City saves 50-year-old silos from demolition

ALPHARETTA - A trio of landmark silos are safe from the wrecking ball thanks to Alpharetta&#39;s efforts. <br> <br> Using two-year&#39;s worth of funds from the Georgia Greenspace Program, the city has bought the 50-year-old silos on Crabapple Road. Officials say they will stand as a centerpiece for a park. <br> <br> The almost 40-foot-tall silos harken to the area&#39;s farming days of the past. Officials said the silos and accompanying property were purchased for about 350-thousand dollars. <br> <br> Councilman Jim Paine said the property had little commercial value unless the silos were torn down. <br> <br> The structures were part of a one-thousand acre farm bought in the 1940s and 1950s. <br> <br> Other silos were eventually torn down when a nearby shopping center was built.

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