{"458391":{"#nid":"458391","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"City of Atlanta Announces MetroLab Network Partnership with Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe City of Atlanta, Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology will be founding members of the MetroLab Network, announced today at the White House Smart Cities Forum, to research, develop and deploy new technologies to address challenges in the nation\u2019s urban areas.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MetroLab Network will provide the opportunity to share successes, address challenges and build shared platforms for experimentation and data between cities and universities necessary to increase the tangible results of new innovations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs an urban research university, Georgia State is deeply entrenched in Atlanta\u2019s success and in the success of cities around the world,\u201d said Georgia State President Mark Becker. \u201cWe welcome the opportunity to work closely with the City of Atlanta and Georgia Tech to find creative solutions to critical societal issues.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor years, various disciplines within Georgia Tech have helped cities throughout the state to develop potential solutions to infrastructure challenges,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cFor example, our Center for Urban Innovation supports interdisciplinary research on urban sustainability and partners with other groups. The Metro Lab Network allows us to take this work to a new level as we collaborate and leverage expertise in the smart cities effort,\u201d he said. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-10-13 09:58:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:44","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"breakthrough cases","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2015\/10\/09\/startup-aims-to-allow-vending-industry-to-track.html","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"448371":{"id":"448371","type":"image","title":"Atlanta skyline view from Whitaker balcony.","body":null,"created":"1449256246","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:46","changed":"1475895189","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:09","alt":"Atlanta skyline view from Whitaker balcony.","file":{"fid":"203263","name":"skyline.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/skyline_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/skyline_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36438,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/skyline_0.jpg?itok=DWVvQctR"}}},"media_ids":["448371"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}