{"73440":{"#nid":"73440","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Mayor\u0027s Panel [on megaregions]","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMayor McCrory from Charlotte, NC and Mayor Barnet from Spartanburg, SC discuss the role of megaregions in developing the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM) in the global economy. McCrory identifies Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development and Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta, GA as vital to the development of the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to McCrory, \u0022...that is where we think we will beat the competition. If we recognize from Raleigh to Birmingham will be one major economic region, where we are going to share many of the same infrastructure needs and if we decide to work together now, we think we\u0027ll beat the competition.\u0022 He mentions the ongoing series of meetings between Mayors and other infrastructure leaders in the PAM megaregion and some of the outcomes from the initial meeting in August 2009.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Barnet, \u0022The concept of us having to win at the expense of someone else must give way to the idea that these mega issues cannot be solved by solved... by small communities and government agencies.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Mayor McCrory from Charlotte, NC and Mayor Barnet from Spartanburg, SC discuss the role of megaregions in developing the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM) in the global economy.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mayors from Charlotte and Spartanburg emphasize need for megareg"}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2009-11-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:46","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/wtvi.org\/PodCasts\/cbr\/Podcast\/Entries\/2009\/9\/4_A_Mayors_Panel.html","title":"Full Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/proceedings\/mmm_2009\/index.php","title":"Mayors Megaregion Meeting Proceedings"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/proceedings\/pam_forum_2009\/index.php","title":"Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion Proceedings"},{"url":"http:\/\/wtvi.org\/cbr.cfm","title":"Carolina Business Review Website"}],"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":""}}}