Approximately 100 days after Hurricane Katrina struck, Motion M-05-592 was introduced by Councilmember Willard-Lewis and unanimously passed by the City Council of New Orleans. The Motion ensured that community-based neighborhood-by-neighborhood planning for flooded areas of the City would be central to decisions associated with the recovery of the most devastated areas of New Orleans. The Council was adamant that the families most impacted by the storm would play a central role in defining the future of their communities.

In late March of 2006, the City of New Orleans contracted with a team of consultants to assist those neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Katrina develop neighborhood level revitalization plans. These carefully prepared revitalization plans were formed the basis of a citywide rebuilding and improvement plan for submission to the State of Louisiana and the federal government.

W+P was contracted as a Project Consultant to Lambert Advisory Group and Bermello Ajamil Partners to prepare and coordinate overall graphic renderings, graphic layout and final report for the New Orleans Neighborhoods Rebuilding Plan including perspective renderings for all nine Planning Districts and urban concept plans for proposed neighborhood revitalization components for Planning Districts IV and V.

Project Highlights
The Neighborhood Rebuilding Plans of the City of New Orleans were unanimously approved by the New Orleans City Council and accepted by the Louisiana Recovery Authority on November 6, 2006.

Project Website: www.nolanrp.com