{"69836":{"#nid":"69836","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Team Wins Public Policy Case Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssets supporting highly technical job opportunities as well as hourly jobs should be the target of the redevelopment of Fort McPherson according to the Georgia Tech\u2019s winning team at the first Public Policy Case Competition hosted August 26\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEight teams from four institutions - Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, the University of Georgia, and Kennesaw State University - participated in the event representing disciplines as diverse as public policy and administration, management, and conflict studies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition case asked students to assess the redevelopment of the Fort McPherson military base in Southwest Atlanta which will be decommissioned in September. \u0026nbsp;Some of the existing proposals for reuse of the site are being reconsidered because of the economic and housing crises. The competition teams prepared diverse sets of policy proposals ranging from incremental improvements to a re-envisioned development that would become a science and technology learning and research center and logistics hub.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganized by graduate students in our School of Public Policy, the competition was designed to cultivate relationships between public policy students and teammates from related disciplines who are likely to be working with each other professionally, as well as to connect the students to the practitioner community. \u0026nbsp;The competition afforded students opportunity to test their skills on a real-life situation before expert judges. The judges were representatives from IAC and Georgia Tech, and practitioner\u2019s from Georgia\u2019s public administration and policy community: Trey Childress,\u0026nbsp;Partner, Purdue Partners; Jennifer Clark,\u0026nbsp;Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech; Darlene Hawksley, Director of Real Estate and Business Engagement, McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority; Marlit Hayslett,\u0026nbsp;Director of The Office of Policy Analysis and Research Georgia Tech Research Institute; Racquel T. Jackson, Senior Urban Planner, City of Atlanta Planning Office; Dr. Xavier Le Faucheur, Associate, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company; Deborah Scott, Executive Director, Georgia Stand-UP. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia State University, Kennesaw State University and University of Georgia each sent two teams face two Georgia Tech teams.\u0026nbsp; The winning team was Randy Gibbs, Cecelia Shutters, and Carole Bryden from the IAC School of Public Policy. The team\u2019s recommendations also include a magnet school preparing K-12 students in the fields of science, technology and medicine. Team member team member Cecelia Gibbs said that redevelopment should be about \u201cgiving people in the local community the opportunity to stay in Atlanta and use their skills in our local economy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond place went to a GSU team.\u0026nbsp; GT and GSU teams also won the runners-up slots. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGordon Kingsley, Associate Professor, SPP notes that the competition was entirely student conceived and executed, and that it brought together talent that is not well recognized in Georgia, but is \u201cquite powerful.\u201d \u0026nbsp;Kingsley said, \u201cMany of the judges commented on the real life nature of this competition which challenges students to present practical policy solutions in a professional way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaspars Berzins, student organizer from Georgia Tech, and Chris Esposo, President, the student led Roosevelt Institute, worked together to select and develop the case about Fort McPherson. Esposo said that they chose Fort McPherson because it presents \u201ca subtle complexity in the ways the planners could go and how they chart their policy.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdam Smith, member of Georgia State\u2019s second place team, says their recommendations put a focus on the historic district and working with area residents. Their plan included renting existing buildings and other interim uses while the Base is prepared for full-scale redevelopment and the economy gains strength. Several team solutions sought to attract the market currently around Fort McPherson and to remain sensitive to neighborhood needs while providing new opportunities for neighborhood residents and others. For participant Brandon Williams, the competition generated valuable concepts because it was about \u201ctaking the best aspects of existing plans and combining them with the students\u2019 own creativity and the new economic situation to create something that is the best benefit for the community as a whole.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompetition judge Diane Hawksley, Director with the McPherson ILRA, said that she looks forward to staying engaged with the students and to considering some of the ideas they put forward. She says \u201cthe work they did is truly reflective of what this development could become.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next Policy Case Competition is tentatively scheduled for January 2012 at University of Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam presentations and summary memos from the competition will be posted on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.spp.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Public Policy Competition generates new ideas for Fort McPherson redevelopment"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssets supporting highly technical job opportunities as well as hourly jobs should be the target of the redevelopment of Fort McPherson according to the Georgia Tech\u2019s winning team at the first Public Policy Case Competition hosted August 26\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-09-06 17:32:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69837":{"id":"69837","type":"image","title":"2011 Public Policy Case Competition Winners","body":null,"created":"1449177275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:35","changed":"1475894611","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:31","alt":"2011 Public Policy Case Competition Winners","file":{"fid":"192842","name":"2011_spp_case_competition_winners.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2011_spp_case_competition_winners_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2011_spp_case_competition_winners_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":360321,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2011_spp_case_competition_winners_0.jpg?itok=4OIj3KFA"}},"69838":{"id":"69838","type":"image","title":"2011 Public Policy Case Competition","body":null,"created":"1449177275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:35","changed":"1475894611","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:31","alt":"2011 Public Policy Case Competition","file":{"fid":"192843","name":"2011_spp_case_comp_team_presentation_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2011_spp_case_comp_team_presentation_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2011_spp_case_comp_team_presentation_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":262872,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2011_spp_case_comp_team_presentation_2_0.jpg?itok=dZPgXLCC"}}},"media_ids":["69837","69838"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14214","name":"Public Policy Case Competition"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}