{"77241":{"#nid":"77241","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Turning \u2018red fields\u2019 into \u2018green fields\u0027: a new initiative from GT alumnus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022From our skyline to Atlantic Station to the Beltline, Atlanta would be a very different place without Georgia Tech. A new project is being proposed by Mike Messner, a 1976 Civil Engineering graduate who grew up in Atlanta and still cares deeply about our city. In Mike\u2019s mind there is far too much non-productive real estate and not enough green space in Atlanta.Thus, in 2009, Mike and his wife, Jenny \u2014 through their family foundation: the Speedwell Foundation \u2014 created and funded a program to bring more green space to urban areas. They call it \u201cRed Fields to Green Fields.\u201d Column by Val Peterson, First Lady of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2012-01-10 17:36:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:03","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/atlantas-quality-of-life-to-improve-if-we-turn-red-fields-into-green-fields\/","dateline":{"date":"2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"17021","name":"mike messner"},{"id":"13491","name":"red fields to green fields"},{"id":"11258","name":"val peterson"}],"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":""}}}