Tallapoosa County’s 4-H program boasts itself as one of the best in the state.
And in the near future, it’ll have facilities that back up that claim. At Monday’s meeting of the Tallapoosa County Commission, the commissioners approved the building of an agricultural facility in the heart of the county on Highway 280.
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