{"73424":{"#nid":"73424","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ICMA case study on Decatur highlights work of CQGRD.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EICMA, the premier local government leadership and management organization, just finished a case study on Decatur, GA that highlights the Community Transportation Plan conducted by CQGRD. According to Amanda Thompson, Decatur\u0027s city planning manager, \u0022The community transportation plan is everything. It\u0027s an economic development plan. It provides that underlying infrastructure needed downtown to sustain it into the future. It\u0027s a plan for building community, for protecting the environment. And it\u0027s a plan for improving public health.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Decatur case study highlights CQGRD\u0027s Community Transportation Plan.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Decatur case study highlights CQGRD work."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2009-12-21 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:46","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/projects\/decatur_transportation_plan\/pdfs\/decatur_holistic_approach_to_sustainability_report.pdf","title":"Full Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/projects\/decatur_transportation_plan","title":"Project Page"}],"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":""}}}