{"247341":{"#nid":"247341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First-Year MCRP Students Tour Chattanooga","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the 2013 first-year MCRP student trip - integrated into the history and theory of city planning course - Georiga Tech students visited Chattanooga,\u0026nbsp;Tennessee from October 3-4th to\u0026nbsp;learn about contemporary planning issues taking place outside of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe trip began with an early morning walking tour of Fort Negley and Jefferson Heights neighborhoods led by Jim Williamson and Jim Bowen of the River City Company. This look at\u0026nbsp;innovative affordable housing projects was followed by a tour of southside Chattanooga that included visits to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.greenspaceschattanooga.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGreenspace\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.crashpadchattanooga.com\/\u0022\u003ELEED certified hostel\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;oriented towards\u0026nbsp;climbers\/cyclists, and an extension of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.outdoorchattanooga.com\/197.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERiverwalk\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;along the Tennessee River.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents had the opportunity to learn from and interface with professionals at the Trust for Public Land, Chattanooga\u0027s Community Design Group, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, the Benwood Foundation, and several other planning organizations in the region.\u0026nbsp;Not all academic, the trip also included dinner at\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EFood Works\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and ample time for student exploration of Chattanooga\u0027s cultural scene.\u0026nbsp;This year\u2019s trip was coordinated by Dr. Brian Stone, Dr. Michael Elliott, and Dr. Bruce Stiftel.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the 2013 first-year MCRP student trip - integrated into the history and theory of city planning course - Georiga Tech students visited Chattanooga,\u0026nbsp;Tennessee from October 3-4th to\u0026nbsp;learn about contemporary planning issues taking place outside of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2013-10-18 21:18:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:09","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"247331":{"id":"247331","type":"image","title":"Chattanooga CRP Field Trip Group Photo","body":null,"created":"1449243772","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:52","changed":"1475894924","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:44","alt":"Chattanooga CRP Field Trip Group Photo","file":{"fid":"197965","name":"img_4323.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_4323_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_4323_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4632210,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_4323_0.jpg?itok=get-O9Gz"}}},"media_ids":["247331"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15279","name":"Chattanooga"},{"id":"37641","name":"field trip"},{"id":"68301","name":"first-year students"},{"id":"1683","name":"history"},{"id":"167159","name":"school of city and regional planning"},{"id":"14673","name":"theory"}],"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":""}}}