PART 1 – SETTING THE STAGE
Chapter 1 – A vision and a plan for action
The Master Plan is neither a prediction nor a projection of the future. It is a plan. A plan for the 21st century: New Orleans 2030.
A plan that could be put into action-aspirational yet practical, focused on the long-term 20-year horizon yet recognizing that New Orleanians were hungry for short-term, visible progress in recovery. The planning process and this document were designed to meet those goals.
Chapter 2 – New Orleans Yesterday and Today: Population and Land Use Trends
Population and land use…
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The latest from the Mercatus Center, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the storms and levee failures of 2005, highlights the innovations developed by non-profit organizations and the leadership provided by them. Includes Beacons of Hope (Connie Uddo), Squandered Heritage (Karen Gadbois, soon to be of the New Orleans Public Record) and The Lower 9 Center for Sustainable Development and Engagement (Pam Dashiell).
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The mainstream media is caught in a hard spot. We all know the story — newspapers are laying off staff, metro sections are shedding pages by the day, editors are furloughing reporters. But as the saga unfolds, a new model of non-profit, local online journalism is emerging from the ink stains. These days, New Orleans Institute is the launch pad of one such effort: The New Orleans Public Record.
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In a commentary released this week by the Equity and Inclusion Campaign, Courtney Howell and Diane Huhn from Bayou Grace Community Services urge Congress to fund coastal restoration in southeastern Louisiana. Their argument? That a safer, healthier bayou ecosystem means less need for disaster relief and a stronger local economy — and a stronger local economy means less reliance on federal assistance.
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With only a few weeks left to before New Orleans Redevelopment Authority stops accepting development proposals for its Mid-City properties, the organization has partnered with Mid-City Neighborhood Association to lead prospective developers on a tour of the 65 vacant or blighted lots owned by the agency.
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A story on the New York Times website today illustrates the problems of narrating New Orleans from a distance.
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Frank Gehry has partnered with local artist, urban planner and architect extraordinaire Robert Tannen on a new breed of New Orleans home: the Modgun.
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You’ve heard me rant about my unflagging dedication to urban greenways. Now I’ll let pictures from last week’s walk along the future Lafiitte Greenway tell the story.
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A: All three industries could face new regulation if the city succeeds in enacting a comprehensive master plan. For that reason, it’s not all that shocking to see that big players from all three fields share something else: support for Sen. Edwin Murray, sponsor of a senate bill that could scuttle the plan.
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I’ll admit it: I’m biased. From the very first I heard that there was even a remote possibility that one day I would be able to ride my bike along a tree-shaded car-less path from the Treme to Mid-City, I was pumped. For this very reason, I was not at all surprised when more than 100 similarly overjoyed folks came out last Saturday to walk the length of the city’s first planned greenway.
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