{"84031":{"#nid":"84031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EDI\u0027s New Home at Technology Square Provides New Opportunities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt Technology Square, Georgia Tech\u0027s new multi-building complex in Midtown Atlanta, EDI occupies about 21,000 square feet on three floors at 760 Spring Street, nearly half of the 48,500-square-foot, four-story building. Although the new space is somewhat smaller than EDI\u0027s former campus location, \u0022being at Technology Square presents a myriad of new opportunities,\u0022 said Rick Duke, EDI\u0027s director.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of Georgia Tech\u0027s most active outreach groups, EDI provides technology-driven solutions to help Georgia companies become more competitive and Georgia communities address economic growth issues. Last year EDI helped some 1,300 companies around the state with strategic-management and technical assistance issues. Since 2000 EDI has provided economic development assistance in 153 of Georgia\u0027s 159 counties.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re the type of organization that should have constituents and customers visiting us on a regular basis, however, our former location stifled us,\u0022 Duke said, referring to EDI\u0027s old offices in the O\u0027Keefe Building on the northeast side of campus. \u0022There, we only have a couple of visitors a day,\u0022 Duke said. \u0022But in our new space, our goal is to have 100 visitors a day - about 25,000 a year.\u0022 \t \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Technology Square, EDI will be next to the new Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, making it easy for out-of-town visitors to reach EDI\u0027s offices. For example, the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) will hold its monthly meeting in the hotel this October - an event attracting more than 300 economic developers from around the state. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBesides being more accessible to the community, EDI\u0027s new headquarters puts it closer to key Georgia Tech partners: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Advanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/strong\u003E (ATDC), Georgia Tech\u0027s incubator for technology startups - and EDI\u0027s sister organization. In August, ATDC will move its headquarters to Centergy One, a 12-story building on Fifth Street across the street from Technology Square. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Global Learning Center\u003C\/strong\u003E, a new university facility devoted to corporate meetings, training programs and other forms of continuing education. EDI hosts classes on a wide variety of topics, such as lean manufacturing, environmental management and international standards. In fact, EDI conducted more programs last year than any group on campus, was second in the number of program participants and third in revenues, according to statistics from Georgia Tech\u0027s Professional Education Group. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development\u003C\/strong\u003E, part of the College of Architecture\u0027s City Planning Program, will be housed with EDI at Technology Square. \u0022The center deals with sustainable growth and smart growth, which goes hand in hand with what we do,\u0022 Duke said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Economic Development Institute (EDI) has relocated its headquarters to Technology Square - a move that will raise EDI\u0027s profile and increase synergies with internal and external partners.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2003-07-14 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:41","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.edi.gatech.edu\/articles\/articlesans.cfm?ID=131","title":"Home for Innovation Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}