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Healthy Places Research Group (2003-Present) |
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The Healthy Places Research Group (HPRG) is a collaborative effort involving Georgia Tech's College of Architecture, Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, Georgia State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, and the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development. It also involves professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers, students, and others interested in exploring the co-relationship between the built environment and the health of communities. In monthly meetings, members learn about the most recent research and practices regarding health and the built environment. As a result, several research collaboration and student learning opportunities have emerged. Participation is open to anyone interested in exploring the characteristics and advancement of healthy places. |
NSF ADVANCE Program for Institutional Transformation (2009-Present) |
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ADVANCE is dedicated to analyzing and eliminating gender disparities in the academic setting. At Georgia Tech, it provides resources to: reduce gender bias within the academic setting; mitigate barriers for academics due to family responsibilities; and increase career advancement opportunities for women in the sciences. Dr. Catherine Ross, director of CQGRD, serves as the ADVANCE Professor for Georgia Tech's College of Architecture, tasked with leading the program for the College. |
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Mayors Megaregion Meeting Series (2009) |
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In August 2009, CQGRD, along with the Cities of Charlotte and Atlanta, hosted the first of a series of meetings entitled the Mayors' Megaregion Meeting. The meeting came in response to The Case for a National Infrastructure: the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion in the Global Economy forum hosted by CQGRD in March 2009. About 40 selected leaders from the business, civic, government, and academic communities in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM) attended the meeting in Charlotte to discuss the topics of infrastructure needs, improved communication, barriers to success, and a leadership structure for this emerging PAM group. |
The Case for a National Infrastructure Policy: The Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion in the Global Economy (2009) |
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In March 2009, CQGRD and its partners hosted a forum on megaregions that brought together leading government (local, state, regional, and federal), business, education, and other concerned residents to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by the megaregion concept. While keeping in mind the need for a national infrastructure policy, the role of the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM) in the global economy was the focus of the forum. The forum gave participants a chance to engage in the discussion of the emergence of megaregions and PAM from a multi-level perspective and determine what the next steps for advancing megaregions concept as a whole. |
Atlanta BeltLine Decision Support Tool: Strategic Planning Session (2008) |
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In October 2008, the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) facilitated a strategic planning session to help the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee (TADAC) frame a work scope and approach for framing procedures and measurements in the development of the Atlanta BeltLine Decision Support Tool (DST). Presentations provided by seven experts in the fields of economy, transportation and infrastructure, health and environment, and community development as well as discussions with participants, helped contextualize a process and identify metrics to both short term impacts of development proposals and long term impacts of the BeltLine project, based on the overall goals, objectives, and vision for the BeltLine. |
Megaregions and Transportation Planning Framework Symposium (2008) |
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A pressing policy question for the Federal government, states, regions and local areas is how should America respond to continuous and geographically focused population growth, spreading traffic congestion, natural resource depletion and the loss of economic competitiveness in the global economy? More explicitly, how should we structure transportation and infrastructure investment and an appropriate policy framework to be more responsive to the challenges and opportunities? A megaregion approach may offer a value-added structure that can guide national transportation policy and investment, while explicitly addressing the relationships among demographic change, land resources, infrastructure investment and economic development. View the Megaregion and Transportation Symposium (2008) page |
Megacities, Megaregions, and Spatial Planning Symposium (2007) |
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In June 2007, CQGRD hosted a symposium on megaregions that brought together leading researchers and practitioners from several disciplines to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by newly developing megaregions. Papers were presented by 14 academics who are contributors to a forthcoming book that is being edited by Georgia Tech’s Dr. Catherine Ross, executive director of CQGRD and Harry West Chair of Quality Growth and Regional Development. The symposium gave the participants a chance to engage in discussion of the theoretical basis of megaregions from a multidisciplinary perspective and advance the field of megaregions study. Visit the Megacities, Megaregions, and Spatial Planning Symposium (2007) page |
Everyday Neighborhoods Workshop (2006) |
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This one-day conference presented the elements of Everyday Neighborhoods—good urban design, mixed uses, pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented development, equity, lifecycle community-orientation, and various aspects of sustainability-environmental, health, and economic. The conference provided a venue for a multi-disciplinary discussion of the barriers to creating Everyday Neighborhoods and the strategies to overcome those barriers. |
Transportation Design for Communities Workshop (2006) |
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Transportation Design for Communities was a two-day program held in May of 2006 that presented principles to help create more livable places. Experts shared their tools for designing transportation facilities where pedestrians, bicyclists, transit customers, and motorists are all partners in mobility. The program focused on community and street design solutions, economic and land development implications, land use regulations that support transportation projects, and the community involvement process. Visit the Transportation Design for Communities Workshop (2006) page |
Governments and Growth Workshop (2006) |
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A sequel to the 2004 Governments and Growth Workshop, this 2006 edition continued the discussion among elected officials and local government staff, community leaders, and others about growth-related issues and strategies for sustaining a high quality of life and prosperity for Georgia's communities. Special guest speakers included Mayor Bob Poydasheff of Columbus, GA and Mayor Ron Littlefield of Chattanooga, TN. |
Think Global, Act Regional Megaregions Symposium (2006) |
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On January 30, 2006, representatives from private, public, academic, and non-profit organizations across six southern states gathered in Atlanta, GA, for a groundbreaking symposium on the future of the emerging southeastern Megaregion, known as the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM). This gathering, both informative and action-oriented, laid the framework for a region-wide agenda aimed at the creation of policies, infrastructure, resources, and regional cooperation to position the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion for success in the global economy. Keynote speakers included Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson and City of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. Visit the Think Global, Act Regional Megaregions Symposium (2006) page |
Governments and Growth Workshop (2004) |
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Elected officials and local government staff, community leaders, and others from throughout Georgia gathered in Atlanta for the 2004 Governments & Growth Workshop. The workshop featured expert-led panel discussions and breakout sessions on growth-related issues, including: land development, public engagement, transportation methods and funding, legal tools and economic development. Presenters offered the most current thinking on these issues, along with practical tools and strategies to implement quality growth practices in Georgia communities. More than 30 experts were available to answer questions and brainstorm solutions to various challenges, including managing industrial development, crafting effective public participation strategies, and balancing housing development with other forms of economic development. |
Context Sensitive Design Symposium (2004) |
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More than 100 engineers, urban designers, city planners, municipal and state officials, community and nonprofit representatives, and others met with national experts in May 2004 to learn more about context-sensitive design (CSD), a philosophy for transportation system and public space design that takes into account environmental, aesthetic, historic, and community resources to produce projects that meet transportation needs and support the community's goals and surroundings. The presentations and results of the hands-on workshop are available online. |
