{"248221":{"#nid":"248221","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The balance between preservation and good intentions: Dr. Ross on 10 years of Tech Square","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETechnology Square opened on October 23, 2003, exactly ten years ago today. Catherine Ross, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Quality Growth and Development (which is located in Tech Square), said that she remembered what former Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough said when Georgia Tech won a national Urban Land Institute award in New York City for the development:\u0026nbsp;\u201cUniversities have grown to be such large institutions that they have a moral and practical obligation to improve their communities.\u201d However, the development of Tech Square and the recent scalping of the nearby\u0026nbsp;Crum \u0026amp; Forster building has led to tension between Georgia Tech and neighboring communities.\u0026nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s my hope, and I believe Georgia Tech has very good intentions,\u201d Ross said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean we are always on the right side.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2013-10-23 11:22:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:45","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"middlebury","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/georgia-tech-marks-the-10th-anniversary-of-technology-square\/","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"648","name":"catherine ross"},{"id":"77931","name":"crum and forster"},{"id":"2002","name":"Tech Square"},{"id":"2169","name":"Wayne Clough"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}