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New Urbanism Attracting Old Conservativism

Smart growth is a rising star for more Republicans as well as Democrats. Finally, something both sides of the house can begin to agree on.
25 April 2005 - 6:00am
2TheAdvocate.com

University Of New Orleans Lures Urban Planning Students

The University of New Orleans has increased scholarships to lure new urban planning students from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas.
1 November 2004 - 1:00pm
The Times-Picayune

Gas Station Design Becomes Blueprint For Future

An 1800s-style gas station design will become a blueprint for future gas station designs in Mandeville, Louisiana.
15 October 2004 - 9:00am
The Times-Picayune

New Orlean's New 'Potty Ordinance'

Are new ordinances the answer to the surge in public urination in 'adult playgrounds' such as Las Vegas and New Orleans?
12 July 2004 - 9:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Saving Lousiana's Coast

Louisiana's $14-billion effort to save the state's coast from erosion is in jeopardy after the White House sets aside an engineering study.
9 June 2004 - 11:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Leaving New Orleans For The Suburbs

Famed gothic writer Anne Rice is selling her New Orleans house and moving the suburbs. New Orleans is 'aghast'.
22 April 2004 - 9:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Even The Dead Need To Be Preserved

Volunteers work to save above ground cemeteries in New Orleans.
5 April 2004 - 12:00pm
CNN

E-Government: The Next Big Thing In Tech

Federal government contracting is "the last frontier in the technology sector," and New Orleans may finally emerge as a technology center.
6 February 2004 - 8:00am
BizJournals

Aggressive Growth Management For New Orleans Suburb

How does St. Tammany radically redefine the way growth occurs to save the parish from its own success?
29 November 2003 - 7:00am
Bureau Of Governmental Research

Recommendations For Land Use Decision Making

Report identifies systemic weaknesses in land use decision making and offers a series of recommendations.
9 October 2003 - 12:00pm
Bureau Of Governmental Research

A Revolution In The French Quarter

Critics say that recent efforts to clean up New Orlean's French Quarter threaten to turn it into a Disneyfied caricature.
8 September 2003 - 9:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Could Cattails Impact The Presidency?

Farm runoff into the Everglades has fostered the growth non-native cattails, which destroy native wildlife.
24 August 2003 - 9:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Convention Center Expansion Raises Issues About Takings

Owners of property in New Orleans expropriated by the state for the expansion of a convention center may sue for compensation.
5 February 2003 - 2:00pm
The Times-Picayune

Audit Slams Housing Agency

A state agency that rehabilitates homes for the rural poor has mismanaged the program, Louisiana's legislative auditor said in a new report.
28 December 2002 - 5:00am
The Times-Picayune

River Ranch: A Real New Urbanist Community

Many "New Urbanist" communities are little more than marketing. River Ranch, outside of Baton Rouge is the real thing -- and a huge commercial success.
10 November 2002 - 5:00am
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Taking It Easy In The Big Easy

Perhaps because New Orleans doesn't have an affluent tenant base, the housing market has been remarkable stable.
6 April 2002 - 11:00am
REIS

New Orleans Historic Neighborhood Opposes Wal-Mart Plan

Wal-Mart's plan to build a megastore in a historic neighborhood is facing opposition from historic preservationists.
6 January 2002 - 5:00am
The New York Times

Balancing Conservation And Commerce

In Cypress Island Preserve, Louisiana, birds and oil wells are neighbors.
26 July 2001 - 12:00pm
The New York Times

APA Conference: The Latest News From N'awlins

PLANetizen is pleased to provide the latest news live from the conference hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.
13 March 2001 - 6:00am
Planetizen

APA Conference: Live From N'awlins

One of PLANetizen's intrepid editors is live in New Orleans covering the American Planning Association's national planning conference, March 10-14.
12 March 2001 - 8:30am
American Planning Association
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