Posts In 6/2009
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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I said it before and I will say it again.. DEFEAT SB 75
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The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act appears to be going nowhere fast. Is President Obama to blame for not recognizing the bill as the first step in repaying the debt he owes to storm-battered New Orleans and the region?
Mayoral candidate James Perry and his pundit ally Melissa Harris-Lacewell thinks so.
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Come out this Saturday and celebrate National Trails Day by joining the Friends of Lafitte Corridor on a three mile hike along the decommissioned rial road through the heart of New Orleans.
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A University of Pennsylvania study on the impact of vacancy on rates of aggravated assault confirms a deadly connection New Orleans knows all too well
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It’s beginning to sink in. Gov. Jindal is finally starting to ask the questions citizens want answers to.
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