These links refer to development, changes, and attractions in various parts of DeKalb County that I think are interesting.
Table of contents
Political links
DeKalb County schools
Transportation planning links
Arabia Mountain
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport
Emory, Druid Hills, Clifton Road area
International area along Buford Highway
Linbergh MARTA station development
Mall at Turner Hill Road off I-20
Northlake
Perimeter Mall
Soapstone Ridge historic district
South DeKalb
South DeKalb to Lindbergh mass transit
Stone Mountain
Project Vote Smart lets you look up information about your elected state and federal representatives.
If you are interested in DeKalb County Commission District boundaries, see maps elsewhere on this website.
Leadership DeKalb has a goal, "To create an informed network of community leaders".
Political parties (alphabetically)
The Democratic Party of Georgia"
Some schools have their own websites. School links can be found off of the Board of Education website.
A web site about Decatur City schools includes comments about Parent Councils in DeKalb County centered around different high school districts.
The Fernbank Science Center is supported by funds from the DeKalb County Board of Education. It is a great place to take your children.
An index of Georgia Transit Web Sites.
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Arabia Mountain is a nature area in southeast DeKalb. The Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance has a web site describing plans for the area.
DeKalb-Peachtree airport (also referred to as Peachtree-DeKalb or PDK) is a general aviation airport in the northern part of the county inside of I-285
The airport is administered as a department of the county government, however, the activity of aircraft are under the control of the federal government. There is an airport advisory board made up of citizen appointees which reviews changes at the airport. You can call the airport for more information. The airport is listed in the blue pages of the phone book under DeKalb County.
A 1997 airport issue has been the approval of a Part 150 noise
abatement study. The name Part 150 comes from the section of
the Federal law that regulates how airport noise studies are
conducted. Part 150 allows for property purchases,
subsidies for noise insulation in homes, and changes in flight paths,
all to reduce the impact of noise near an airport.
Here is a map of noise levels
240k near the airport
and an excerpt
from an FAA document about aviation noise.
A citizens group that monitors the airport and maintains a complete web site devoted to airport issues is PDK Watch.
Official web site of DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.
DeKalb citizen, Robert Butera, has posted a map showing the sound measuring equipment locations and results for 2001 relative to the noise contour map that the airport provided.
The FAA rigorously defends the principle that all planes are treated equally, whether noisy or quiet, large or small. It seems reasonable that if the ACOD is passed at PDK, then the FAA will someday insist that Hartsfield Airport should have the same control as PDK Airport in DeKalb. Here is a map of Hartsfield Airport Noise Contours in DeKalb County.
Visit the PDK Watch web site for more information.
Visit the FAA Compatible Land Use Planning web site for background information from the FAA.
The boundaries of the airport noise contours have grown since they were presented to the public in 1996. The proposed area now covers twice the area it did 5 years ago as shown in the map on this web site. Note that these are noise zone maps, not airport overlay maps.
Links for information on similar proposals at other airports around the country and background information.
From a California web site is a discussion of FAA Guidelines on Zoning in and Around Airports. including Airport Noise Law links.
Cornell University posts a copy of the federal regulations, including the section detailing actions required by airports that accept federal funds.
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program, DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, May 1997
a list of Federal Aviation Regulations
North Kentucky University, Airport Noise Study
Olmsted Falls Airport Committee near Cleveland Airport
Druid Hills is the first neighborhood in DeKalb County to be designated an Historic District. (see map)
Clifton Corridor Transportation Management Association is an organization of employers in the Clifton Corridor to provide transportation alternatives.
The Clifton Community Partnership is an initiative started by Emory to provide a framework for local residents, employers, employees, businesses and local governments to work together to foster a healthy living-learning-working environment and to improve the quality of life throughout the Clifton community
A proposed commuter train from Athens to Atlanta would pass near Emory and the Clifton area. The Atlanta Brain Train Group is lobbying for this train route
The area along Buford Highway between North Druid Hills Road and I-285 has the largest proportion of residents born outside of the U.S. of any area in Georgia. This has lead to economic development and a diverse range of businesses in the area.
The City of Chamblee has created a special zoning district for the International Village .
The Atlanta Chinatown mall is located near the international village.
The south side of DeKalb County has lacked a major mall to provide convenient shopping services. At the Turner Hill Road exit off of I-20 there has been a property prepared as a shopping mall site since the mid-1980s. Stonecrest Mall finally opened in the fall of 2001.
The web site for Stonecrest Mall.
Visit the Northlake Community Alliance web page for information about the area.
The Perimeter Community Improvement District (PCID) details actions taken to improve the Perimeter Mall area.
The Community Policing Exchange has a page from November 1996 on cooperation between police organizations around Perimeter Mall.
Soapstone Ridge is an archealogical site in the southern part of DeKalb
County
where native americans shaped soapstone (a soft type of stone) into bowls
and tools.
Part of the area has been identified as a local historic district.
South DeKalb is a fast growing part of the county. New subdivisions and new businesses are springing up all the time. There are a number of pages that refer to the region.
Here is Crossroadsnews.com
Here is Mr. Kenyada's Neighborhood
The South DeKalb Business Association
The South River is a major feature of South DeKalb. For more information, visit the South River Watershed Alliance web page.
MARTA, the Atlanta area transit authority, has begun a review of transit options between South DeKalb and the Lindbergh subway station.
Here is a government page mentioning the initial study funding.
Stone Mountain is a solid granite outcropping visible from all of east DeKalb County. There is a park on the site as well as a city of Stone Mountain.
Pride Rings in Stone Mountain PRISM is a grass roots organization of volunteers within the Greater Stone Mountain Community.
Stone Mountain Park provides information on activities at the park.
Stone Mountain Village web site.