{"73473":{"#nid":"73473","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Annexation helps cities manage growth, expert says","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECliff Hightower, Chattanooga Times Free Press\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Ross, annexation is a positive strategy for the growth of a city in order for it to plan for services, industries, service deliveries, supplies etc. Tools and plans for multi-jurisdictional planning are not in place to allow for planning that crosses state borders - much like the traffic, air, water, and other natural resources which continue through multiple jurisdictions. The megaregions concept is one such theory which capitalizes on multi-jurisdictional efforts in order to maximize global competitiveness throughout the region.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"According to Ross, annexation is a positive strategy for the growth of a city in order for it to plan for services, industries, service deliveries, supplies etc.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Annexation is a positive strategy for growth of cities."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2009-01-23 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:46","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2009\/sep\/26\/annexation-helps-cities-manage-growth-expert-says\/","title":"Full Article"},{"url":"http:\/\/media.timesfreepress.com\/audio\/2009\/09\/Dr_Catherine_Ross_0927.mp3","title":"Full Audio"},{"url":"http:\/\/media.timesfreepress.com\/img\/photos\/2009\/09\/25\/0926_WEB_B_Ross_Book_Sign_t305.jpg?ba7ba0dd8d7f1e464d5eb01fb9ba8c10bd9c61fe","title":"Picture- Dr. Catherine Ross"}],"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":""}}}