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Old 09-01-2015, 09:23 AM
 
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MARTA, Georgia Piedmont Technical College discussing campus at Kensington Station - Decaturish

College Campus Could Boost TOD at Kensington Station - MARTA Mixed-Use - Curbed Atlanta



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Officials with Georgia Piedmont Technical College and MARTA are discussing the possibility of a secondary GPTC campus at the Kensington MARTA station.

While the idea itself isn’t new, both parties have acknowledged they are in talks about the project becoming part of a Transit Oriented Development at the station.

“MARTA is working with GPTC about the possibility of having a secondary campus located at/near the Kensington Station—this has been discussed publicly,” MARTA spokesperson Alisa Jackson told Decaturish. “I also was told that there is a cooperation agreement with MARTA, DeKalb County, GPTC and (the Atlanta Regional Commission).”...
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Old 09-01-2015, 09:44 AM
 
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Looks like a good idea and a a good project. Locating education opportunities close to transit gives students options, *cough* KSU.
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Old 09-01-2015, 09:56 AM
 
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KSU has been there a long time. Long before Metro Atlanta was well, metro.

GPT has fairly corrupt leadership. This worries me actually. The concept is good, but wish that GPT wasn't involved.

DeKalb special grand jury recommends 12 for criminal... | www.wsbtv.com

MARTA is doing an apparently good job of avoiding the garbage that comes out of DeKalb's corruption issues. This is not a good partnership for DeKalb.
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Old 09-01-2015, 09:56 AM
 
Location: Georgia
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They'll need to update their rendering because Atlanta United's facility is supposed to fit in there somewhere (assuming it's not that field next to the baseball field).

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Locating education opportunities close to transit gives students options, *cough* KSU.
I don't get this comment. It's not like KSU made the conscious decision to not build near transit way back when.
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Old 09-01-2015, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Georgia
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Any expansion of vocational-technical education is something that I can get behind. Especially when it's right here in the metro area.
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