing the county’s water billing crisis, employment and blight. The board approved $2.6 million for Operation Clean Sweep, a year-round initiative to target blight, litter, illegal dumping and cleaning up debris in county storm drains, streets,…

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