Meeting focuses on potential new DeKalb cities

The prospect of new cities in south DeKalb County will be the focus of a meeting later this month.

DeKalb’s legislative delegation has filed placeholder bills for at least five possible cities in all corners of the county.

The session on Sept. 26 will focus on the possibility of a City of Prosperity, to cover the bulk of east-south DeKalb and a city of Stonecrest, to run south from Lithonia and include Stonecrest Mall. Other potential cities, some with overlapping boundaries, include Briarcliff/Druid Hills, Lakeside, LaVista Hills and Tucker.