{"391411":{"#nid":"391411","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Anna Kim\u0027s studio partners with City of Norcross to study city\u0027s immigrant population","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe city of Norcross is partnering with Georgia Tech to study the city\u2019s growing immigrant population. More than 40 percent of people in Norcross were born in another country. According to the 2013 American Community Survey,\u0026nbsp;Latinos and Asians make up about 60 percent of the population. Mayor Bucky Johnson said there\u2019s a gap between the city and its immigrant population and is hoping this study will allow the city to learn about serving its diverse residents.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is an opportunity for us to really hear from that population, or populations,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cSometimes folks are reluctant to talk to elected officials or police.\u201d \u0026nbsp;So the city had Georgia Tech step in. City planning students have been surveying immigrants in four different languages \u2013 Hindi, Vietnamese, Spanish and English. \u0026nbsp;Anna Kim, a professor of city planning at Georgia Tech, said the study is not just for the city of Norcross but can be helpful in giving a snapshot of the Atlanta region.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now, we\u2019re looking at Norcross because it\u2019s the perfect example of what might now be a typical Georgia town,\u201d Kim said. About one in 10 people in Georgia are foreign-born, and that number has been growing, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/data\/state-profiles\/state\/demographics\/GA\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecent census data\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFiguring out how do we adjust infrastructure to accommodate a community that\u2019s looks very different than it used to look,\u201d Kim said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-03-30 09:17:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:00","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 benefits","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/wabe.org\/post\/norcross-georgia-tech-study-city-s-immigrant-population","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"64201","name":"anna kim"},{"id":"122751","name":"immigrant"},{"id":"113221","name":"norcross"},{"id":"300","name":"NPR"},{"id":"167110","name":"SCaRP"},{"id":"168876","name":"student outreach"},{"id":"167507","name":"studio"}],"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":""}}}