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Alpharetta adopts plan to cultivate agriculture By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
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Clockwise from top left: A pitcher for Alabama Impact faces off with an Atlanta Vipers batter on July 14; Carsell Sapp drives a MARTA bus in Alpharetta; Alpharetta City Councilman Dan Merkel thanks Fulton County officials for their work renovating the Alpharetta Jail on Oct. 26; and the Cody Matlock band performs on the Town Green Stage Oct. 8.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — After nearly a year of community meetings and planning, the Alpharetta City Council has approved a comprehensive plan to guide and encourage agricultural development in the city over the next five years. The plan was unanimously approved at the city council’s Dec. 12 meeting, making Alpharetta the second Metro Atlanta community to adopt an agricultural plan through the Atlanta Regional Commission and Food Well Alliance. City leaders and hundreds of residents held six meetings between March and April to generate ideas and create the plan, which includes four main priorities, supporting local growers, cultivating a sense of place, sustainable stewardship and city initiatives and partnerships. “The community worked hard, alongside Food Well Alliance, the ARC and city staff, to get to the point where we have an official plan in place for our agriculture program. We look forward to implementing the Plan and bringing the great ideas the community brought forth to life in our parks, streetscapes, and developments,” Director of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Morgan Rodgers said. “We like to have fun in
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