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Volunteer With The AgLanta Initiative

GAASLA and AgLanta are partnering up to help Atlanta overcome fresh food challenges creating a more equitable, healthy, and resilient community. Atlanta is a sprawling and diverse metro area creating many challenges to public health and food insecurity.

Aglanta is the hub for all things urban ag in the city of Atlanta. Here you will find news on policy, master plans, programs, and permits. The goal of AgLanta is to ensure that 85% of Atlanta residents are within a half-mile to fresh affordable food by 2022. Atlanta urban growers provide access to fresh affordable food in USDA defined Low-Income, Low-Access food desert areas of the city.

 

How can you help?

The City of Atlanta AgLanta Initiative is seeking PRO-BONO assistance from GA ASLA members to prepare SITE PLANS for Special Administrative Permit (SAP) applications for urban gardens.

Atlanta’s urban growers are required to submit an application to the City of Atlanta for the SAP (see attached application). The preparation of the site plan for the SAP can be a heavy lift for some farmers but likely an easy task for some GAASLA members. GAASLA members interested in providing pro-bono site plans will be paired up with a farmer. To support equity, Black and women farmers and farmers of color will receive first priority in this request for pro-bono services.

Sign Up Here

If you or your firm are interested in this pro-bono effort to support Atlanta’s urban farmers and build a more resilient, equitable, and accessible food system in Atlanta please fill out the below form. If you have any questions, please contact:

Clara Kwon, clara@standlandscape.com

Curt Jackson, cjackson@eberly.net

After signing up, a GAASLA or AgLanta representative will contact you via your email or phone number provided.

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image courtesy of AgLanta

 

The PRO-BONO REQUEST entails the following:

  1. Engage with urban farmer to understand project goals, opportunities, and constraints

  2. Create a site plan (approximately 8 hours depending on project scale, see attached sample) – must include:

    1. Property lines

    2. Adjacent public streets

    3. Sidewalks

    4. Accessory structure locations

    5. Parking and driveways as applicable to identify the location of the Urban Garden on a property

    6. Proposed elements

  3. Review with urban farmer and adjust site plan if necessary (approximately 2 hours depending on project scale)

  4. Submit site plan to AgLanta coordinator who will compile the application.

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