Henry County Board of Commissioners chair June Wood was appointed to the vice chair position on the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Transportation and Air Quality Committee.

She had already been serving as a committee member. In a statement released Jan. 25, Wood said she was honored by the designation and looks forward to helping lead the team in the coming year. “I look forward to serving on the Transportation and Air Quality Committee in my new role and collaborating with other members and partners on recommendations to address important issues facing our region,” she said. “Transportation is definitely a top priority in Henry County.”

The 35-member committee serves as the transportation policy committee of the ARC board and represents an 18-county Metropolitan Planning Organization.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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