DeKalb Community Academy

"Be the change you wish to see in your community."

ABOUT THE DEKALB COMMUNITY ACADEMY

The DeKalb Community Academy is an initiative aimed at empowering communities and fostering partnerships through education on policy, zoning, land-use, and other planning-related matters. Our goal is to advance the vision of a livable, equitable, sustainable, beautiful, and prosperous DeKalb County. The Academy will eventually serve 18 neighborhood districts in total through a series of trainings and educational resources.

TRAINING INITIATIVES

COMMUNITY 101

The “Community 101” program is a newly launched training under the DeKalb Community Academy and is designed to provide tailored training to residents in unincorporated DeKalb, equipping them with essential knowledge about the services offered by the DeKalb County Planning & Sustainability Department.

Specifically, this training will cover the main services offered under the Long Range Planning and Current Planning divisions. Areas of topics include but are not limited to:

What is Planning?
Understanding the 2050 Unified Plan (Comprehensive Plan)
Land Use, Activity Centers, and Amendment Processes
Transportation
Sustainability

Additional trainings will be offered on a customized basis according to the specific needs of each neighborhood district. Educational resources from each session will be available on this site as they are released.

If interested in future training opportunities, please subscribe to this project page using the toolbar on your right or sign up for the Engage DeKalb website to receive all Planning & Sustainability department project announcements.

Our first customized training session for the McNair community was held on July 18th. A special thank you to our McNair Steering Committee, led by local McNair community leaders, for their guidance and support. For more information on this event, please check out the News Feed section below.

Resources for the McNair Community 101 event will be posted soon.

WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT DO I LIVE IN?

The map below displays all 18 neighborhood districts in both incorporated and unincorporated areas of DeKalb County. Locate your neighborhood by searching your address using the address locator below.