PUBLIC MEETINGS: All public meetings will include presentations on innovative and best practices from around the country, interactive discussions, and opportunities to identify zoning issues.
• Communities of interest – events focusing on themes and topics on a citywide level
> Citywide Forums: Five citywide public forums were held between September 2008 and September 2009.
• Forum 1 – New Orleans' Future: Planning and Zoning for Community (Sept. 2008)
• Forum 2 – How We Live: Housing, Community Development and Historic Preservation (Oct. 2008)
• Forum 3 – Sustainable Systems: Environment, Infrastructure and Facilities (Nov. 2008)
• Forum 4 – How We Prosper: Economic Development (Dec. 2008)
• Forum 5 – Citizen Stewardship: Participation in a Living Plan (Sept. 2009)
• The second round of District Meetings were held in April 2009.
> Neighborhood Meetings: Representatives from the consultant team met with groupings of neighborhood associations (or neighborhood based groups) to explain the project, provide resources, and receive neighborhood input concerning planning and zoning issues most important to individual communities.
> Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Meetings: Events focused on zoning issues.
• Planning District Meetings: Public meeteings were held in each planning district in July 2010. A second round will be announced soon.
• Community Advisory Group – The City Planning Commission appointed a group that is representative of New Orleans’ diversity to serve as a sounding board during the planning and zoning process. For a list of group members click here.
• Working Groups – The City Planning Commission appointed groups of knowledgeable people from the public, private and non-profit sectors, including neighborhood representatives, to work with the consultant team on specific master plan and zoning topics.
• Zoning Working Group 1: Neighborhood Residential.
• Zoning Working Group 2: Green Infrastructure and Architecture.
• Zoning Working Group 3: Downtown Development.
• Zoning Working Group 4: Neighborhood Retail.
• Zoning Working Group 5: Employment Districts.
• Zoning Working Group 6: Transportation.