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to access resources for funding and rail services throughout Metro Atlanta,
and growth. connecting millions of people with daily
• Business Resources 101 is designed to destinations. We are minutes from the
provide entrepreneurs and small world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson
business owners with direct access to Atlanta International, and the state’s second
essential business support services. busiest, Peachtree DeKalb Airport.
• DeKalb Black Business Guide is a DeKalb County The DeKalb Special Purpose Local
comprehensive guide that celebrates has 18,000 registered Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) has put
and spotlights the vibrant spectrum of businesses – one of Georgia’s nearly $400 million into roads and city
Black-owned businesses throughout fastest-growing job markets. infrastructure since 2017.
DeKalb County.
• DeKalb Redevelopment: - Brownfield Projects are abandoned QUALITY OF LIFE
- Modernized Tax Allocation Districts, or idled properties that may be DeKalb County has the highest-quality
or TAD Guidelines: Decide DeKalb hindered from redevelopment due level of government services at the lowest
has updated and applied for all five tax rate for counties of comparable size.
of DeKalb’s TADs. These are guidelines to the potential or actual presence With DeKalb’s ample housing, healthcare,
for revitalizing blighted or under- of environmental contamination.
utilized sites and declining Think: factories, dry cleaners, or education, and recreational opportunities,
this isn’t just a great place to innovate,
commercial corridors. gas stations. With vision, funding, and
- Housing Opportunity Bond Program repurpose, these sites can be improved it’s also a great place to live and find
partners with DeKalb County to for neighborhood health and aesthetics your passions.
create gap financing for affordable and support a new business entity.
workforce housing by offering For more information about DeKalb
low-interest loans to developers COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE County and business relocation
with plans to acquire, construct, Almost half of the people who live in opportunities, contact:
and renovate housing that serves a DeKalb work in DeKalb. Our infrastructure Decide DeKalb Development Authority (Decatur)
range of incomes. makes the difference! MARTA provides bus 404-687-2730 | decidedekalb.com

The Welcome Mat is Out

Discover DeKalb Convention & Visitors Bureau promotes DeKalb for Travel, Events and Meetings

A s the official destination
marketing organization for the
cities of Chamblee, Tucker,
Stonecrest, City of Stone Mountain
and unincorporated DeKalb County,
Discover DeKalb is charged with
promoting our county as a premier
destination for leisure travel, meetings,
group tours, sports events, and family
reunions, thereby boosting the local
economy through tourism.
Discover DeKalb actively promotes
a variety of events throughout the year,
including events leading up to and
including the 2026 FIFA World Cup
coming to Atlanta in June and July.
Beyond event promotion, Discover
DeKalb offers a range of services to
enhance visitor experiences, assisting
with group tour planning, providing
customized itineraries, site inspections,
and hotel accommodation quotes.
For meetings and events, they
offer services like bidding assistance, The CVB also provides resources like the a comprehensive guide to the county’s
program planning, and visitor interactive Visitors Guide and the award- historic locations and sites.
welcome packages. winning “Out and About” app, which offers Plan a DeKalb visit at discoverdekalb.com

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