The Food Well Alliance continues its series of Community Food Forums with an event in city of East Point. These forums being held across metro Atlanta this February and March provide an opportunity for residents to join local food experts and city officials for a conversation about a pilot City Agriculture Planning program in partnership with Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission.
East Point is one of seven metro Atlanta cities vying to become the pilot city for the new City Agriculture Planning program. The other six cities in the running are Alpharetta, Clarkston, Hapeville, Lawrenceville, Lovejoy, and Pine Lake.
Food Well Alliance announced the pilot program in October and invited all 52 cities in its five-county service area of Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties to submit letters of interest.
The East Point Food Forum will be held 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 at the Bowden Senior Multipurpose Facility 2885 Church St, East Point.
The City Agriculture Planning program aims to bring local governments together with their communities to create plans incorporating urban agriculture into the next phase of cities’ development. Food Well Alliance will select one pilot city to develop a City Agriculture Plan in the spring.
Information: foodwellalliance.org
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