{"412141":{"#nid":"412141","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Atlanta City Council could rescind building ban on Memorial Drive","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022content__segment\u0022\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022saveLink\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/profiles\/company\/us\/ga\/atlanta\/atlanta_city_council\/3361094\u0022\u003EAtlanta City Council\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is considering rescinding a moratorium on commercial building permits along Memorial Drive following complaints from developers. Councilwoman\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/search\/results?q=Natalyn%20Archibong\u0022\u003ENatalyn Archibong\u003C\/a\u003E, who sponsored the six-month ban on accepting building permit applications the council approved unanimously two weeks ago, introduced an ordinance at the end of Monday\u2019s council meeting that would rescind the action. According to the ordinance, neighborhood and community groups along Memorial Drive have not had a chance to review a redevelopment study of the corridor undertaken last fall by graduate students at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022saveLink\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/profiles\/company\/us\/ga\/atlanta\/georgia_tech\/3331863\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and make recommendations to the council.\u0026nbsp;The study, lead by School of City and Regional Planning Professor of Practice Mike Dobbins, suggested redesigning the roadway through intersection improvements that would slow traffic, making the corridor more walkable and, thus, a better fit for the mixed-use projects being built there.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-06-09 09:18:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:35","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"breakthrough cases","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/blog\/capitol_vision\/2015\/05\/atlanta-city-council-could-rescind-building-ban-on.html","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7712","name":"Atlanta City Council"},{"id":"127791","name":"councilwoman archibong"},{"id":"53221","name":"dobbins"},{"id":"102621","name":"memorial drive"},{"id":"128281","name":"zoning committee"}],"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":""}}}