Category: Community Engagement
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Welcome Community Connectors!
CDF is pleased to welcome two new community connectors: Ameena Sulaiman and Betty Hasan-Amin. The Community Connector Team will play substantial role in the process of building relationships in the community. Both Ameena and Betty are Clarkston residents and bring great skills in knowing the needs and wants of their neighbors. The Community Connector Team…
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Vote for Clarkston in the One Region Idea Challenge
Voting goes live today for the Atlanta One Region Challenge.
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Photovoice Clarkston Opens July 26
The Photovoice Clarkston exhibit debuted at World Refugee Day and will find a more permanent home at the Zuckerman Museum of Art as part of the Hearsay Exhibit. Hearsay’s opening party is July 6 from 5-8pm and is open to all.
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Identifying Themes – Setting Goals – Moving to Action
What are “do-able” ideas and activities that would support families with young children? Several months ago, CDF partnered with Refugee Family Services (RFS) to ask this question. The partners hosted a focus group with RFS’s Parents as Teachers families. “Families need more time to be with other families who have children, to play and to…
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A big Thank you to all who attended the first “Clarkson Connects” and helped to make the event a big success!
The first ever “Clarkston Connects: After Hours Business Social” took place on May 8 at Kathmandu Kitchen and Grill in Clarkston. The event was attended by 50 people, including
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Transforming Information and Ideas Into Action
At the final session of the Vision & Voice: Family Leadership Institute families used the skills and tools they learned by creating community action plans.
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STORYTELLING 102: CHILDREN’S ORAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
It was another wonderful day in the Clarkston Community for the Children’s Oral Storytelling Workshop. This was part of the BRIMSTONE PROJECT.
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Clarkston Sign Ordinance Survey
The City of Clarkston is initiating an update to the City’s Sign Ordinance. This update will protect the existing character of Clarkston and enhance our community identity
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Mentors and Customer Feedback Sessions Strengthen VilCap Program
They say that a friend tells you what you want to hear and a mentor tells you what you need to hear. In that case, VilCap entrepreneurs are hearing a lot of what they need to hear lately.
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Clarkston parents speak out about early care and education
If you had three wishes for education, what would they be? If you could tell the new Mayor of Clarkston what you want for your children, what would you say to him?