{"80571":{"#nid":"80571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Governor to Lead Town Hall Meeting at Tech Square","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is a featured speaker for a town hall meeting on homeland security beginning 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at Georgia Tech\u0027s Hotel and Conference Center, 800 Spring St. NW.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe meeting, sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology and WGST-AM 640, is free and open to the public. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022NewsRadio 640 WGST and Georgia Tech are hosting this town hall meeting to provide the community with a discussion about terrorism and homeland-security efforts in Georgia,\u0022 said Paul Mann, news director at NewsRadio 640 and the Georgia News Network.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ll address critical questions, such as how has Atlanta prepared for an emergency? Is there anything else we can do?  How do the different agencies work together on homeland security?\u0022 Mann said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENewsRadio 640 morning show host Tom Hughes will moderate the meeting, with a panel of experts on hand to share their thoughts with attendees and listeners. Panelists will take questions from the audience about terrorism and Atlanta\u0027s state of emergency preparedness.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther panelists on the program are Terry N. Hilderbrand, a senior research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute; Georgia Homeland Security Director Bill Hitchens; Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington; Georgia State Health Director Kathleen Toomey, M.D. and M.P.H.; and Michael \u0022Leo\u0022 Desrosiers, director of the Georgia Business Force for the metro Atlanta chapter of Business Executives for National Security.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EParking is available in the Technology Square Parking Deck adjacent to the hotel. Vehicles may enter the deck via the Spring Street gate.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Panelists Will Address Atlanta\u0027s Emergency Preparedness"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Gov. Sonny Perdue will be among the panelists addressing emergency preparedness in Atlanta, and the public will be able to ask questions concerning homeland security initiatives in Georgia.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Sept. 7 event will address homeland security."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-09-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"80581":{"id":"80581","type":"image","title":"President G. Wayne Clough meets with Gov. Sonny Pe","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["80581"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=385","title":"Research link for Terry Hilderbrand"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gahomelandsecurity.com\/","title":"Georgia Office of Homeland Security"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gov.state.ga.us\/about_gov.shtml","title":"Gov. Sonny Perdue"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/cistp\/Directions_TechHotel_ConferenceCenter.pdf","title":"Directions to Georgia Tech Hotel"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatechhotel.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"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\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}