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Websites The following websites contain information that may be useful to those rebuilding from hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or other recent storms. Websites are listed alphabetically by the name of the organization. Congress for the New Urbanism
The Congress is the organization that organized the historic Mississippi Renewal Forum charrette in October 2005. New Urbanism is an urban design movement that burst onto the scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. New Urbanists aim to reform all aspects of real estate development. Their work affects regional and local plans. They are involved in new development, urban retrofits, and suburban infill. In all cases, New Urbanist neighborhoods are walkable, and contain a diverse range of housing and jobs. New Urbanists support regional planning for open space, appropriate architecture and planning, and the balanced development of jobs and housing. They believe these strategies are the best way to reduce how long people spend in traffic, to increase the supply of affordable housing, and to rein in urban sprawl. Many other issues, such as historic restoration, safe streets, and green building are also covered in the Charter of the New Urbanism, the movement's seminal document.Disaster Contractors Network
The Disaster Contractors Network shares information and resource matching among government, the construction community, home and business owners before, during and after disasters strike.Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, founders of the New Urbanism, led the Mississippi Renewal Forum charrette in October 2005, and also led three charrettes sponsored by the state of Louisiana for hurricanes Katrina and Rita recovery in February and March 2006. Since its founding in 1980, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company has completed designs for over 250 new and existing communities. This work has exerted a major influence on the practice and direction of urban planning in the United States. A significant aspect of DPZ's work is its innovative use of planning regulations, including the urban and architectural codes that accompany each design. Tailored to the individual project, the codes address the manner in which buildings are formed and located to ensure that they create useful and distinctive public spaces. Local architectural traditions and building techniques are also codified within the regulations.Federal Emergency Management Agency
The FEMA site is the federal mega-site for disaster recovery assistance. Sub-pages that might be of interest are noted below.
This is the Mitigation Division page; it contains links to a number of useful areas. Mitigation is the cornerstone of emergency management. It's the ongoing effort to lessen the impact disasters have on people's lives and property through damage prevention and flood insurance. This page contains links to the Home Builder's Guide to Coastal Construction Technical Fact Sheet Series. Governor Haley Barbour Katrina Information Page
This page contains information on federal appropriations for Katrina recovery in Mississippi.
Governor's Commission
This is the master site of the Mississippi Governor's Commission for Recovery, Rebuilding & Renewal in Mississippi. It contains the final reports that resulted from the Mississippi Renewal Forum mega-charrette in October.
Hurricane Information
This is State of Louisiana information clearinghouse related to Louisiana's recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Hurricane Insurance Information Center
This site contains insurance settlement assistance information.
Hurricane Katrina/Rita Relief Portal
This is a searchable internet database of resources for persons in need as a result of the hurricane.
Hurricane Recovery
This is the White House site that describes current federal recovery efforts.
Katrina's Angels
This is a housing services hub for Katrina victims where users can offer up housing space for victims, or hurricane survivors can search for available rooms, houses, apartments, etc.
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
The Foundation was established in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita to provide recovery and relief resources.
Louisiana Recovery Authority
The Authority is the primary steering agency for reconstruction and redevelopment efforts.
Louisiana Speaks This is Louisiana Long-Term Recovery Planning site for recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Mississippi Development Authority Open for Business Page
This page lists the resources of the Mississippi Development Authority dealing with reconstruction, including sub-pages on the Gulf Opportunity Zone.
Mississippi Home Help
This site addresses Katrina homeowner grants in Mississippi
Mississippi Renewal Forum
This site tracks progress resulting from the historic Mississippi Renewal Forum charrette in October 2005, which was probably the largest planning event in recorded history with a design team of close to 200 people. The plans in this book resulted from that charrette. Read here about how it all began, including documentation of and the story behind some of the designs as they happened.
New Urban Guild
The New Urban Guild site contains a growing roster of design-related hurricane recovery resources. These resources are found in the Guild Foundation Tool Foundry.
Open Churches
This site maintains a database of all participating congregations and their ability to help.
PlaceMakers
This New Urbanist specialty firm is the online repository for information on Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company's SmartCode. The SmartCode is being used as a template for replacing or providing an alternative to sprawl-based zoning ordinances in communities all along the Gulf Coast.
Urban Design Associates
This New Urbanist planning and architecture firm produced A Pattern Book for Gulf Coast Neighborhoods as part of the Mississippi Renewal Forum effort, and is producing another similar pattern book for use in Louisiana. They were pioneers in the recovery of the pattern book as a tool for improving the quality of our built environment.
Newspapers
The following newspapers (in alphabetical order) are the largest papers serving areas where there have been major New Urbanist design charrettes since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Their websites are typically great sources of local news related to rebuilding. Most include searchable databases of stories dating back to the dates of the storms and before.The Daily Iberian
The Daily Iberian serves New Iberia, Louisiana.
The Lake Charles American Press
The American Press serves Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Times-Picayune is a newspaper of national distribution that is based in New Orleans.
The Sun-Herald
The Sun-Herald serves the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Television Stations
The following television stations (in alphabetical order) are affiliates of major media networks serving areas where there have been New Urbanist renewal & rebuilding design charrettes since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Their websites, like those of the newspapers, are often sources of local news related to rebuilding. Stations are only listed here if they maintain a website.KLTL
KLTL channel 18 is a PBS television station broadcasting to Lake Charles, Louisiana.
KPLC
KPLC channel 7 is an NBC affiliate television station broadcasting to Lake Charles, Louisiana.
WDSU
WDSU channel 6 is an NBC affiliate television station broadcasting to New Orleans.
WGNO
WGNO channel 26 is an ABC affiliate television station broadcasting to New Orleans.
WLAE
WLAE channel 32 is a PBS television station broadcasting to New Orleans.
WLOX
WLOX channel 13 is an ABC affiliate television station broadcasting to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
WVUE
WVUE channel 8 is a Fox affiliate television station broadcasting to New Orleans.
WWL
WWL TV channel 4 is a CBS affiliate television station broadcasting to New Orleans.
WYES
WYES channel 12 is a PBS television station broadcasting to New Orleans.
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