The Atlanta Regional Commission and the Food Well Alliance (FWA), an Atlanta non-profit, have selected Alpharetta as their next metro Atlanta municipality to receive funding and other assistance for a City Agriculture Plan.
The first community chosen for participation in the program was the City of East Point. Following East Point’s success, Alpharetta was selected to be the second, with the reason being cited as its fervent, dedicated City staff, strong community engagement, and established food and agricultural operations.
In conjunction with the Atlanta Regional Commission, Alpharetta will need to develop its own City Agriculture Plan, after which it will receive $75,000 and guidance for the plan's implementation.
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Amanda Musilli, community services manager for the City of Alpharetta, hopes the plan will help the city make the most of its strong agricultural heritage, noting that growing and eating local food has health benefits. Among the elements the City Agriculture Plan will identify will be ways Alpharetta can integrate locally grown food into its existing plans and programs.
The dates and locations associated with the Plan’s Community Engagement phase, which is expected to start in early spring, will be announced on the social media pages and websites of the FWA and the City of Alpharetta.
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