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Festival Kickoff brings multicultural dance, music, and performances to Milam Park
Charisse Drakefore sat in the Milam Park pavilion and watched as friends and community members, residents from all backgrounds and cultures, danced together in a circle in the center of the shelter.
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Clarkston Community Festival Success!
Congratulations to the Clarkston Community Festival Committee on a successful Clarkston Community Festival Kickoff this past Sunday. More than 100 community members, Clarkston residents, and families attended the Community Festival Kickoff,
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Table Sign Up
Residents working on various projects and issues around the community are encouraged to sign up for a table at our June 13th event.
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Community Academy
Community Academy teaches principles of community development while highlighting local projects “That’s what I love about Clarkston. If you want to be included, you can. It’s all here.” – Ruth Staples, Community Academy Participant May 13-17, CDF hosted the Community Academy, a week-long training course designed to provide community leaders with a toolbox of skills…
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Storytelling Festival
Local children experience the joy of the spoken and written word at “Tell Me a Story” festival
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Month in Clarkston
5 easy ways to get involved with Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Month in Clarkston
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84 people make 5k walk through Clarkston to support Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
The route of the 5k walk crossed back and forth through the center of Clarkston, passing businesses and landmarks such as the Clarkston Community Center, Thriftown, Georgia Piedmont Technical College and Clarkston City Hall. As they walked the participants smiled and laughed. They were fundraising for a good cause. Community members gathered on Saturday, April…
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Portrait of a Business Owner: Naima Abdullahi
“We are all able to do these things on a small scale by ourselves. But when we get together, we become that much more powerful,”
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Portrait of a Business Owner: Deepak Gajmer
As part of the VilCap-Start business accelerator, a collaboration with Social Enterprise @ Goizueta (at Emory University), Village Capital, Refugee Women’s Network, and the Clarkston Community Center, three business owners were selected by their peers to receive $10,000 loans for their business. CDF is sharing profiles of the winners. Himalaya Production LLC Deepak Gajmer was born in Bhutan, but grew up…