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Tyrone may

soon become an active participant in keeping Fayette

beautiful.

Caroline

Price, who serves on the executive board of the volunteer

organization Keep Fayette Beautiful, told the Tyrone Town

Council last week the organization is seeking funds from

all the local governments to improve the program.

Last year,

under the guidance of executive director Deeva Bowman,

the organization helped the county develop a

comprehensive solid waste management plan, along with

providing recycling information to the schools and

residents.

But Bowman

left at the beginning of this year, and the organization

discovered it's going to have to pay a professional

person to take the group to the next level.

Price said

the group is looking at a $50,000 budget this year, with

each government entity contributing 50 cents for each

person that lives within its boundaries.

Town

manager Barry Amos said the town's population stands at

3,801, so the town's bill would be $1,900.

Councilman

Ronnie Cannon said he supports any effort to keep the

county beautiful, but had one question for Price.

"Can

you give me reassurance that the town of Tyrone will get

$1,900 worth of value?" he said.

Price said

the town would not only gain in education efforts in

recycling at the school, but also beautification projects

and cleaning up the litter on Ga. Highway 74.

She

envisions the organization eventually having a budget of

more than $100,000 with the subsidies from the

governments gradually decreasing as the new executive

director seeks grants to help fund the organization.

The council

told Price that they would discuss the matter during

their upcoming budget talks and determine whether money

can be found in next year's budget, which starts July 1,

to fund the project.

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