{"637666":{"#nid":"637666","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Smart Announces Innovation Awards to Four Communities in the State","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOmar Asensio\u003C\/strong\u003E (PubPol) and his Georgia Smart Community Project \u0026ldquo;\u003Cstrong\u003ECivic Data Science for Equitable Development\u0026rdquo; \u003C\/strong\u003Ewith Clio Andris (CRP) for the city of Savannah were highlighted in an article in\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cem\u003ESaporta Report\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E August 6\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Epresenting \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/2020\/08\/06\/georgia-techs-new-georgia-smart-communities-challenge-winners-empower-development\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s news release\u003C\/a\u003E on all of its project awards\u003Cstrong\u003E. Doug Hooker \u003C\/strong\u003E(MS TSP (PUBP)1985), Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission was quoted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Georgia Smart Communities Challenge (Georgia Smart) empowers local governments to think outside of the box and use innovation to improve their communities...\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECivic Data Science for Equitable Development, Savannah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; The city of Savannah plans to build new decision-making tools using a city data hub and analytics platform for programmatic outcomes for vacant and blighted properties. The project will build on work started through the 2018 Georgia Smart Albany project. Georgia Tech researchers Clio Andris and Omar Isaac Asensio will assist with the project. They will work with a number of partner agencies including the City of Savannah Housing and Neighborhood Services Department, City of Savannah Information Technology Department, Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition, Chatham County\/City of Savannah Land Bank Authority Inc., Community Housing Services Agency Inc., the Center for Community Progress, and the civic data technology company Tolemi.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/saportareport.com\/georgia-smart-announces-innovation-awards-to-four-communities-in-the-state\/\u0022\u003ERead full announcement\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2020-08-07 19:57:26","changed_gmt":"2020-08-07 19:59:14","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/saportareport.com\/georgia-smart-announces-innovation-awards-to-four-communities-in-the-state\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594782":{"id":"594782","type":"image","title":"Omar Asensio","body":null,"created":"1503421053","gmt_created":"2017-08-22 16:57:33","changed":"1538402833","gmt_changed":"2018-10-01 14:07:13","alt":"Portrait photo of Omar Asensio","file":{"fid":"226676","name":"AsensioOmar_hr.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AsensioOmar_hr.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AsensioOmar_hr.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":433782,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/AsensioOmar_hr.jpg?itok=xC6lTr-C"}}},"media_ids":["594782"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175268","name":"Omar Asensio"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"178702","name":"Georgia Smart"}],"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":""}}}