{"275611":{"#nid":"275611","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ryan Gravel\u0027s (MCP\/MArch \u002799) brainchild wins EPA\u0027s \u0022Overall Excellence in Smart Growth Award\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPrior to presenting the 2013 \u0022Overall Excellence in Smart Growth Award\u0022 to the Atlanta BeltLine in\u0026nbsp;Washington D.C., EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said, \u0022There is no difference between economic growth and environmental protection as long as we agree that we\u0027re serving the same public.\u0022\u0026nbsp;Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed accepted the award on behalf of the Atlanta Beltline, which grew out of Ryan Gravel\u0027s (MCP\/MArch \u002799) master\u0027s thesis completed at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;EPA Chief of Staff Gwen Keyes-Fleming closed out the\u0026nbsp;ceremony by saying that while the work by all of the award winners was clearly changing their local communities, \u201cI want you to know that you have also changed us, here at EPA.\u201d The award honors projects that represent\u0026nbsp;creative, sustainable initiatives that better protect the health and the environment while strengthening local economies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2014-02-10 23:50:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:56","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"diversity 2022 symposium","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/yosemite.epa.gov\/opa\/admpress.nsf\/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27\/a247f892de8ab33285257c75005f8c76!OpenDocument","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15269","name":"Atlanta BeltLine"},{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"472","name":"epa"},{"id":"12457","name":"Kasim Reed"},{"id":"19131","name":"ryan gravel"}],"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":""}}}