{"73523":{"#nid":"73523","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ports Cities Attracting New Development","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeven of the top 50 U.S. foreign trade freight gateways are located in the six-state region that is being studied as the Piedmont Atlantic MegaRegion, or PAM (PAM includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese seven major gateways include the airports in Atlanta and Miami, as well as the ports of Charleston, Savannah, Miami, and Jacksonville. Combined, PAM gateways handled more than $167 billion in freight in 2004, up from $140 billion in 2003.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe role of sea ports and airports in the economic competitiveness of the region has recently attracted the attention of land developers seeking to capitalize on the increasing importance of shipping, especially from China. A recent \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle \u003C\/em\u003Earticle names several large developers tapping into an emerging industrial market in growing port cities, especially Savannah.**\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers studying the Piedmont Atlantic MegaRegion are considering multi-state efforts to address specific opportunities and challenges, like the importance of gateway cities to the entire region. During the PAM Symposium held on January 30, 2006, almost 100 representatives of the six states discussed the MegaRegions concepts. Many symposium participants identified economic competitiveness and infrastructure as critical issues for the region. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Bureau of Transportation Statistics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n** Long, Bryan. \u0022Beating a path to Savannah.\u0022 Atlanta Business Chronicle. Jan. 20, 2006.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The importance of port cities and the infrastructure connections to them is driving new land development decisions.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Port cities along the southeast coast growing"}],"uid":"27293","created_gmt":"2006-02-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Joanie Chembars","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/megaregions\/","title":"CQGRD Megaregions"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bts.gov\/publications\/national_transportation_statistics\/2005\/html\/table_01_47.html","title":"Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Top 50 Trade Gateways"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/stories\/2006\/01\/23\/story1.html","title":"Atlanta Business Chronicle article, "},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/public\/tv\/gbr\/shows.jsp?catid=1056\u0026episid=4044","title":""}],"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":"\u003Cp\u003EKaren Leone de Nie - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["k.leonedenie@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}