{"377601":{"#nid":"377601","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Ross comments on the strengths of Charlotte\u0027s redevelopment plan","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That is one great advantage Atlanta has - the airport and the rail line to the airport,\u0022 says Catherine Ross, professor in the Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning. \u0022But a focus on redevelopment in Charlotte is tied to (their) success. We are having to catch up, there is no doubt about that.\u0022 Charlotte\u0027s downtown - which they for some reason, they call Uptown - is emblematic of the city\u0027s recipt for success: plan growth and stick to the plan, while focusing on the center cuty to create an inviting, cohesive core. That recipe helped Charlotte weather the recession and recover faster than metro Atlanta, in the process becoming a legitimate contender for regional heavyweight status.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-02-11 17:09:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:52","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/business\/charlottes-strength-lies-at-its-core\/nj6Dj\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","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":"118581","name":"airpot"},{"id":"9928","name":"AJC"},{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"648","name":"catherine ross"},{"id":"738","name":"Charlotte"},{"id":"808","name":"CQGRD"},{"id":"173","name":"Redevelopment"}],"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":""}}}