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Welcome to Stonecrest

The greatest city to live, work, play,
worship, shop, and educate.
The citizens of southeast DeKalb have
ushered in the greatest new city in the
world, Stonecrest, Georgia. Stonecrest
is the newest and largest city in
DeKalb County, boasting over 53,000
residences within 29 square miles.
Our city is fi lled with incredibly
beautiful homes, a multi-million square
foot Mall of Stonecrest, the fantastic
walking and bike trails of Arabia
Mountain, bountiful employment
opportunities with a focus on small
business development and corporate Photo by Travis Hudgons
This is We can boast of some of the top
This is
relocation.

performing schools in DeKalb County
STONECREST Arabia Mountain High School.
with Bouie Elementary School and
Stonecrest has an abundance of
worship locations with varied religious
denominations.
The engine of the City of Stonecrest
Stonecrest, the newest and largest city per The project is expected to bring 1,937 is economic development. Led by
capita in DeKalb County, has made a name jobs to the area along with 300 new Mayor Jason Lary, our branding and
for themselves in a short time. construction jobs to Stonecrest. Developer marketing focus is to recruit and retain
Vaughn Irons said at least 25 percent of the best quality businesses in the
The city offi cially formed Nov. 8 of those jobs will go to Stonecrest residents. world. Stonecrest has an abundance
2016 when DeKalb voters approved to of open and available raw land in the
incorporate Stonecrest. Stonecrest serves Developers working on the project said industrial parks (Stonecrest and Panola
roughly 50,000 residents. Atlanta Sports City could support 3 million Industrial), and our commercial area
annual visitors and bring in $105 million to
Called by some as the “founding father” DeKalb County. surrounding the Mall of Stonecrest.
of Stonecrest, Mayor Jason Lary said he Our easy access to I-20 and I-285
had a vision of Stonecrest being a place Stonecrest also features the Davidson- makes Stonecrest a highly desirable
residents can “live, work, play, worship, Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve. transit throughway to downtown and
shop and pursue education.” The preserve also includes other large Hartsfi eld International Airport.
formations of exposed granite, wetlands, Simply put, Stonecrest, Georgia is a
With Stonecrest being home to a 1.2 pine and oak forests, multiple streams and world class city. Come join us. We’d
million-square-foot-mall, nature preserves two lakes. love to have you.
and a potential $200 million sports
complex, there’s plenty of activities for Arabia Mountain High School is also one
residents to indulge in. of the top schools in the area and provides
students with an environmental, energy
The mall at Stonecrest is a two-level and engineering magnet program for
shopping center located in the heart of city. grades 9-12.
The mall is surrounded by a community
which features residential homes, a movie “I’m continuing the people’s vision. I didn’t
theater, hotels and restaurants. do this alone. We spent years fi nding out
what would be successful for us and I’m
Coming soon to the center, located across going to continue the vision of the people,”
from the AMC Theater, will be a $200 Lary said.
million sports complex called Atlanta Jason Lary
Sports City. Jason Lary
Mayor, City of Stonecrest

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