{"378151":{"#nid":"378151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bankoff Heads Effort to Develop Midtown as Regional Tech Hub","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMidtown is now the innovation center of Atlanta,\u201d said Joe Bankoff, the new chairman of Atlanta\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.midtownatl.com\/\u0022\u003EMidtown Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBankoff\u2019s perspective on the midtown \u201cinnovation zone\u201d draws upon his experience in the arts, business, law, technology, and his role now in higher education as chair of the \u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College\u003C\/strong\u003E Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are building strong connections among technology research, education, and entrepreneurial enterprise. Anchor businesses and infrastructure are in place. Our efforts will be to further develop those synergies with a goal of fully realizing Midtown as a hub for a work-live-play technology community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBankoff joined the Midtown Alliance in 2006 while serving as president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center. Over the past two years he has chaired Midtown Alliance\u2019s Innovation Council.\u0026nbsp; He is now one of three Georgia Tech members on the Midtown Alliance\u2019s executive committee serving with Steve Swant, executive vice president for Georgia Tech administration and finance, and Catherine Ross, the Harry West Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Midtown Alliance has been working with Georgia Tech on several innovation projects under contracts with Tech\u2019s Institute for People and Technology (IPAT) led by Beth Mynatt and Georgia Tech Chief Technology Officer, Ron Hutchins.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is now a magnet attracting talent and both new and established technology firms to Midtown. Working with Georgia Tech and its planned new Georgia Tech High Performance Computing Center, we have the opportunity to make Midtown Atlanta a national tech innovation powerhouse.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bankoff assumes leadership of the Midtown Alliance"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2015-02-12 17:43:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:42","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"125191":{"id":"125191","type":"image","title":"Joe Bankoff","body":null,"created":"1449178593","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:33","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Joe Bankoff","file":{"fid":"194493","name":"joebankoff2010.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/joebankoff2010_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/joebankoff2010_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":17144,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/joebankoff2010_0.jpg?itok=ekFFeTiq"}}},"media_ids":["125191"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"31391","name":"Joe Bankoff"},{"id":"84031","name":"Midtown Alliance"},{"id":"118781","name":"technology hub"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}