After nearly a decade of planning, a vision for the technology-forward municipality and the higher education cultivator of innovation has come to fruition with the new Georgia Tech Atrium at Peachtree Corners’ Curiosity Lab.

With 200 or so attendees present, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason, and Georgia TechPresident Ángel Cabrera cut the ribbon on this first-of-its-kind space.

“I actually came to this exact building with Georgia Tech’s former president in 2016 when we just began to think about what this partnership could be,” said Dene Sheheane, president of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. “The wheels of higher ed turn slowly, so I’m excited to see it finally come together.”

The opening of the GT Atrium in Peachtree Corners is the first of many planned collaborations to come between the school  and municipalities throughout the state and beyond.

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