2022 District 6 Yearly Report

HIGHLIGHT REPORT

December 2022

HONORABLE DISTRICT 6 COUNCILWOMAN NATASHA WILLIAMS

Residents of District 6 in the City of South Fulton:

In 2021, I was proud to be elected by residents of this community in District 6 to uphold the promises I made to serve our people, and it has been my pleasure to support you as your Councilwoman for the past year. As a newly elected o cial, I pledged to lead with an open-door policy, and I am pleased to say residents have picked up the phone to speak with me directly about their concerns. Please continue to reach out during anytime to my o ce to contact my sta at City Hall and they will be happy to answer any concerns you might have in our District. As a result of those conversations, during the past year in Council meetings my colleagues and stood together behind Resolutions/Ordinance that were written to listen to the voices of residents in our District.

One of my rst acts as your newly elected councilwoman was to author ORD2022-009: Amend Title 1 Administration, Chapter 6, Municipal Employees, of e Code of Ordinances, City of South Fulton, GA to Add Section 2-6010 Healthy Workplace to ensure that city employees had a work environment free from bullying and harassment.

Over the past year, residents contacted my o ce requesting action to address the issue of shopping carts being le scattered around Old National Highway, with many of them being used as makeshi seating at the MARTA bus stops at the intersection of Old National Highway & Flat Shoals Road. In response to these concerns, I pushed legislation to prevent Shopping Cart hazards/waste from being le around the City: ORD2002-007: An Ordinance to Amend Title 6, Health and Sanitation, Chapter 5, Abandoned Shopping Carts, Of the City OF South Fulton Code of Ordinances to Amend Regulations for e Removal of Abandoned Shopping Carts

Our parks in our district are a protect natural resources where resident gather freely to congregate together around activates provided by our amazing Parks and Recreation Sta . Seniors and youth exercise and participate in fun activities provided by the city. e Resolution Park Camera Installation Action Plan will start the process of installing future cameras in nearby Parks to maintain the safety of the citizens: Res2022-034: Resolution Requesting the City Manager to Devise and Implement an Action Plan for the Installation of Cameras on or Near City Parks.

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In 2023, look out for future community events like the ones I held in District 6. It was my honor to host upli ing and supportive a airs. One of my main focuses was to build company relationships to maintain local support in the City of South Fulton.

• Kaiser Permanente provided resources for long time senior residents with care around overall Health Awareness.

• Love T. Nolan and Bethune Elementary received a donation of 500 bookbags with 20 di erent schools supplies during District 6 Back to School Bookbag giveaway.

• Fulton Votes, Walmart and Kroger collaborated on full day of Voter Registration at two di erent locations on Old National to register citizens to vote, update voter registration status and have any questions answered around voting.

• Atlanta Community Food Bank supplied over 250 families with meals in District 6 during the year-round Food Giveaway Initiative that Councilwoman Willis cultivated.

rough partnership building and community support my o ce was able to build on the resided voices of the citizens. Moving into 2023, we will maintain e orts to raise the standard of the way of life in our district. My goal is to make the citizens proud to live in the City of South Fulton. Continue reaching out to me personally or contact my o ce if you have any questions about concerns with residential issues. As an elected o cial I am grateful I could listen to your voices and stories of how much you enjoy living in South Fulton.

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Councilwoman Serving District 6 Natasha Williams

TABLE OF CONTENTS Honorable District 6 CW ...................................................... i CW Serving District 6 ......................................................... ii Table of Contents iii-iiii 2022 Town Hall .................................................................... 1 Teacher Appreciation Day .................................................. 2 Senior Health Fair 3-4 Marcus Gri th Feature ....................................................... 5 Love T. Nolan ....................................................................... 6 Out For Lunch ....................................................................... 7 Code Enforcement Luncheon ............................................. 8 Book to School Bash...................................................... 9-10 iii

Love T Nolan Panelist Feature.......................................... 11 Feeding Our City 12 anksgiving Turkey .......................................................... 13 Voter Registration Day ...................................................... 14 Trunk and Treat 15 Halloween Community Event ........................................... 16 Taste of SoFu ...................................................................... 17 Winter Coat Giveaway ....................................................... 18 Holiday at Old National..................................................... 19 Old National Night Out ................................................... 20 iv

TEACHER

APPRECIATION DAY AT FELDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SENIOR HEALTH FAIR SPEAKER

MARCUS CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH, M.D.

