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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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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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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Hollygrove residents want the neighborhood’s shuttered Paul J. Dunbar school to reopen before 2014. Unfortunately, it appears that that their state representative in Baton Rouge is unwilling to back up the long-neglected, low-income community.
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The battle over affordable housing hits Esplanade Avenue.
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