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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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A free Land Use Forum session titled "Sustaining Vibrant Communities through Redevelopment" will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at Sugar Land City Hall. According to a Sugar Land press release, "The session is intended to help the community better understand the opportunities and benefits of redevelopment. The session will cover the causes of decline in retail and commercial areas, strategies available to revitalize areas to ensure they remain vibrant, and the role cities play in guiding redevelopment." The keynote speaker will be Ellen Dunham-Jones, an architect and professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an authority on suburban redevelopment.