Rebuilding New Orleans Bring New Orleans Back Plan

Rebuilding New Orleans Bring New Orleans Back Plan, Lambert Plan, & Unified New Orleans Plan

Frustratingly Slow Ü With billions allocated to rebuilding the gulf coast, Louisiana Recovery Act was set up to oversee allocation of Federal Funding Ü Different schools of thought presented different plans: Top-down vs. Bottom-up methods. Ü Slow return: no representation of city to vote and establish a plan

Bring New Orleans Back (BNOB) Plan Ü Establish a central organization to oversee redevelopment efforts Ü Immediately invest in the least damaged areas of the city’s commercial, industrial, and historical core Ü Reimburse homeowners property to full pre-Katrina value Ü Launch housing reconstruction in “target areas” Ü Planning would be done at the neighborhood level

The Lambert Plan Ü Decision making power rests with neighborhood organizations and local residents Ü Neighborhoods were responsible for creating and beginning plans for their local area Ü Excluded local officials who would be held responsible for the implementation of the rebuilding effort

Unified Now Orleans Plan (UNOP) Ü Revise Pubic Education System Ü Restore Physical and Social Infrastructure Ü Rebuild Neighborhood-based health care networks Ü Maintain housing availability for all incomes Ü Promote New Urbanism concepts Ü Provided incentives for flood-mitigating building Ü Prioritize rebuilding based on repopulation and flood risk

UNOP Ü Neighborhood’s develop plans and submit for approval to a centralized organization withdrawn from the political realm