Meeting Thursday focuses on potential new cities in south DeKalb

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

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

The session 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.