In an interview with The American Prospect, the first African-American chief administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency exposes her New Orleans roots — and gives voice to a critique her hometown must remember as it moves forward with the creation of a new land use master plan.
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One month after dozens of residents walked out of the city’s public forum on the proposed land use master plan protest of the fact that the largest proposed development in post-Katrina New Orleans was not on the table for discussion, City Planning Commissioner Yolanda Rodriguez made an obvious right choice to demand a first public meeting on the $1.2 billion state hospital project.
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Could your church parking lot be sending the wrong message to visitors? Does your ministry outreach shout “Everyone’s welcome!” while your parking lot screams, “Go away?”
a passage from Ministry Marketing Coach
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Our friend over at Tulane,Francine Stock, handily mapped the 4,450 hurricane damaged lots destined for reprogramming at the hands of New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. The dense brown dots covering the Lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly, eastern New Orleans, Lakeview, and St. Bernard Parish speak for themselves. Click this link to check out the landscape of vacancy for yourself.
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Tonight’s meeting about the decision to locate the LSU/VA complex will be the first public meeting about this issue.
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