Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Dunwoody's Judi Carlson, a 14-year volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse, won $20,000 as the inaugural national Neighbor of the Year from Neighbors Bank and plans to put the prize money back into the food ministry.
Community
Dunwoody's Judi Carlson, a 14-year volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse, won $20,000 as the inaugural national Neighbor of the Year from Neighbors Bank and plans to put the prize money back into the food ministry.
Dunwoody's Judi Carlson, a 14-year volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse, won $20,000 as the inaugural national Neighbor of the Year from Neighbors Bank and plans to put the prize money back into the food ministry.
Community
The City of Dunwoody's inaugural Ride & Seek bike tour of public art installations on Saturday, Oct. 10 has already reached capacity, but a waitlist is open for the free, 2.6-mile family ride through three city parks.
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Dunwoody's Judi Jackson is leading an October cereal drive for Malachi's Storehouse and the Community Assistance Center, aiming to surpass 30 boxes in a challenge from the Maggie Lee for Good nonprofit.
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The Community Assistance Center raised $500,000 at its Sept. 19 gala at The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, funding housing stability, food access and workforce development for families in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Doraville.
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A free hazardous waste drive hosted by Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville and nonprofit Live Thrive on Aug. 22 at Plaza Fiesta served 308 cars and diverted 41,226 pounds of paint, electronics and other hard-to-dispose items from landfills.
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CHaRM DeKalb launches a vape recycling pilot on Thursday, Oct. 1, and is already accepting donated medical equipment through a new partnership with FODAC, giving Dunwoody and Brookhaven residents two new ways to keep hard-to-dispose-of items out of landfills.
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The Brookhaven Farmers Market was named one of Georgia's 10 best by takingthekids.com, with six Saturdays left in its 16th season at Fernwood Circle.
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Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley will appear on a public panel at the Historic Brookhaven Neighborhood Association's fall meeting on Oct. 15, alongside APD Zone 2 Commander Major Benjamin Vayens and Atlanta City Councilman Thomas Worthy, after months of documented misuse of the company's license plate reader cameras in Dunwoody and DeKalb County.
Community
Malachi's Storehouse director Judi Carlson, nominated by Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch, is a top-10 finalist for Neighbors Bank's $20,000 Neighbor of the Year prize, with public voting open through Monday, Sept. 21.
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Brookhaven's fourth annual International Festival moves to Brookhaven Park on Oct. 17-18 with headliners Olly Sholotan, Cumbiatron and K-pop group DROP, plus a USATF-certified 5K on the Peachtree Creek Greenway that can qualify runners for the Peachtree Road Race.
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A 12-foot bumblebee sculpture by Dunwoody artist Huelani Mei now stands at Windwood Hollow Park, the latest addition to the city's growing public art collection and a companion to the park's pollinator garden.
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Pontoon Brewing's third annual Oysterfest opens Saturday, Sept. 12, with free entry, fresh coastal oysters and live music, followed Sunday, Sept. 13, by Create Dunwoody's sixth annual Latino/Hispanic Cultural Celebration at Ashford Lane Lawn.
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LifeLine Animal Project's "Meant to Meet" initiative let three shelter dogs choose their adopters at the overcrowded DeKalb County facility on Aug. 30, and a free Super Adopt-A-Thon with 125 dogs is set for Sept. 26 in Alpharetta.
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