{"137961":{"#nid":"137961","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"ARC focuses on Hartsfield\u0027s \u0027economic engine\u0027: Prof Nancey Green Leigh advances the Aerotropolis concept","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Regional Commission put its muscle behind making Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport an \u201ceconomic engine\u201d for the Southern Crescent by announcing Thursday the formation of an Airport Task Force. At issue is why the busiest airport in the world hasn\u2019t enriched metro Atlanta\u2019s south side, where it resides. The solution, according to Leithead and Nancey Green Leigh, a Georgia Tech planning expert who also spoke, would be to create community improvement districts that would lead to the area becoming an \u201caerotropolis\u201d \u2014 a region around Hartsfield that would be fueled by airport-dependent businesses.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2012-06-26 15:42:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:46","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"addie leonard","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.news-daily.com\/news\/2012\/jun\/22\/arc-focuses-hartsfields-economic-engine\/","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"37341","name":"aerotropolis"},{"id":"37351","name":"hartsfield jackson airport"},{"id":"9772","name":"nancey green leigh"}],"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":""}}}