{"397121":{"#nid":"397121","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Immergluck discusses importance of local group involvement in planning infrastructure using Chicago as a lens","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChicago\u2019s heartland location has surely played a role in its prominence. But at several inflection points, the city has taken action to build its status, while many peers slipped.\u0026nbsp;Founded as a 10-square-mile enclave on the lake, it annexed the surrounding area until it was nearly twice the physical size of Atlanta, which is only now talking about annexing some land. Chicago proper accounts for 29 percent of the metro Chicago population, while the city of Atlanta represents just 8 percent of its metro area. After the\u0026nbsp;real estate crash and the 2007-09 recession, the city may well stand again at an inflection point, divided politically and economically and troubled by a looming fiscal crisis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhatever choices Chicago makes, expect neighborhoods as well as political leaders to have their say in them. Chicago \u2013 more than most cities \u2013 has a well-organized collection of local groups that live the credo that all politics is local. \u201cThis is a critical component of the planning infrastructure,\u201d said former Chicago resident Dan Immergluck, now professor in the Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning. \u201cThere are hundreds of neighborhood economic development groups (in Chicago), many of which have had serious impact on the city.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-04-17 11:19:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:29","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/business\/chicago-heartland-hub-makes-most-of-transitions\/nkkqm\/#9c4ecd36.3749959.735701","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"4833","name":"chicago"},{"id":"790","name":"Housing"},{"id":"13838","name":"Immergluck"},{"id":"124111","name":"local involvement"},{"id":"3177","name":"politics"},{"id":"99741","name":"urban growth"}],"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":""}}}