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Concurrent Education Session

SUN-D10: Blueprint 2.0: Reimagining Prosperity Around the World’s Largest Airport

Sunday, October 6, 2024
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Atlanta is home to the world’s busiest airport, surrounded by 13 communities that have experienced limited investment, educational inequality, and loss of character. This session focuses on the Aerotropolis, a multi-jurisdictional initiative to generate economic resilience, equity, and placekeeping through a collaborative effort between the public and private sectors.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Showcase how landscape architects can contribute to equitable redevelopment and placemaking through the lens of economic development and urban design.
  • Examine approaches to regional economic development by linking workforce development, urban design, economics, and mobility/transit.
  • Learn the importance of ensuring master redevelopment plans adhere to local market realities, land development economics, and politics that shape development around airports.
  • Showcase how design strategies can improve mobility and placemaking and create real change within historically underserved areas.