{"73428":{"#nid":"73428","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bipartisan Mayors Launch Piedmont \u0022Megaregion\u0022 Alliance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENeal Peirce, Citistates Group\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite their distinct differences, Mayors Shirley Franklin (Atlanta) and Pat McCrory (Charlotte) agree on the need for collaboration in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. They along with other regional mayors have established the \u0022Piedmont Alliance for Quality Growth- Mayors, Business, Academia.\u0022 Transportation and water issues face the region, prohibiting future development and economic competitiveness. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Despite their distinct differences, Mayors Shirley Franklin (Atlanta) and Pat McCrory (Charlotte) agree on the need for collaboration in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mayors in PAM agree on the need for collaboration."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2009-12-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:46","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/publications\/articles\/pdfs\/citiwire_11-27-09_bipartisan-mayors.pdf","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":""}}}