Dr. Marcus “Chris” Gri th specializes in psychiatry and obesity medicine. He is Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr Gri th is employed by e Southeastern Permanente Medical Group in Atlanta, Georgia and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at both Morehouse and Emory University Schools of Medicine.

Dr. Gri th has given lectures on the local, state, and national levels. He has delivered presentations for e National Football League, Turner Broadcasting Corporation, Georgia Institute of Technology, National Medical Association, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and multiple academic institutions. Additionally, he has provided expert opinion to e Food and Drug Administration, the United States House of Representatives, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Gri th has been the recipient several local and national community service awards and has been involved with the Big Brothers and Big Sister’s organization since 1998 Additionally, he and his wife, Dr. Jeana Gri th, completed a book, titled: e Tale of Two Athletes- e Story of Jumper and e umper, which is a true, inspirational story based upon a lifelong friendship that was turned into a children’s book to combat the obesity epidemic. A description of Dr. Gri th’s program can be found as a review article in e Permanente Journal, Summer- 2016.

e speaker of the 2022 Senior Health Fair was the honorable Dr. Gri th. During the event he spoke about

In 2020, Dr Gri th helped to create a minority, health professionals mentoring program through a collaborative e ort of Kaiser Permanente Stonecrest, Dekalb Arabia Mountain High School and the City of Stonecrest. In 2021 he was appointed to the Executive Board of the Dekalb NAACP and e Board of Directors for Miami University’s Mallory Wilson Center for Health Education.

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6385 Old National HWY

OUT

FOR LUNCH

FOOD

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TRUCK SERIES

BOOK TO SCHOOL BASH AT LOVE

T. NOLAN ELEMENTARY

Bookbag Giveaway

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FEATURED PANELIST

1. Mayor Pro-Temp Natasha Williams-Brown

Serving District 6 of the City of South Fulton

2. Kimberly Dove

Fulton County Schools Board of Education Member, District 6

3. Marie-Ella Williams

Program Director at Communities in School of Georgia

4. Lieutenant Angela Washington

Fulton County School Police O cer

5. Dr. Denise Brown

Love T. Nolan Elementary Principal

ank you Love T. Nolan and Beathume Elementary for accepting the 500 bookbag along with the 21 di erent school supply contribution on behalf of Councilwoman Williams representing District 6

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VOTER REGISTRATION DAY

ank you Fulton Votes for assisting residents with registering to vote, updating their voter record, verifying their voter status, requesting a vote by mail ballot, nding their election information and answering any questions they have on voting

Walmart and Kroger was the host for the event

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THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIVEAWAY

e City of South Fulton donated anksgiving mean to residents ank you to the

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Councilwoman Williams and Councilmen JC Sabastian

CODE ENFORCEMENT CARES LUNCHEON

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HALLOWEEN COMMUNITY EVENT AT CREEL PARK

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Mayor Pro-Temp Councilwoman Natasha Brown partnered with the South Fulton Public Art Commission Ty Mays Kelty to bring in a local artist Vernon Robinson to beatify Creel Park with the community youth. ank you to all the young volunteers who participated in Paint by Numbers Mural.

2ND ANNUAL

CITY OF SOUTH FULTON

TRUNK & TREAT AT WELCOME ALL PARK

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LOVE T. NOLAN ELEMENTARY MONTHLY READING IN OUR SCHOOLS SERIES

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HOLIDAY AT OLD NATIONAL (DECEMBER 3RD) LA FITNESS PLAZA

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TASTE OF SoFu

MEETS FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE

HOSTED BY SHELIA

MANTS

LOCATION BURDETTE PARK

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WINTER COAT GIVEAWAY

THE FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

ATLANTA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE PARTNER

Collaborating with the City of South Fulton Councilwoman Natasha Williams-Brown along with other elected o cials representing District 6; Council member Corey Reeves District 5 State Representative, District 63 Debra Bazemore and District 61 Roger Bruce