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Stormwater Management
In recent times, stormwater management in New Orleans has been characterized by regularly overwhelmed drainage systems, excessive paving and pumping that has depleted groundwater levels and led to a...
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UPDATE March 2016 – Senate passes E-fairness bill HB 30 unanimously (vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays) that requires remote dealers to collect sales tax on LA sales! StayLocal is a part of the Louisiana...
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Short Term Rentals
Short Term Rentals in New Orleans Short term rentals have recently become a controversial issue in cities all across America, New Orleans included. Short term rentals are considered to be any rental...
View ArticleSoccer Complex on The Fly?
Follow the Story An Overview How Audubon’s public-private structure enabled The Fly fiasco-Nola.com- June 6, 2016 Save the Fly links: SAVE THE FLY/THE RIVERVIEW NOLA– A link to the change.org Save the...
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Parks and Public Input
A Master Plan is a comprehensive, long-range plan to direct the future growth and development of the city. The plan must be supported by citizen referendum so that the plan will become a real, legal...
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Mayoral Forum: Flood Risk and Adapting to Environmental Change
The flooding on August 5, 2017, shone a bright light on New Orleans’ environmental and infrastructural vulnerabilities when it comes to flood risk, and the need for well-informed leadership on storm...
View ArticleFuture of Mardi Gras Forum
The UC’s Future of Mardi Gras Forum was an opportunity for “parade goers and parade throwers” to come together to brainstorm about everything from waste reduction along parade routes to locally made...
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Residential Green Infrastructure in New Orleans
In June 2020, the Urban Conservancy surveyed our Front Yard Initiative participants who installed green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) on their properties between 2015 and 2019. The survey assessed...
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Tree Canopy Protection
New Orleans’ old growth tree canopy is shrinking. Here’s what we can do about it. “We need to stop saying we are a resilient city when everything we do flies in the face of us being resilient. Trees...
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