Congratulations to Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Chakira Johnson (no relation) for winning their elections as the new DeKalb County CEO and DeKalb County District 4 Commissioner, respectively.

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson defeated Larry Johnson (no relation) in the June 18 runoff election and will assume the position formerly held by Michael Thurmond for the past eight years in January 2025. Cochran-Johnson was our Commissioner for Super District 7 for the past four years and is the first Black woman to hold the CEO position.

As our DeKalb County Super District 7 commissioner, Cochran-Johnson has been an enormous asset to the district. Her initiatives and funding allocations have helped make our district the incredible economic powerhouse that we are. We are excited to support her and follow under her leadership.

Chakira Johnson defeated Lance Hammonds in the runoff election to succeed Steve Bradshaw for the DeKalb County Commissioner District 4 seat. Johnson was named one of the “50 Notable Women” by Engineering Georgia in 2022 and has held leadership and public service positions in the community for nearly three decades.

What an incredible team to have working to improve our district!

Congratulations to our own Emory Morsberger for being named as Georgia Entertainment’s Top 200 Most Influential of Georgia’s Creative Industries! Georgia Entertainment is the leading news source for film, broadcast, arts and many other arts of digital entertainment and recently highlighted individuals who contributed to the state’s dynamic entertainment economy.

“These professionals, spanning all areas of Georgia’s creative industries, are collectively responsible for the state’s leading position as the creative, cultural and entertainment capital of the world,” said Randy Davidson, Founder and CEO of Georgia Entertainment and Co-Publisher.

Read more about the leaders, executives and officials who made the list here.

The Tucker Summit CID Industrial Submarket continues to exhibit resilience, maintaining a vacancy rate of 4.0%. Tucker’s vacancy remains below the overall Atlanta market average of 4.9%, driven by strong demand for infill industrial locations close to Atlanta’s urban core and limited supply. Although year-over-year rent growth has reached 6.7%, it has slightly dipped below the submarket’s 10-year average of approximately 7.5%.

In comparison, the amount of space that has been leased in the Atlanta Industrial Market year-to-date absorption has exceeded the total for all of 2023 by more than 260,000 square feet, with newly completed owner-user developments driving the highest occupancy levels this quarter. While the market appears to be in a stabilization period, Atlanta’s fundamentals remain strong, evidenced by the year-to-date leasing.

The Tucker Development Authority is awarding up to $12,500 in matching grants to eligible businesses in Tucker to improve façades and exteriors for its Tucker Development Façade Grant program.

The reimbursement grant program will only be provided once the projects are approved. Funding will be awarded to approved business owners on a first-come, first-served basis until the funds are depleted or the fiscal year ends.

Learn more about the Tucker Development Façade Grant qualifications and application process on the City of Tucker’s website.

Mark your calendars for September 27!

It’s time for the annual Friends of Disabled Adults & Children (FODAC) Golf Classic! The yearly fundraising event benefits FODAC’s home medical equipment (HME) program, which helps provide wheelchairs, walkers, patient lifts and other mobility items to families in need.

Tournament participants can look forward to a great round of golf at the prestigious Smoke Rise Country Club along with breakfast, snacks and beverages throughout the day, a catered lunch, FODAC swag and sponsor giveaways.

For more information on event registration, how to donate or how to become a sponsor, please visit the FODAC website.

You may have noticed some activity along Mountain Industrial Boulevard recently. The corridor is getting a foundation makeover with some new sod.

Thank you to Southern Care Lawn & Landscape for working to make our district look incredible! Our goal is to have the best-looking corridor in metro Atlanta.

We are so fortunate to have successful and prospering businesses in our district, many of whom have been located here for decades, like Joe Burton Company! Joe Burton Company has been in the district since 1973, offering specialty construction products to contractors for more than 50 years!

Let us know if you are a longstanding business owner so we can celebrate you and your company’s success as well! Please take this quick survey to highlight your business.

Make sure your planned signage and architectural structures are within regulations! Review the Tucker Overlay District Regulations on our website.