Since the storms of 2005, New Orleanians have engaged in more planning activities than any other urban location in the country. The City is poised to adopt its first Master Plan in years, this one with the force of law. A process to develop a new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is underway.

Does this herald a new time in the planning of New Orleans, where residents, businesses, institutions and neighborhoods will be more directly engaged in the land use decisions that affect their lives?

Two leaders in the architecture and planning fields bring their voices to the conversation in this symposium offered by the New Orleans Institute at City-Works.

Part 1 includes:

Introduction by Ray Manning, Chair of the City-Works Board of Directors and Mary W. Rowe, Director of The New Orleans Institute at City-Works.

First speaker:

Mike Dobbins
Professor, School of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology