{"414781":{"#nid":"414781","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Beltline\u0027s Ryan Gravel (MCRP + M.ARCH \u002799) forms his own firm","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022content__segment\u0022\u003EAfter spending more than seven years with the\u0026nbsp;Perkins + Will\u0026nbsp;architectural firm,\u0026nbsp;Ryan Gravel\u0026nbsp;has decided to blaze his own trail once again. Gravel is best known for writing his master\u2019s thesis on a potential transformation of a 22-mile circular rail corridor surrounding central Atlanta \u2013 a project now known as the\u0026nbsp;Atlanta BeltLine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022content__segment\u0022\u003EGravel sent an email to his friends and associates Thursday saying he has formed his own firm \u2013\u0026nbsp;Sixpitch.\u0026nbsp;\u201cI\u2019ve been chasing the Atlanta BeltLine for nearly 16 years, and today I\u2019m excited to announce the next chapter in that journey \u2013 a new small consultancy called Sixpitch,\u201d Gravel wrote in the email. \u201cIt will allow me to be more agile in my chase to unlock the project\u2019s potential, explore related challenges like equity, politics and regional vision, and also translate ideas from our story to a national audience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-06-15 10:45:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:35","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Georgia Tech Center of Excellence on UWB Technology","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/morning_call\/2015\/06\/beltline-s-ryan-gravel-forms-his-own-firm-sixpitch.html","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"471","name":"beltline"},{"id":"92041","name":"gravel"},{"id":"169040","name":"sixpitch"},{"id":"5963","name":"urban renewal"}],"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":""}}}