Growth and Change: The Southern City since 1960

An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by
The Center for Society and Industry in the Modern South
30-31 March 2001

Georgia Institute of Technology
GCATT Building
250 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA

FRIDAY, 30 March 2001 GCATT Building
8:30-9:15	Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:15-9:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30-11:30	Session 1: Seeing the Future: A Changing Southern Economy Organizers: Southern Growth Policies Board Moderator: Jim Clinton, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board Keecia James, Southern Growth Policies Board, "Technology" Carol Conway, Southern Growth Policies Board, "Global Markets" Yolanda Batts, Southern Growth Policies Board, "Changing Demographics" Linda Hoke, Southern Growth Policies Board, "Quality of Life"
11:30-1:00	Lunch and Distinguished Speaker Program The University and the Southern City: Chancellor Gregory O'Brien, University of New Orleans
1:00-3:00	Session 2: Latinos and the Southern City Moderator: Mary Odem, Emory University Bernardo Mendez Lugo, Consulate General of Mexico-Atlanta, "Latino Presence in Southern Cities since 1960: The Changing Face of Atlanta to a Multiethnic City" Joshua R. Diaz, Gainesville Bank & Trust, "International Business - Domestically" Cristina Espinosa, International News Service, "The Role of Latinos as a New Labor Force in the South, Present and Future"
3:00-3:30	Coffee Break
3:30-5:30	Session 3: Renewing the City: Goals and Challenges Moderator: David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University Bruce Gunter, The Urban Group (Atlanta), and Bob Lupton, FCS Urban Ministries (Atlanta), "Atlanta's Revitalizing Neighborhoods: Gentrification with Justice" Reverend William P. Wood, First Presbyterian Church-Charlotte, "The Role of the Church in the City" Jason Henderson, University of Georgia, "The Automobile, Southern Culture, and the Transportation Crisis in Atlanta, Georgia" Rich S. Combes, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Case Studies in the Evolution of Atlanta's High-Tech Sector Since 1960"

 

SATURDAY, 31 March 2001 GCATT Building
9:00-9:30	Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:30-11:30	Session 4: Round Table: Changing Perspectives on Growth in the South Organizers: Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations Moderator: Linda Hoke, Southern Growth Policies Board Bob Oldendick, Institute of Public Affairs, University of South Carolina Robert Becker, Strom Thurmond Institute of Government, Clemson University James Seroka and Don-Terry Veal, Center for Governmental Services, Auburn University
11:30-1:00	Lunch and Distinguished Speaker Program The University and the Southern City: Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
1:00-3:00	Session 5: To Rebuild and Redevelop: Economic Development Strategies in Three Southern Cities Moderator: Karen Huebner, Atlanta Urban Design Commission J. Mark Souther, Tulane University, "The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition and the Transformation of New Orleans" Bamby Ray, Ray & Associates, "Historical Redevelopment: Atlanta" Keith Revell, Florida International University, "New Tourism and Old Buildings: Historic Preservation as an Economic Development Strategy for South Beach"
3:00-3:30	Coffee Break
3:30-5:30	Session 6: New Entrepreneurs and New Industries: Chamblee, Georgia Moderator: Joy Wilkins, Center for Economic Development Services, Georgia Institute of Technology Paige Perkins, City of Chamblee, Georgia Maria Mullins, DeKalb County (Georgia) Chamber of Commerce Peter Chang, ACT Investments Ophelia Rodriguez, entrepreneur and co-owner, Disco Landia Chuck Schmandt, private developer Norberto Sanchez, The Norsan Group
5:30-5:45	Closing Comments