{"28012":{"#nid":"28012","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ross Advises White House Office on Urban Affairs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine L. Ross, Harry West Professor and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to assist President Barack Obama\u0027s recently created White House Office of Urban Affairs as it charts a new course for the nation. The White House Office of Urban Affairs was created for the purpose of coordinating federal agencies that impact urban policies in order to ensure thoughtful and integrated investment in urban areas.  The office is also charged with identifying policies that will best leverage the assets of our metropolitan areas.  \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdolfo Carri\u00c3\u00b3n Jr., director of Urban Affairs, recently stated, \u0022We want to essentially tease out what the elements of a national agenda ought to be.\u0022  Ross has extensive experience in regional planning, infrastructure planning and development.  She is the author of the recently released \u0022Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness,\u0022 published by Island Press in July 2009.  Ross co-authored \u0022The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century,\u0022 published by Transaction Press.\n \nPresident Obama and Vice President Joe Biden created the White House Office of Urban Affairs to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to help direct federal dollars targeted for urban areas. Carri\u00c3\u00b3n reports directly to the President and is responsible for coordinating all federal urban programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Atlanta (July 6, 2009) Catherine L. Ross, Harry West Professor and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to assist President Barack Obama\u0027s recently created White House Office of Urban Affairs as it charts a new course for the nation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Center for Qualtiy Growth Director advises White Ho"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-07-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"648","name":"catherine ross"},{"id":"3371","name":"Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"3422","name":"Urban Affairs"},{"id":"817","name":"White House"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}