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Committee hears update on Austin‑Travis County food plan progress; city budget director says federal grants unchanged
Summary
Staff reported that roughly 60% of strategies in the Austin‑Travis County food plan are underway and that many items still need additional resources; the city’s budget director told the committee that federal operating and capital grants reviewed for the committee remain in place with no recent interruptions reported.
Edwin Marty, the city’s food policy manager, briefed committee members on progress implementing the Austin‑Travis County Food Plan and said roughly 60% of the plan’s strategies have been started while about 62% will require additional resources to begin or continue.
"Roughly 60% of the strategies in the food plan are already actually being implemented," Marty said, and he described Appendix A in the memo as a set of examples…
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