{"115101":{"#nid":"115101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fort McPherson Action Plan Wins National APA Student Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning students captured the 2012 national American Planning Association Student Project Award for a proposal to redevelop Fort McPherson in a way that benefits the neighborhoods that surround it. The 488 acre U.S. Army Base in Southwest Atlanta was included in a 2005 Pentagon base closure plan. The award will be presented during the national APA conference in Los Angeles in April.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking under the direction of Professor of the Practice Michael Dobbins, the former students who completed the proposal in a fall 2010 Master of City and Regional Planning studio course include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERati Akash (MCRP \u201811)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EZachary Adriaenssens (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKia Ball (MCRP \u201911\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeslie Caceda (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECarlos Campo (MCRP\/MS-Civil Engineering \u201910)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChris Faulkner (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECarolyn Knabel (BS-Arch \u201910, MCRP \u201911;)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJenna Lee (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMoki Macias (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDrew Murray (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENeela Ram (MCRP\/MS Pub Pol \u201910)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERuma Ram (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAndrea Rattray (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStephanie Wansley (MCRP \u201911)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u2019s approach was from the perspective of the neighboring communities\u2014mostly low to moderate income communities of color\u2014and how future development can complement surrounding community characteristics rather than considering redevelopment of the base in isolation, as most plans have. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe resulting proposal, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/40947\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAction Plan for the Fort McPherson Community\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 is the product of thorough analyses and public participation from more than 75 citizens and elected officials from neighboring communities. It was completed with support from Georgia Stand-Up and the Ford Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecognized specifically for its contribution of planning to contemporary issues, the action plan made recommendations for ensuring that redevelopment plans provided community benefits in seven core areas:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEconomic Development and Jobs,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEducation and Culture,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEnvironment and Health,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHousing,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELand Use and Zoning,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPublic Safety,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eand Transportation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECommunity participatory research project commended for ideas in urban regeneration, jobs creation\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2012-03-08 10:41:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:48","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"115081":{"id":"115081","type":"image","title":"Fort McPherson Planning Studio 1","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894733","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:33","alt":"Fort McPherson Planning Studio 1","file":{"fid":"194223","name":"fort_mcpherson_studio7.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fort_mcpherson_studio7_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fort_mcpherson_studio7_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6246678,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fort_mcpherson_studio7_0.jpg?itok=oHnvdEmy"}},"115091":{"id":"115091","type":"image","title":"Fort McPherson Planning Studio 2","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894733","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:33","alt":"Fort McPherson Planning Studio 2","file":{"fid":"194224","name":"fort_mcpherson_studio.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fort_mcpherson_studio_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fort_mcpherson_studio_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6514498,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fort_mcpherson_studio_0.jpg?itok=JVwObmtH"}}},"media_ids":["115081","115091"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"5029","name":"michael dobbins"},{"id":"167159","name":"school of city and regional planning"}],"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 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel, Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}