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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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Portland, Oregon'S metropolitan government, Metro, is the only elected regional planning agency in the US. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota's regional government, The Met Council, is the only regional government with similar planning authority. Together, the Twin Cities and Portland represent the most sustained, integrated, and comprehensive approach to regional government including city services and long-term planning for transportation, economic development, and demographic transitions in the US. The experts featured at this event include: Todd Graham, principal forecaster for the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities and Sonny Conder, the principal researcher within the Economic and Land Use Forecasting Section of the Portland Metro Research Center. The moderator is Dr. Jennifer Clark, Director of the Center for Urban Innovation in Ivan Allen College and Associate Professor of Public Policy at Georgia Tech.
