Lawrenceville Receives $10,000 Grant to Support City Agriculture

Lawrenceville will install a community garden at the at the Lawrenceville Senior Center at Rhodes Jordan Park. (Photo: AJC)

In October, 2018, Food Well Alliance launched an initiative to create City Agriculture Plans for every city in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, and Clayton through a partnership with Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). Seven cities applied, including the City of Lawrenceville, and we held local Food Forums to find out what was happening on the ground in each city during spring of 2019. After six months of forums, site visits, and internal deliberation, the City of East Point was chosen to pilot City Agriculture Planning with ARC.

With East Point well underway in their planning, Food Well Alliance wanted to support the incredible work happening in the other cities that applied. To catalyze their work in urban agriculture, Food Well Alliance awarded a $10,000 Opportunity Grant to the City of Lawrenceville for the Lawrenceville Community Garden at the Lawrenceville Senior Center at Rhodes Jordan Park, operated by Gwinnett’s Health and Human Services Division. 

The garden will be the first initiative of Live Healthy Gwinnett focusing on food insecure seniors and community needs. Produce grown in the garden will supplement meals for the senior center and home delivered meal clients and supply cooperative partner sites such as food ministries and community pantries. 

We appreciate the support and dedication for city agriculture from the City of Lawrenceville. Thanks to their incredible team, vision, and residents who are excited about the work, Lawrenceville is poised to be a leader in local agriculture. To learn more about how their municipality supports agriculture, visit https://www.livehealthygwinnett.com