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  <title><![CDATA[Athletics Kicks Off Initiative to Improve Facilities]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Georgia Tech athletics publicly unveiled its <strong>Athletics Initiative 2020 </strong>on Thursday, which aims to raise $125 million for athletics facilities, endowments and operations.</p>

<p>Athletics Initiative 2020 addresses the following needs for Georgia Tech athletics:</p>

<p><strong>FACILITIES - $88 Million</strong></p>

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	<li><strong>Edge/Rice Center Renovation </strong>- $70 million</li>
	<li><strong>Russ Chandler Stadium Renovation, Phase II</strong> - $9 million</li>
	<li><strong>Football Locker Room Renovation </strong>- $4.5 million</li>
	<li><strong>Men&#39;s/Women&#39;s Basketball Locker Rooms Renovation</strong> - $4.5 million</li>
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<p><strong>ENDOWMENTS - $25 Million</strong></p>

<p><strong>OPERATIONS - $12 Million</strong></p>

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	<li><strong>Athletic Scholarship Fund - </strong>$4.5 million</li>
	<li><strong>Sport-Specfic</strong> - $4.5 million</li>
	<li><strong>Athletics Director&#39;s Initiative </strong>- $3 million</li>
</ul>

<p>&ldquo;Athletics Initiative 2020 stays true to Georgia Tech&rsquo;s DNA, with a goal of launching our athletics programs to new heights of excellence and innovation while helping us strengthen key areas and target strategic priorities with determined spirit, minus excess and frills,&rdquo; Georgia Tech Director of Athletics <strong>Todd Stansbury </strong>said.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The goals of Athletics Initiative 2020 are simple &ndash; to ensure that we can recruit the special type of student-athlete that can excel both athletically and academically at Georgia Tech, provide the tools and technology needed to build a better student-athlete once they&rsquo;re here and to reach our expectations of winning at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics,&rdquo; Stansbury continued. &ldquo;Excellence and innovation are in our DNA. Athletics Initiative 2020 will help us stay true to those standards for years to come.&rdquo;</p>

<p>For more information on Athletics Initiative 2020, including facilities renderings, click <strong><a href="http://www.gtathl.com/2020">HERE</a></strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>For the latest information on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, follow us on </em><a href="https://twitter.com/gtathletics"><em>Twitter (@GTAthletics)</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/gtathletics/"><em>Facebook</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gtathletics/"><em>Instagram</em></a><em> or visit us at </em><a href="http://www.ramblinwreck.com"><em>www.ramblinwreck.com</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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