{"364191":{"#nid":"364191","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Darron Cooper\u0027s (MCRP \u002714) research envisions new purpose for Underground Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs Darron Cooper completed a research paper about Underground Atlanta last year at Georgia Tech, he had no idea the city was on the brink of selling Underground to a developer.\u0026nbsp;Cooper\u2019s paper views private ownership as a logical step for the revitalization of Underground. Now his report joins those on the Atlanta BeltLine and Atlantic Station for envisioning new purpose for remnants of Atlanta\u2019s industrial past.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;In light of Underground\u2019s present reality and future potential, Cooper said his blue-sky idea would be for Underground\u2019s retail mix to be truly innovative. Perhaps to include an incubator space for tech entrepreneurs, such as Atlanta Tech Village, in Buckhead. \u201cUnderground provides access to both road infrastructure and public transit to tech spaces around Atlanta, such as Tech Square,\u201d Cooper said Monday. \u201cThey could add something that\u2019s new, different, and edgy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;The potential revitalization of Underground was a natural for Cooper as he considered research topics. Cooper\u2019s masters project was supervised by Georgia Tech professor Daniel Immergluck.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-01-14 09:44:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:26","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/underground-atl-ga-tech-grad-shows-time-right-for-redevelopment\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"114571","name":"darron cooper"},{"id":"102631","name":"downtown"},{"id":"114561","name":"envision"},{"id":"114541","name":"underground atlanta"}],"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":""}}}