{"73390":{"#nid":"73390","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CQGRD Looks at Health Impacts of Aerotropolis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), a research center of the Georgia Institute of Technology\u00e2\u0080\u0099s College of Architecture, is conducting a comprehensive HIA on the brownfield remediation and redevelopment procedures at the site of a former Ford assembly plant. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis 122-acre site is located in Hapeville, Georgia, adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world\u00e2\u0080\u0099s busiest airport. It contained several brownfields, contaminated industrial sites that had to be cleaned of before the land could be repurposed. The \u0026quot;Aerotropolis Atlanta\u0026quot; project is slated to have over 6.5 million square feet of office, hotel, shopping, and airport parking facilities, as well as a solar energy component. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECQGRD will use HIA to consider the range of potential benefits and impacts on surrounding communities, and to offer a series of practical measures to maximize the health benefits and make the Aerotropolis a catalyst for healthy, sustainable living. A stakeholder engagement strategy will ensure that input from the affected community, the developers and local agencies is incorporated into HIA findings. A final report is expected to be ready in June, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development will be conducting a Health Impact Assessment of the Aerotropolis Atlanta redevelopment project on the site of a former Ford factory.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New Health Impact Assessment begins in Hapeville"}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2010-09-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:43","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.thejacobygroup.com\/","title":"Aerotropolis information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/projects\/aerotropolis_hia\/index.php","title":"HIA project page"},{"url":"http:\/\/atlanta.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/stories\/2010\/06\/07\/daily13.html?surround=lfn","title":"Atlanta Business Journal article"}],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Marcus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECOA- CQGRD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mmarcus7\u0022\u003EContact Michelle Marcus\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.marcus@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}