{"495071":{"#nid":"495071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Alumnus Chosen To Envision The Future of Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumnus Ryan Gravel has been chosen to help shape Atlanta\u2019s future. Mayor Kasim Reed chose Gravel to head up the Atlanta City Design Project, an undertaking aimed at envisioning what the city will look like in decades to come, as well as guide future decisions on the growth and development of the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPioneering a project that will shape all the future planning decisions and that promotes strategic development in Atlanta is my dream job,\u201d Gravel said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantaga.gov\/index.aspx?recordid=4214\u0026amp;page=672\u0022\u003Ein a release from the City of Atlanta.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile a master\u2019s student at Georgia Tech, Gravel had an idea to take railroad corridors that were grown over with weeds and unused and turn them into 22 miles of revitalized parks, transit and trails connecting Atlanta neighborhoods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a community revitalization project, it\u2019s an economic development project, it\u2019s a public health project,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2015\/12\/revitalizing-atlanta-beltline-beyond\/\u0022\u003EGravel said of the BeltLine in an interview with Georgia Tech\u2019s Alumni Magazine.\u003C\/a\u003E \u201cIt does all of those things, so it brings in a lot of people wanting the same thing. It brings a lot of constituencies together.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGravel and the Atlanta City Design Project will begin meeting and planning this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERyan Gravel\u2019s master\u2019s thesis at Georgia Tech led to the launch of the Atlanta BeltLine. Now mayor Kasim Reed had tapped him to lead the Atlanta City Design Project.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ryan Gravel will manage the new Atlanta City Design Project."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2016-02-03 17:50:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:35","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"495081":{"id":"495081","type":"image","title":"Ryan Gravel","body":null,"created":"1454612400","gmt_created":"2016-02-04 19:00:00","changed":"1475895253","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:13","alt":"Ryan Gravel","file":{"fid":"204562","name":"lw-beltline_12613_071.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lw-beltline_12613_071_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lw-beltline_12613_071_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2883228,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lw-beltline_12613_071_0.jpg?itok=8AiX7z0M"}}},"media_ids":["495081"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5054","name":"architect"},{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"14495","name":"Atlanta Belt Line"},{"id":"15269","name":"Atlanta BeltLine"},{"id":"1351","name":"City and Regional Planning"},{"id":"6088","name":"city and regional planning at georgia tech"},{"id":"1134","name":"City of Atlanta"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"823","name":"design"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1139","name":"georgia tech alumni"},{"id":"19131","name":"ryan gravel"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESocial Media Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}