{"600045":{"#nid":"600045","#data":{"type":"news","title":"MCRP Studio Project for City of Brookhaven","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo conclude Fall 2017, 12 second-year master\u0026rsquo;s degree students at SCaRP undertook an ambitious project for the City of Brookhaven to establish redevelopment standards for the Buford Highway corridor: one of the most culturally diverse communities in metro Atlanta. Students worked in four teams to evaluate the threats and opportunities of redevelopment from different points of view:\u0026nbsp;Transportation \u0026amp; Complete Streets, Land Use \u0026amp; Zoning, Housing \u0026amp; Economic Development, and Environment and Health. Overall, the plan sought to redesign the highway corridor and the adjacent properties to more fully integrate the new 3-mile long Peachtree Greenway that is about to start construction alongside the highway.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Final Report contained recommendations and implementation strategies including standards for transportation improvements, health projects, an Affordable Housing Impact Statement, small business retention and a special zoning district with design land use guidelines for redevelopment of the corridor that would improve the sense of place and preserve the diversity of the study area.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project was also covered by local news and can be read about \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.reporternewspapers.net\/2017\/12\/16\/georgia-tech-students-share-visions-buford-highway\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo conclude Fall 2017, 12 second-year master\u0026rsquo;s degree students at SCaRP undertook an ambitious project for the City of Brookhaven to establish redevelopment standards for the Buford Highway corridor:\u0026nbsp;one of the most culturally diverse communities in metro Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"MCRP students undertook an ambitious project establishing redevelopment standards for the Buford Highway corridor."}],"uid":"34637","created_gmt":"2017-12-18 19:03:58","changed_gmt":"2017-12-18 19:03:58","author":"zkafkes3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600042":{"id":"600042","type":"image","title":"Brookhaven shows GT spirit at a recent City Council meeting.","body":null,"created":"1513623384","gmt_created":"2017-12-18 18:56:24","changed":"1513623384","gmt_changed":"2017-12-18 18:56:24","alt":"Brookhaven shows GT spirit at a recent City Council meeting.\u00a0 From left: Councilmember John Park, Councilmember Linley Jones, Kelsey Waidhas, Mayor John Ernst, Professor Gary Cornell, Ian Michael Rogers, Christopher McIntosh, Michael Smith and Councilmember Bates Mattison.","file":{"fid":"228755","name":"Picture1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Picture1.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Picture1.png","mime":"image\/png","size":593971,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Picture1.png?itok=bsDWTsX0"}}},"media_ids":["600042"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"}],"keywords":[{"id":"176576","name":"student studio"},{"id":"13646","name":"city \u0026 regional planning"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["zoe.kafkes@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}