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The Atlanta Business League (ABL) honored six CEOs at its annual CEO Appreciation Luncheon, which was held on May 16 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Dan T. Cathy, chairman and CEO of Chick-fil-A, Inc., was named CEO of the Year. Gregory B. Levett, Sr., founder and CEO of Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home Inc., was named Entrepreneur of the Year. Honored with the Visions of Excellence award were Dr. Joyce J. Dorsey, president and CEO of the Fulton/Atlanta Community Action Authority, and Grace Fricks, president and CEO of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc. Dana L. Lemon, state…

DeKalb Medical has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. In addition, DeKalb Medical Hillandale received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. “The recognition from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The…

May 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 No BOC Meeting 8 9 10 11 12 10:00 a.m. BOC Work Session/Voting Session 15 16 17 18 19 7:00 p.m. BOC Work Session 22 23 24 25 26 9:00 a.m. Zoning Public Hearing 10:00 a.m. BOC Voting Session 29 30 31 HOLIDAY No Meeting June 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10:00…

The Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Department’s Citizens Advisory Board meeting will be held Tuesday, May 23, at 6 p.m., at the Exchange Recreation Center, located at 2771 Columbia Drive, Decatur.

Stonecrest City Council work sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, May 24 and May 31, at 6 p.m., at Stonecrest Library, 3123 Klondike Road, Lithonia. Council member Jazzmin Cobble is planning a community meeting for May 25. More information will be provided when a location is determined. Council member Rob Turner, District 2, will host a “Listen and Learn” community meeting on June 1, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538 Panola Road, Lithonia. The next City Council meeting will be held on Monday, June 5, 10 a.m. at Stonecrest Library, 3123 Klondike Road,…

The Stonecrest City Council has hired a firm to temporarily handle city personnel and another company to help secure a site for City Hall as the new municipality takes shape. Mayor Jason Lary said the city should realize some revenues at the end of August that will come from franchise fees for various entities thanks to pre-work that was done by the Stonecrest City Alliance Vice Chair Plez Joyner. Lary said property tax revenues are expected for the first quarter in 2018. “In the interim, I am interviewing organizations that can handle Tax Anticipation Notes (TAN),” said Lary. Lary said…

Fairfield Baptist Church will celebrate its 132 anniversary on invites the public to attend commemorative services in honor of the church’s 132nd anniversary. The community is invited to help celebrate the milestone on Sunday, May 21, 7:30 and 10:45 a.m. worship services, which will be held at 6133 Redan Road, Lithonia. Fairfield Baptist Church was founded in 1885 and is a pillar of the Redan community. This year’s celebration, entitled “ Thanking God for the Past and Growing Stronger in the Future,” will be led by the church’s pastor, the Rev. Micheal Benton. The celebration will continue Monday through Wednesday,…

“Crime Watch Daily” with host Chris Hansen, a nationally-syndicated crime show, will take a behind-the-scenes- look at DeKalb County Police Departments Vice Unit as the unit executes prostitution stings. Hansen went along with the Vice Unit as it arrested pimps, johns and prostitutes during a two-day undercover operation. The segment airing Wednesday, May 17, on Peachtree TV, 10 a.m., shines a spotlight on the sex trafficking problem in the U.S.

The Atlanta Hawks Foundation will unveil state-of-the-art public basketball courts at DeKalb County’s N.H. Scott Recreation Center on Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m., marking the foundation’s second DeKalb location and the ninth Metropolitan Atlanta site to receive Hawks-themed courts since 2015. The Hawks will celebrate the opening of the courts with a youth basketball showcase featuring participants from the DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs. “With this new court, we’re thrilled to partner with DeKalb County in building another sustainable civic asset for Atlanta’s east side,” said David Lee, Executive Director, Atlanta Hawks Foundation and EVP, Hawks…