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Welcome to the City of during the holiday season.
Clarkston, known as the most We welcome you to our city, I
ethnically diverse square mile hope to see you around town,
in America, home to people at a City Council meeting or at
from 40 different nationalities, one of our many community
speaking 60 languages. We’re events throughout the year.
a neighborly city and we know Please keep in touch on
that in order to create the best Facebook: www.facebook.com/
community we can, we need to mayortedterry
work together. Clarkston has
a growing city streetscapes
and park project list, that will
cause some traffi c delays over
the next 17 months -- but this
will transform our community
into a more walkable and
bikeable community. We have a
number of annual events, from
the Clarkston Culture Fest and
According to Clarkston offi cials, 75 percent of the city is under the Refuge Coffee Truck 5K run in
April, to our Movies at Milam
age of 40, spends approximately $2,000 more per pupil than the Park Series over the summer,
United States average, speaks more than 50 languages and about to our Fall Food Truck Festival, Ted Terry
Ted Terry
40 percent are foreign born. Approximately 85 percent of Clarkston and Fireworks and Santa Claus Mayor, city of Clarkston
Mayor, city of Clarkston
businesses are immigrant-owned.
Georgia Public Broadcasting called Clarkston the “face of a new
America,” and a great example of the American dream. Following
the 2017 November elections, Clarkston became the fi rst city
council and mayor to be majority millennial.
CLARKSTON Welcome to DeKalb!

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