The more I think about it, this stinks to high heaven. The location? The timing? The absence of any publicity? It’s as if they’re going out of their way to make sure the community isn’t involved in this “inclusive community-driven effort.”
Update (2025): What the heck, since I wrote the linked post, I’m including the text here.
Council-Sponsored Planning Meeting
May 16th, 2006 by Bart EversonThe New Orleans City Council has hired some consultants to help develop reconstruction plans for 50 neighborhoods heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina [more info]. Each team of consultants will hold at least three community meetings in each planning district. The first planning meeting for Mid-City appears to be set for Saturday May 20th at 10:00 a.m. at the Audubon Senior Center – 3425 Audubon Ct.
Personally I’m astonished that a) I’m only learning about this event now, a few days in advance, and b) the meeting is located in Gert Town, and c) there seems to be no information about this meeting even on the nolanrp.com website put together in support of this planning process, and d) that’s election day. But this could be an important meeting, so concerned Mid-City residents are encouraged to attend.
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You mean you didn’t know that Gert Town and the St. Bernard Projects were part of Midcity? Me neither, but all I know about planning I leard sitting in on planning meetings as a reporter.
It’s wierd that meetings haven’t gotten more attention. I get up 5:3oish every morning to scan the TP on line, and read as much else as I can get my hands on, and this is the first I’ve heard of this. Sounds like MCNO isn’t too pleased about the surprise nature of this either.
A neighbor reports on last nite’s meeting for Fauborg St. John: