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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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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 26, 2011
Visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/aerotropolis to take the survey!
The Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is conducting a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on redevelopment plans for the site of the former Hapeville Ford Assembly Plant. The HIA will promote the explicit consideration of the human health impacts of the proposed redevelopment project so that health costs are not unevenly distributed and all opportunities to mitigate negative impacts and increase health benefits are considered.
The assembly plant is to be redeveloped as âAerotropolis Atlantaâ, with over 6.5 million square feet of office, hotel, shopping and airport parking facilities, as well as a solar energy component. The 122-acre site is bounded by I-75, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the new residential development of Asbury Park, and downtown Hapeville.
Health Impact Assessment is a combination of procedures, methods and tools that systematically judges the potential, and sometimes unintended, effects of a policy, plan, program, or project on the health of a population and the distribution of those effects within the population. HIA identifies appropriate actions to manage those effects.
The purpose of this survey is to learn about the experiences of people who live, work, shop, or otherwise spend time near the redevelopment site. It is designed to tell us if the study area is a place where people can be safe, healthy, and happy.
For printed copies of the survey, please call 404.385.5133.
