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=20 September 2008

City-Works=20 Newsletter

In=20 This Issue

New=20 Planner

New=20 Space

New=20 Symposium Series

Successful=20 Luncheon =

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New=20 City-Works Planner
Seth=20 Knudsen joins the City-Works team

We are pleased = to=20 welcome Seth Knudsen as City Works' new Senior City Planner. = Seth is=20 a New Orleans native, graduating Summa Cum Laude from Tulane = University and with a Master's degree in Urban Planning from = MIT.=20 Between undergraduate and graduate degrees, Seth worked in = City=20 Hall, with stints in the Mayor's office, the City Planning=20 Commission, and ORDA. Seth brings with him a sophisticated = and local=20 understanding of local government planning and land-use=20 efforts.

New=20 City-Works Space
Downtown=20 location on the Streetcar line

City-Works has moved! = But not=20 far. The office is now upstairs at 843 Carondelet Street in = the=20 Central Business District. This new space will allow us to = continue=20 to build the City-Works team. Please visit us the next time = you are=20 downtown.
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Spotlight=20 on Sustainability
Urban=20 Conservancy

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The=20 Urban Conservancy and their signature program Stay Local = have been=20 steady partners of City-Works in our efforts to promote the = Urban=20 Main Streets throughout the city. Their work on the Lafitte = Greenway=20 has been instrumental in promoting that key urban trail.=20

Sustainability in New Orleans certainly involves the = environment, but the economic and social realm are critical = for our=20 long-term viability.

Please visit the Urban = Conservancy at=20 their website HERE>>>

Greetings=20 Everyone!

Between=20 our new Symposium series, our new staff and space, = City-Works=20 has been busy in September. Looking ahead to October,=20 City-Works has our first symposium event discussing = the ballot=20 initiative on adapting a Master Plan with the force of = law.=20

All that we have done in the past month has = built the=20 strength and capacity of our organization and will = allow us to=20 better advocate for transforming the city. We continue = to grow=20 and provide better information to New Orleans as the = city=20 rebuilds.

Read more below:=20 =

New=20 Symposium Series
First=20 Symposium Event Tuesday, October 14
"Yes = or No -=20 A Master Plan with the Force of = Law"

City-Works, in=20 partnership with the Center for Urban and Public = Affairs at=20 the University of New Orleans, announces a new = symposium=20 series to inform the community on issues of = sustainable=20 land-use and development in New Orleans. This series = will=20 tackle a wide range of topics promoting sustainable=20 development and quality growth for New Orleans. Our = goal is to=20 provide high quality information to the public in an = engaging=20 atmosphere that will move beyond rhetoric and fanciful = ideas=20 to pragmatic solutions to the challenges facing our = recovery.=20 In coming months, symposium topics will include=20 transportation, neighborhood corridor revitalization, = and the=20 relationship between crime and urban design. =

We will=20 begin the series with a voter education forum entitled = "Yes or=20 No -- A Master Plan with the Force of Law" to be held = on=20 Tuesday, October 14 at 6-8 PM. Voters in New Orleans = will go=20 to the polls on November 4th to decide whether or not = to=20 approve an amendment to the Home Rule Charter that = will give=20 legal standing to the city's Master Plan. This = amendment=20 will dramatically change how the city makes land use = and=20 development decisions.

If the = amendment is=20 approved, this Master Plan, unlike any of the previous = post-Katrina planning processes, will be legally = binding.=20 Public officials as well as private citizens will be = required=20 to follow the Plan. All land use regulations, = including=20 the new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, capital = improvements,=20 and the capital budget will have to be consistent with = the=20 Master Plan. Any zoning amendments adopted by = the City=20 Council will have to be consistent with the Master = Plan. =20 In the forum, speakers will address the real = implications of=20 having "force of law" behind the Master Plan, thus = shedding=20 light on potential consequences of the upcoming = charter=20 amendment vote. This educational forum will help = all=20 voters in New Orleans make a decision on this = important=20 issue.

"Yes or No - A Master Plan with = the Force=20 of Law" will take place Tuesday, October 14th from = 6-8:00=20 pm. Symposium events are held in the first floor = lecture=20 auditorium, Room 129, of Kirschman Hall on the UNO=20 campus. All events are free and open to the=20 public.

Successful=20 Luncheon Meeting with Goody Clancy

3DLuncheon A=20 crowd of more than 60 people turned out to hear=20 representatives of Goody Clancy outline their roles = and=20 expectations for the Master Plan and Comprehensive = Zoning=20 Ordinance. City-Works hosted this informational = luncheon and=20 fund raising event at Ralph's on the Park on August=20 26th.

Featured speakers David Dixon and = Larissa=20 Brown of Goody Clancy highlighted changing housing = trends in=20 the United States and emphasized New Orleans' strong = position=20 to take advantage of these national growth and demand = trends=20 for the next 30 years.=20

Website=20 of the Month 3D"New

New = Orleans has a new Master Plan and Comprehensive Zoning = Ordinance process that has just started. We will cover = this=20 process in greater detail in a future newsletter, but = please=20 visit www.nolamasterplan.org to learn more about the = planning=20 process and opportunities for public input. You can = access the=20 information HERE>>>

City-Works=20 is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the long-term=20 sustainable rebuilding of New Orleans' community, = economy, and=20 built environment. For more information about our = organization=20 please visit us on the web:

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