{"73418":{"#nid":"73418","#data":{"type":"news","title":"West featured in article about Piedmont Alliance efforts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Piedmont Alliance for Quality Growth, formed in November 2009, is an attempt to create a seamless corridor from Raleigh, NC to Birmingham, AL. The members of the group come from business, academic, and government backgrounds and are focusing on partnerships to improve infrastructure- namely water, transportation, and energy- in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM). According to West, it is a collective effort which will draw economic development to the region, allowing for global economic competition. The group next meets in Macon, GA in mid-March.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Harry West speaks about the newly-formed Piedmont Alliance for Quality Growth, which is a megaregional effort from Raleigh, NC to Birmingham, AL.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Harry West speaks about Piedmont Alliance for Quality Growth."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2010-02-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:23","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/business\/mega-regionalism-a-southeastern-286839.html","title":"Full 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":""}}}