{"71304":{"#nid":"71304","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fort McPherson studio project receives Outstanding Student Project Award from GPA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents received their award for their plan, \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/40947\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAction Plan for the Fort McPherson Community\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0022 for the closing army base located in south Atlanta bordering East Point, Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA major focus of this studio was an approach to redevelopment of Fort McPherson from the perspective of the neighboring communities and how future development can complement surrounding community characteristics rather than considering redevelopment of the base in isolation, as most plans have.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe studio report states: \u0022Responding to growing community concern, Georgia StandUp, a community based think tank and action organization, spearheaded the move to create a community-driven plan to build community benefits into any base redevelopment strategy. Convening diverse representatives and elected officials from all the affected communities, Georgia StandUp, supported by Georgia Tech\u2019s School of City and Regional Planning studios, have conducted a thorough analysis of the problems and opportunities, resulting in this action plan.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe studio course from spring 2010 was led by faculty adviser Professor \nMichael Dobbins. Regarding the project, Professor Dobbins shares, \u0022our students are very pleased with the recognition from the GPA. It confirms the principle that in planning work, as much attention should be given to the impacts of a project on surrounding neighborhood as on the project itself, with the goal of assuring that community benefits outweigh community costs. Further, affirming the support we received from the Ford Foundation, it shows that working on behalf of communities that lack ready access to technical support from our profession is a worthy and respected endeavor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe students that developed the plan include Rati \nAkash, Zachary Adriaenssens, Kia Ball, Leslie Caceda, Carlos Campo, \nChris Faulkner, Carolyn Knabel, Jenna E. Lee, Moki Mac\u00edas, Drew Murray, \nSusan Prater, Neela Ram, Ruma Ram, Andrea Rattray, and Stephanie \nWansley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther award-winning student work is available on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.planning.gatech.edu\/research\/student_research\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EStudent Research page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECity and Regional Planning students, along with studio Professor Michael Dobbins, received their award at the Georgia Planning Association conference in Savannah this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"City and Regional Planning students, along with studio Professor Michael Dobbins, received their award at the Georgia Planning Association conference in Savannah this fall."}],"uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2011-10-16 10:24:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:30","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71305":{"id":"71305","type":"image","title":"Fort McPherson","body":null,"created":"1449177367","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:07","changed":"1475894632","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:52","alt":"Fort McPherson","file":{"fid":"193507","name":"fort_mcpherson_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fort_mcpherson_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fort_mcpherson_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":142786,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fort_mcpherson_0_0.jpg?itok=xymObwGy"}}},"media_ids":["71305"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14332","name":"fort mcpherson"},{"id":"10738","name":"georgia planning association"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"5029","name":"michael dobbins"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}