{"372411":{"#nid":"372411","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Dunham-Jones says Lilburn\u0027s reinvention is national trend","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe city of Lilburn \u2500 in Gwinnett County \u2500 is getting ready to build a brand new city hall. The mood it\u2019s going for? Nostalgic. It\u2019s one of a growing list of suburban cities that are trying to reinvent themselves as competitive, small towns. Other suburban Atlanta cities like\u0026nbsp;Sandy Springs,\u0026nbsp;Alpharetta,Brookhaven\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Milton\u0026nbsp;are also joining the bandwagon in building new city headquarters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Ellen Dunham-Jones teaches urban design at Georgia Tech. She\u2019s also the co-author of the book \u0022Retrofitting Suburbia.\u0022 She says it\u2019s a national trend. \u201cYou see the same strip malls with the same chain stores everywhere,\u0022 Dunham-Jones says. \u0022And the suburbs are competing by really trying to develop a much more unique identity and distinctive sense of place.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-02-04 09:28:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:54","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 benefits","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net\/post\/atlanta-suburbs-craft-small-town-identities","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11581","name":"City Hall"},{"id":"117401","name":"dowtown revitalization"},{"id":"103591","name":"dunham-jones"},{"id":"395","name":"gwinnett"},{"id":"117421","name":"lilburn"},{"id":"117411","name":"nostalgic design"}],"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":""}}}