{"687584":{"#nid":"687584","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Redesigning Cities with Mayor Knox White","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELike many downtowns, suburbanization wiped much of the life out of Greenville South Carolina\u2019s downtown by the 1970s. Today it is a thriving, award-winning destination largely due to the 30-year leadership of Mayor Knox White. Why has it been so successful and what can other cities learn from its multi-layered strategies to attract people downtown and celebrate gathering at new iconic parks (including removing a four-lane highway bridge to do so?)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMayor White will explain and Michael Messner will lead a conversation with him about the impacts of downtown\u2019s urban parks and placemaking on the rest of the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1:30 pm: Mayor White\u2019s presentation\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E2:15 pm: Conversation led by Michael Messner and Q\u0026amp;A\u003Cbr\u003E3-4 pm: Mixer\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELike many downtowns, suburbanization wiped much of the life out of Greenville South Carolina\u2019s downtown by the 1970s. Today it is a thriving, award-winning destination largely due to the 30-year leadership of Mayor Knox White.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Like many downtowns, suburbanization wiped much of the life out of Greenville South Carolina\u2019s downtown by the 1970s. Today it is a thriving, award-winning destination largely due to the 30-year leadership of Mayor Knox White. "}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2026-01-22 14:36:38","changed_gmt":"2026-01-29 01:56:38","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-01-30T13:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-01-30T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-01-30T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-01-30 18:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-01-30 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-01-30 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Coda Building Room 230 and Online","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=u5ghSHuuJUuLem1_Mvqgg93_OjzHftNHssfIdixzcPtUOUFCMVpOU0xDMUpHVUhSODlZQTVVUzJXRi4u\u0026route=shorturl","title":"RSVP to Attend"},{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_BlnzriOfTWOgqGidMhF0UA#\/registration","title":"Join Online"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EEllen Dunham-Jones\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ed55@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eed55@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}