Atlanta charter receives state health grant
The Georgia Department of Public Health and the Governor’s SHAPE Initiative have awarded a $5,000 grant to The Intown Academy, a K-8 charter school in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward.
The money will be used to develop a school garden, plan wellness events on campus and provide Farm to School field trips next school year.
Department of Public Health Commissioner Brenda Fitzgerald said the grant will help children learn the benefits of physical activity and healthy eating.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
