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SmartCode Soars in Pass Christian -- and Hits Hiccup in Gulfport
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 7:46amWhether the setting is the recovering coastal areas of Mississippi and Louisiana or anywhere else for that matter, if your goal is to turn inspiring plans for renewed neighborhoods of walkable, mixed-
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Gulf Coast Town Lauded for its Patience in Rebuilding
Submitted by tbellino on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 3:29pmIn the January 24th edition of the South Mississippi Sun-Herald, readers gained an insight into the complexity and urgency with which the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast is taking place.
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Two Years Later: Displaced Gulf Coast Residents 'Stuck and Suicidal'
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 10:12amThe controversial aftermath of hurricane Katrina has been widely documented - a delayed response from FEMA and charges of racism against the government from affected locals. Two years later many displaced citizens are forced to live in FEMA trailers that offer little comfort or sense of community.
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How to Rebuild New Orleans: start with a trip to Denver - Slate magazine
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 2:12pmOne year after Katrina, New Orleans is still behind the eight ball when it comes to rebuilding. However, with the help of a Rockefeller grant, the Great New Orleans Foundation is heading a neighborhood-scale rebuilding effort that employs several new urbanist architects. In the recent posting in S... read more »
Gulf Coast New Urbanism and the Katrina Cottage - USA Today
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 12:21pmUSA Today’s Larry Copeland tells us that many coastal Mississippi towns are rebuilding their communities with new urbanist principles in mind. But not all towns are jumping on the bandwagon. Towns like Biloxi seem weary of recent efforts to create walkable communities with widespread access to s... read more »
From Governing Magazine: Mississippi's Urbanist Odyssey
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sun, 10/08/2006 - 10:20pmGoverning Magazine's Chris Swope spent a week or so on the MIssissippi Coast and did some admirable reporting. Swope casts a wider-than-normal net, moving beyond Biloxi and encountering forward-thinking elected officials such as Mayor Connie Moran of Ocean Springs and Mayor Brent Warr of Gulfport (t... read more »
Slate On-line Magazine: Mississippi Spurning
Submitted by JonZirkle on Wed, 01/11/2006 - 3:00amMississippi’s Gulf Coast has become a hotbed for New Urbanist activity in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s devestation. Rybczynski explains how Mississippi’s governor arranged a forum in 2005 for planners, designers, and public officials to strategize the rebuilding process with context-sensiti... read more »
New Urbanist controversy in New Orleans - Times-Picayune
Submitted by JonZirkle on Mon, 11/14/2005 - 3:00amDoug MacCash cuts through the heated discussions on New Orleans’ proposed redevelopment style called New Urbanism. MacCash interviews experts in the Big Easy, some of who believe New Orleans is more or less a New Urbanist community. With New Orleans’ history of gradual change, skepticism to a ... read more »