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Stonecrest, GA - History


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Welcome to the Stonecrest Home page. The Stonecrest Home page provides as much information as possible on Stonecrest. Knowing Stonecrest’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Stonecrest’s Home page, you will also find Stonecrest’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Stonecrest has a population of 54665. 45.4% of Stonecrest’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.6 are female. 26.9% of Stonecrest is married and 45.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $134,798, and the average rent is $1,146. Household median income in Stonecrest is $51,439, and the individual median income is $29,242. Stonecrest’s Ethnic is the following: Black(89.8%), White(4.9%), Multiple(4%), Hispanic(2.8%), Asian(0.6%), Other(0.5%), Native(0.1%).


Stonecrest is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The boundaries of the city generally lie in the far southeastern corner of the county, and a smaller portion just north of Interstate 20. The city borders the existing municipality of Lithonia, as well as Rockdale and Henry counties. Residents in the area voted in the November 2016 General Election to approve the city.


In March 2017, elections were held to elect representatives for five city council districts as well as mayor. Jason Lary, a former insurance executive, concert promoter, and advocate of incorporation was elected the city's first mayor. The City Council members are District 1, Jimmy Clanton, District 2 Rob Turner, District 3 Jazzmin Cobble, District 4 George Turner and District 5 Tammy Grimes.


Also the area is represented at the county level by District 5 Commissioner Mereda Davis-Johnson and Super District 7 Commissioner Lorraine Cochran- Johnson. The area is home to the Mall at Stonecrest, for which it is named, as well as the Davidson-Arabia Nature Preserve, Flat Rock Archives, and Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area.The city had voted a plan to deannex 345 acres of its territory so that the Georgia Legislature could create a new city, to be called Amazon, Georgia, if Stonecrest had been selected to host Amazon's new corporate headquarters, a project which would result in billions of dollars of investment and the creation of 50,000 jobs, a number equal to the estimated population of Stonecrest.Jason Lary, the former Mayor of Stonecrest pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing COVID-19 relief funds that were supposed to go to struggling businesses.


Jason Lary, whose resignation went into effect at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, pleaded guilty to three counts involving wire fraud, theft of government funds and conspiracy. Lary agreed that he diverted at least $650,000 in relief money by requiring Stonecrest churches and businesses to kick back a portion of their grant money to companies he controlled.



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