(Photo credit Caleb Jones) Austell Director of Public Works Bo Garrison and Cobb County Master Gardener Andrea Searles at the I.T. and Lodemia Terrell Austell Community Garden where Austell will hold a celebration event on Saturday, March 23
Food Well Alliance distributed the following article about the addition of the City of Austell to the City Agricultural Plan program:
After successfully launching City Agriculture Plans in East Point, Alpharetta, and Jonesboro, Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission have selected the City of Austell as the fourth metro city to develop a City Agriculture Plan. Once the plan is developed with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), implementation will be guided by Food Well Alliance (FWA) along with a $75,000 grant to help bring the plan to life. Austell was selected for its commitment to health equity, economic growth, and alleviating food insecurity.
FWA and ARC partnered to introduce the City Agriculture Plan program in 2019 with the goal of helping cities in the Atlanta region develop unique roadmaps to create vibrant and sustainable community food systems. Funding to pilot the City Agriculture Plan was made possible by the Zeist Foundation and FWA founding benefactor, the James M. Cox Foundation.
“It is an honor and privilege for the City of Austell to be selected as the recipient of the grant to develop a City Agricultural Plan,” said Austell Mayor Ollie Clemons, Jr. “Food Well Alliance is a progressive humanitarian organization which has proven to be a true partner of our city. We are excited to reap the many benefits of fresh produce and agricultural awareness in Austell.”
The City Agriculture Plan process intentionally incorporates an equitable and inclusive community engagement phase that reaches as many residents as possible, as well as ensures a balanced and diverse Steering Committee to guide the planning phase. It also identifies ways that locally…
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