Encourage Use of City-Owned Land for Growing Space
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AgLanta “Grows-A-Lot” Program
AgLanta "Grows-A-Lot" is a City of Atlanta program that invites entrepreneurs, non-profits, and residents to apply for a 5-year renewable license to adopt a vacant, city-owned property to start a new urban garden, urban farm, or food forest in Atlanta. AgLanta Grows-A-Lot Urban Farms have been piloted in partnership with Georgia Power Right-of-Ways (ROW) as a secondary land use. The primary use of the land in Georgia Power ROWS is to supply a "safe, reliable" source of energy to the population. However, energy ROWs also represent miles of cleared, arable land that crisscross through Atlanta. The land in a ROW cannot be built upon, thus is more secure through the ebb and flow of urban development. Cities such as Seattle, Toronto, and LA have cultivated creative agreements with utility companies, non-profits and farmers to transform ROWs into linear farms and trail networks that weave through the urban landscape.
AgLanta “Grows-A-Lot” Program