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Avondale Estates
City is seeking communication manager
Avondale Estates is looking for a community
communication manager who would be respon
sible for internal and external communication
efforts through a variety of media, marketing
and advertising operations and coordinating
activities to promote the city’s programs and
endeavors, and providing marketing support
services for all departments of the city, the Board
of Mayor and Commissioners and other boards
and commissions. This position reports to the
city manager.
Applications/resumes should be submit
ted by email to rcbrown@avondaleestates.org
or mailed/hand-delivered to Avondale Estates
City Hall, Attn: City Manager Clai Brown, 21 N.
Avondale Plaza, Avondale Estates, GA 30002.
An employment applications can be found at
avondaleestates.org/resources/pdfs/communi-
cations-manager-job-opening.pdfs attached. No
phone calls will be accepted. The deadline for
applications/resumes is June 30.
Brookhaven
Sheep put to work
Brookhaven’s Parks & Recreation Depart
ment will soon have the help of a herd of sheep
in cleaning out invasive plant growth in Briar-
wood Park.
Sheep from the company Ewe-Niversally
Green will be housed on three acres of the park
for several days to help with removal of English
ivy, privet and kudzu.
“At Briarwood Park, the location we have
initially identified, is one within a drainage swale
where the only means to remove the overgrown
vegetation is through the use of sheep herds,”
said parks manager Gary Schussler.
The sheep will be enclosed with an electric
fence and will be protected by a livestock dog.
Signage at the site notify the public.
Schussler said he expects to use sheep to help
with removal of invasive plant growth in addi
tional city parks in the future.
City to hold first Touch-A-Truck event
Brookhaven will host its first Touch-A-Truck
event at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dun-
woody Road, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 27.
The community will have an opportunity to
go inside a fire truck, meet a police K-9 and turn
the lights on in a Brookhaven police car.
Krispy Kreme will provide breakfast treats
and coffee, as well as a dipping station for the
children.
Decatur
Celebrate summer solstice with yoga
Join Decatur Active Living and Cheryl Bur
nette to welcome the longest day of the year with
a summer solstice yoga practice.
This is the second annual celebration and
this year the event is part of International Yoga
Day.
“Throughout history, many cultures have as
sociated the summer solstice with a renewal of
mind, body and spirit and a celebration of the
sense of joyfulness and fun that the sunshine
evokes in all of us,” states an announcement
about the event.
Participants can celebrate with a morning
practice that includes asana, sun salutations and
more.
The event will be held June 21 at 9 a.m. on
the courtyard in the Beacon Municipal Com
plex, 420 West Trinity Place. If it rains, the prac
tice will be held in the adjacent Ebster Recre
ation Center gym.
The event is free, but donations for the Deca
tur Youth Fund will be accepted. RSVP by email
ing cheryl.burnette@decaturga.com or calling
(678)553-6541.
Doraville
Board volunteers needed
Doraville is looking for volunteers interested
in serving on various city boards and commis
sions.
Applications are always accepted, but active
candidacy review includes positions on the ur
ban redevelopment agency, downtown develop
ment authority, architectural review board and
storm water advisory committee.
To apply for a position on a citizen board,
complete the candidate board/commission ap
plication and submit to the city clerk in person;
by mail at 3725 Park Ave., Doraville, GA 30340;
by fax at (770) 936-3862; or by emailing sherry.
henderson@doravillega.us.
City named second best in business
NerdWallet, a consumer finance website,
has conducted a study to find the best places in
Georgia to start a business, and Doraville ranked
second.
To determine this ranking, NerdWallet ex
amined 126 places in Georgia with populations
of 5,000 or more and analyzed the following
factors: business climate-average revenue of
businesses, percentage of businesses with paid
employees, and businesses per 100 people; and
local economic health-median annual income,
median monthly housing costs, and unemploy
ment rate.
’’Doraville’s proximity to Atlanta, major
transportation routes and two of the state’s
largest airports make it a prime location for
aspiring entrepreneurs,” a news release stated.
“With 1,580 businesses, the city boasts an im
pressive number of businesses per 100 people
and features high average revenue per business
($5,361,780), second only to Alpharetta. These
factors, coupled with a high percentage of busi
nesses with paid employees (38.04 percent),
make Doraville an ideal place to launch a busi
ness.”
Dunwoody
City to host Government 101 class
The Dunwoody Government 101 series is
an eight-week course designed to enhance resi
dents’ understanding of city government and of
fers the community a chance to experience and
discover the primary undertakings of the city.
The series provides participants an insider’s
look at each of the city’s departments through
a lively blend of demonstrations, presentations,
and tours, all conducted in a casual format at
numerous sites throughout the city.
Participants can expect to come away with
a heightened awareness and knowledge of local
government operations as well as a greater un
derstanding of how to get involved in local civic
and community affairs.
For more information, visit dunwoodyga.
gov.
Deadline for application is June 19.
Countywide
Animal shelter offering free pet adoptions
LifeLine Animal Project invites residents to
come into DeKalb County Animal Services for a
cool adoption special.
Throughout June, all dogs and cats six
months and older may be adopted for free. Dogs
must also weigh at least 25 pounds to qualify.
Adopters will receive a dog or cat that has been
spayed or neutered, has had all vaccines and is
microchipped-a $250 value-at no cost. Adop
tion counselors will be on hand to ensure the
animals are being placed in good homes.
LifeLine’s DCAS Shelter Director Susan Fe-
ingold said that offering fee-waived adoptions
is a great way to increase adoption rates. “With
summer here, twice as many animals are com
ing into the shelters as usual, and free adoptions
tend to create a buzz of excitement and bring
more people into shelters,” Feingold said. “Ac
cording to numerous studies, fee-waived promo
tions increase adoptions without compromising
the quality of care that the animals receive.”
To see pictures of available animals at DCAS,
visit www.dekalbanimalservices.com.