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Residents, businesses, schools, and community stakeholders coming together

An Action Plan for Recovery and Development for Paris/Robert E. Lee ReNew Zone Residents, businesses, schools, and community stakeholders coming together Billy Fields, PhD Center for Urban and Public Affairs Need for an Action Plan Establishing a Clear Vision

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Residents, businesses, schools, and community stakeholders coming together

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  1. An Action Plan for Recovery and Development for Paris/Robert E. Lee ReNew Zone • Residents, businesses, schools, and community stakeholders coming together Billy Fields, PhD Center for Urban and Public Affairs

  2. Need for an Action Plan • Establishing a Clear Vision • Expectations (Defining Process of Task Force) • Timeline Outline

  3. Problem Statement: • Past Plans Provide General Vision but… • Lack Concrete Implementation Mechanisms

  4. Tie Together Vision from Previous Plans with Concrete Steps to Build a Workable Action Plan Goal:

  5. Action Plan: • A Consensus Document Produced in Coordination with the Task Force • Lays out a Clear Vision for Redevelopment Linked to Implementation Mechanisms and Policies

  6. IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING UNIFIED PLAN BNOB COMMISSION LOUISIANA SPEAKS UNOP DISTRICT and NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING` LAMBERT PLANS FEMA ESF-14 INDEPENDENT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS Extensive Planning Process Has Already Produced Solid Vision

  7. Vision: The neighborhood hopes to reassert itself as a retail and educational center through town oriented improvements to the Lake Terrace Center, the reopening of key educational facilities, and the expansion of green space.

  8. Project Vision • Economically Vibrant, Walkable • Community Linking Educational • Facilities, Jobs, and Homes Or…

  9. Project Context: Gentilly UNO SUNO Paris/Robert E. Lee Renew Zone Baptist Theological Seminary Elysian Fields/Gentilly Redevelopment Zone Dillard

  10. Project Context: Gentilly UNO SUNO Paris/Robert E. Lee Renew Zone Baptist Theological Seminary Baptist Theological Seminary Baptist Theological Seminary Elysian Fields/Gentilly Redevelopment Zone Dillard

  11. Economically Vibrant, Walkable Community Linking Educational Facilities, Jobs, and Homes UNO Terrace Garden Apartments Lake Terrace Center Lake Area High School Holy Cross High School

  12. How will this be accomplished? • Establishment of a Stakeholder-led Task Force • Analysis of Housing Recovery Needs • Creation of a Business Reinvestment Policy Toolkit • Creation of an Action Plan to Spur Revitalization

  13. Residential Study Area Paris and Robert E. Lee St. Bernard Filmore

  14. Analysis of Housing Recovery • Identify Recovery Status of Housing through Technical Analysis (flooding depth, housing type, repetitive flood loss data, etc) • Examine Incentives and Obstacles to Rebuilding • “Boil Down” Data into Residential Recovery Indicators Goal: Identify Policies Designed to Overcome Key Obstacles

  15. Business Analysis Background • Lake Terrace Shopping Center an Example of a National Trend: “Greyfield” Shopping Areas that Need Redevelopment Greyfield in PA (image courtesy PSU NEMO Image Library

  16. Business Analysis Background • Best Practices for Redevelopment of Grey Field Shopping Areas: • 1.Strong Partnerships with Key • Stakeholders an Important Tool • 2. “Pulse” Development: Focus on Target • Areas to Concentrate Energy • 3. Focus on Connectivity and Walkability • 4. Use Public Investment in Infrastructure • to Spur Private Investment • 5. Create a Place: Build Community

  17. Business Analysis • Most current residential demographic data • Review of successful and unsuccessful policy responses from around the country • On-going communication and collaboration with residents and businesses to develop shared goals • Outcome will be a policy toolbox of actions needed to reinvigorate this node

  18. Half- Mile Market Area UNO Elysian Fields Filmore

  19. One Mile Market Area UNO Elysian Fields Filmore

  20. Action Plan • Utilize the results of the business analysis and residential recovery data to create an Action Plan for the recovery. • Action Items will: • 1. Identify targeted policies by city that can overcome obstacles • 2. Build strategic partnerships that can be enhanced to spur recovery • 3. Create a framework for continued action

  21. Expectations • UNO/RPC Team Conveners, Not Implementers • UNO/RPC Team Brings Together Data on Residential and Commercial Recovery Indicators • Task Force Provides Input on Action Plan and Builds Relationships that will Lead to Implementation • Goal: Task Force to Remain Engaged Throughout Implementation Process

  22. Website for Communication and Marketing

  23. Key Dates • November 13, 2008 First Task Force Meeting 6:30 Edgewater Baptist Church • December 9, 2008 Second Task Force Meeting 6:30 Edgewater Baptist Church • January 20, 2009 Third Task Force Meeting 6:30 Edgewater Baptist Church • March 3, 2009 Initial Draft Policy Recommendations 6:30 Edgewater Baptist Church • April 7, 2009 Second Draft Action Plan Meeting 6:30 Edgewater Baptist Church • May 2009 Final Draft of Action Plan Due

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