Transit Signal Priority Workshop with Sandy Springs
On August 13th, the City of Sandy Springs hosted a Transit Signal Priority workshop showcasing their work with the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge….
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Clayton County – Smart Pedestrian Project Community Day
On July 22, Clayton County hosted the Smart Pedestrian Project Community Day to share with community members the progress that…
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Georgia Smart Savannah Project Holds Virtual Site Visit
Using data collection, machine learning, and consulting with affected residents, the city of Savannah has been working to address blight…
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Meet the Smart Community Corps Class of 2021
The Smart Community Corps (SCC) is the first statewide program of its kind for civic-minded students to gain hands on…
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Valdosta launches TravelSafely App
On Wednesday, June 23, the City of Valdosta hosted the Partnership team among others at events across the city to…
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Inclusive Entrepreneurship Forum
Leaders in higher education, government, and venture capital joined Georgia Tech experts May 26.
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Georgia Primed to Become EV Leader
SK Innovation is building two battery plants northeast of Atlanta, to make batteries for electric vehicles. The first plant was…
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How International Education Drives Economic Development
There are three parts to economic development: business, government and education. Businesses and governments work together to create opportunities and…
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‘Retrofitting Suburbia’ – 2 Twin Cities examples are models for the nation
June Williamson and Ellen Dunham-Jones, both architects and educators, recently published the text “Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia.” The publication…
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How Density Can Save the American Suburb
A recent study by Jones Lang LaSalle estimates that 80 percent of regional malls will be shuttered over the next…
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The Case For a Transit-First Infrastructure Plan
Within President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, revealed last month, there’s momentum for the development of a new approach to transit…
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Georgia Tech structure certified as ‘living building’
On Earth Day, Georgia Tech announced that the Kendeda Building was awarded a certification ranking it the 28th “living building”…
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Nobel summit builds on making smart cities more sustainable
Carlo Ratti, architect and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Senseable City Lab, has a simple definition of what…
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The Hub: Georgia Aims To Be The Tech Capital Of The East
In early talks developing the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN), an initiative to encourage economic development and entrepreneurship, it was…
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Partnership Puts Weight Behind Making Georgia a Tech Go-To
Since entering office in 2019, Geoff Duncan, Georgia’s Lt. Governor, set his sights on the state becoming the “technology capital…
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Georgia Smart Communities Share Mid-Term Progress
The award-winning program encourages local communities across the state to develop, test, and implement new practices.
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