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DeKalb expands emergency food distributions and commits $25,000 to MARTA Market; board approves substitute
Summary
The board approved an amended emergency-food distribution package increasing total boxes and adding Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church to distribution sites, plus a $25,000 contribution to MARTA Market year‑round programming; commissioners discussed geographic equity, delivery options and budgeting.
DeKalb commissioners on Nov. 10 approved a substitute amendment to an emergency food distribution item that increased the planned distributions and added a new church distribution site while committing $25,000 to MARTA Market.
Administration staff explained the substitute raised distributions from a previous 5,000‑box-per‑site plan to an estimated total of 6,000 boxes per site…
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