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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR DEKALB COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 100 YEARS?

MICHAEL L. THURMOND FRANKIE L. ATWATER, SR.
CEO DeKalb County President & CEO DeKalb Chamber
I feel a sense of overwhelming pride to be a resident of My hope for DeKalb County is that in 100 years we are
DeKalb County. My hope is that we are going to take the the epitome of prowess, unification, and growth. That we
uniqueness of who we are and mold it into a celebration exemplify what economic prosperity means for DeKalb

of the past but also a rededication of the expansion of hope County our businesses community and citizens.
and opportunity.

LORRAINE COCHRAN-JOHNSON
Commissioner Super District 7
My hope for DeKalb during the next 100 years is visionary
leadership and unprecedented, strategic growth from North
to South DeKalb. I expect a complete revitalization of South

and Central DeKalb that is the renaissance of Candler Road
and Memorial Drive, and the development of conscious
communities that shape The New DeKalb.

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