{"613551":{"#nid":"613551","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Kicks Off in Albany","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe research of Omar Isaac Asensio, professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently featured in an \u003Cem\u003EAlbany Herald\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;article entitled \u0026quot;Georgia Smart Communities Challenge kicks off in Albany.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead an excerpt\u0026nbsp;here:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA team from Georgia Tech and officials with the city of Albany took part in an engagement workshop Tuesday in an effort to move the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge forward in the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFour Georgia communities, including Albany, are seeking \u0026ldquo;smart solutions\u0026rdquo; through the Georgia Tech-led program to implement smart design solutions to some of the city\u0026rsquo;s challenges. This initiative, in its inaugural year, is meant to bring together industry and public agencies to help local governments implement smart development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.albanyherald.com\/news\/local\/georgia-smart-communities-challenge-kicks-off-in-albany\/article_a253f8fd-4dce-56e5-8c12-8c7d89688a9d.html\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2018-10-31 15:55:57","changed_gmt":"2018-10-31 15:55:57","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"and maritime mobile services","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.albanyherald.com\/news\/local\/georgia-smart-communities-challenge-kicks-off-in-albany\/article_a253f8fd-4dce-56e5-8c12-8c7d89688a9d.html","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"612774":{"id":"612774","type":"image","title":"Omar Asensio","body":null,"created":"1539625992","gmt_created":"2018-10-15 17:53:12","changed":"1539625992","gmt_changed":"2018-10-15 17:53:12","alt":"","file":{"fid":"233278","name":"Asensio.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Asensio.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Asensio.png","mime":"image\/png","size":419346,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Asensio.png?itok=93Q6Dkkt"}}},"media_ids":["612774"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175268","name":"Omar Asensio"}],"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":""}}}