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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Russell Grantham and Scott Trubey write in the Oct. 28th edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the concentration of abandoned houses has taken a toll on neighborhoods such as Atlanta's Pittsburgh and West End. Specializing in housing policy, Professor Dan Immergluck of Georgia Tech warns that the city and its residents will have to financially address the housing blight, either proactively or through a decrease in home values, through a dwindling tax base unable to support quality schools, or through an inability to attract and keep businesses in the area.
