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Atlanta Documenters take notes at public meetings across the five-county area. We publish those fact-checked notes for everyone to use.
If a resident feels there’s a Code Enforcement complaint they’ve submitted that hasn’t been resolved, email DeKalb County Code Enforcement Director Timothy Hardy at tchardy@dekalbcountyga.gov.
For Contacting Keep DeKalb Beautiful: Submit an online report (https://buff.ly/3z8zZp3), call at 404-294-2010, or email at kdb@dekalbcountyga.gov.
For Contacting DeKalb County Code Enforcment: Submit an online report (https://buff.ly/3TBcBdz), call at 404-687-3700, or email at codeenforce@dekalbcountyga.gov.
Navigating the bureaucracy of local government can be difficult. South DeKalb residents have sought out solutions to blight from the county for years.
To make it simple, here's our guide for residents on how to report violations.
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DeKalb County's backlog of code violations is well documented. But residents and county officials disagree over who’s responsible.
Hear from residents who have fought for years to improve blight in their neighborhoods.
Read: https://buff.ly/3JD7jJT
Story by @Ada_Wood
Metro Atlanta’s public meetings are workshops for democracy, where residents can learn about and act on the systems that impact their lives.
But many public meetings happen with no oversight or input from the public. They can be intimidating and inaccessible spaces for people who are unfamiliar.
Atlanta Documenters puts the “public” back in public meetings: We train and pay Metro Atlantans to report on local government for their communities. Atlanta Documenters is part of the national Documenters Network.
Atlanta Documenters is part of the Documenters Network, a national network created by City Bureau in Chicago.
Anyone can become a Documenter by signing up and attending an orientation.
QUESTIONS? Email documenters@canopyatlanta.org
Launched in Chicago in 2016
The Documenters Network grows with new cities and regions each year.
We’re harnessing communal power, together, by inspiring, connecting, and supporting civic media producers across the U.S.
Thousands of Trained Documenters
The Documenters Network has trained more than 2,000 people across the country to attend and annotate thousands of government meetings.
Our journalists are harnessing their collective knowledge, relationships, and capacity to create a powerful new information resource.
