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Gentilly:

Building on Diversity

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Returning Residents

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Building Permits

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Housing

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Housing Solutions: Pre-Fabricated

• Rapid, cost-effective, sound construction
• Many attractive style options
• Can be elevated

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Housing Solutions

• Increase housing options through mixed uses
• Allow limited single to double conversions

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Senior Housing

• Mix of unit styles and

sizes – single family, duplexes, and apartments

• Affordable and market

rate units

• Ownership and rental
• ptions
• On site assisted living;

adult day care

• Access to businesses,

transportation, and recreation

San Jose’s Mabuhay Senior Housing Development

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Affordable Senior Housing

Oroysom Village, Affordable Senior Housing in Fremont, CA

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• St. Bernard Redevelopment – Private

developers with incentives from local govt.

• Senior Housing – Private or non-Profits
• Neighborhood Assistance Center

Duany Plater-Zyberk Charrette Concepts

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Implementation: Zoning Adjustments

• Mixed use development
• Pre-fabricated and modular housing
• Moderate increase in rental housing stock

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Implementation: Financial Strategies

• Collaboration between government and

private developers

• Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
• Allow developers to increase intensity in

return for affordable housing

• Home Buy-Out
• Hope VI

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Institutions

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Open Public Schools

Pierre Capdau (Charter School)

• At Capacity.
• This demonstrates the need

for an additional public school in the area. Ben Franklin High School

• Current Enrollment 540.
• Admission standards have

been kept in place.

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Private Schools

• Brother Martin
• Boys High School
• Grades 8-12
• St. Mary’s Academy
• Opening Fall 2006
• Co-ed elementary
• Girls High School

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UNO and SUNO

Current enrollment 11,600

• Approx. 73% of regular

spring enrollment (16,000) Fall enrollment estimated to be 14,000 – 15,000 Current enrollment 2,055 Pre-Katrina Enrollment 4,000 (Aug. 2005) Currently housed in trailers

• n the lakefront.

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Current Enrollment 1,084 Pre-Katrina enrollment 1,993 (Aug. 2005) Current Enrollment 3,218 (On 27 campuses) Pre-Katrina enrollment 2,678 (Aug. 2005)

Dillard and N.O. Baptist Seminary

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Institutional Involvement in the Community

• UNO’s College of

Business operates the Small Business Development Center in partnership with the SBA.

• SUNO has a long-

term commitment to serving the educational needs of low-income adults.

• Pierre Capdau is a

charter school run by UNO’s College of Education.

• The College of Urban

and Public Affairs is committed to assisting in community planning and redevelopment efforts throughout the city.

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Religious Institutional Involvement

• The Chapel of the Holy

Comforter has become a community center in the aftermath of the storm

• Catholic Charities is

providing counseling services, food banks, and volunteers are gutting homes.

• Religious groups from

around the country have coordinated with local churches in volunteer efforts.

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Short Term Goals

• No Child Left Behind has

designated $20.9 million for Louisiana charter schools.

• Assess need through survey
• f returning families.
• Partner with UNO College of

Education to open K-12 Charter School

• University Goals:

– Increase enrollment – Work with community to further mutual goals – Act as financial partner in new development Gentilly

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Visions for the Future

Milne Boys Home

Create a Music / Cultural charter school with the help

• f local music foundations

Reopen schools as required by repopulation.

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Economic Development

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Economic Development

Community Expressed Economic Development Goals

• Self-Contained Destination

Neighborhood

• Diverse Types of Businesses

and Services

• Quality Shopping and Dining
• Large Retail Chains
• Family-Oriented Businesses

and Services

• Fewer Fringe Businesses
• Business Incubator

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Area of Concentration

Elysian Fields and Gentilly Boulevard Intersection

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Elysian Fields and Gentilly

Site Advantages

• Intersection of two major

thoroughfares

• High traffic volume
• Captures both resident and

student traffic

• Historic commercial area
• Opportunity for alternative

configurations and phased redevelopment THEN NOW

FUTURE…

ADT 31,000 ADT 34,000

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Lifestyle Center Concept

• Fine and Casual Dining
• Boutique Shopping
• Coffee Shop
• Movie Theater
• Specialty Food Store
• Book Store
• Office Space on Second

Floor

• Possible anchors: church,

post office, fitness center, library

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Town Square

Duany Plater-Zyberk

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Town Triangles?

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Implementation

• Cooperation of landowners and developers
• Coordinate with local government for

street and sidewalk adjustments

• An overlay zone could be used to enforce

design and aesthetic standards

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Implementation: Design

• National Trust for Historic Preservation’s

Main Street Program Model

• Façade Improvement Program
• Streetscape Program to focus on

community identity

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Implementation: Business Development

• Create a Gentilly Business Association
• Administer Revolving Loan Fund
• Launch a Group Marketing Consortium,

example: Magazine Merchants Association

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UNO Small Business Development Center

• Business Training - Fast Track Workshops held by local

firms

• One-on-one counseling for business owners
• Technical support and small computer lab to assist with:

Excel, cash flow projections, Internet marketing, Quick Books, brochure development, and business plan writing

• Loan packaging per lender requirements
• Assistance with business registration, tax ID number, etc.

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Parks and Open Space

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City Greenways - Vancouver, British Columbia

Goals of a City Greenway:

• Make walking more

interesting

• Make cycling safer and

more convenient

• Reduce the impact of

the car

• Make the Greenway

‘greener’

• Use public art to make

the Greenway more interesting

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Current Status of Peoples Avenue An opportunity for “Rails with Trails”

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Future of Peoples Avenue?

Source: Rails-to-Trails Source: Jacksonville State University Environmental Policy & Information Center

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Green Roofs

• Reduce stormwater runoff
• Improve quality of runoff
• Protection of roof membrane

resulting in a longer material lifespan

• Savings on energy heating and

cooling costs

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Implementation

Source: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Source: Rails to Trails Conservancy

• Partnerships

– Parkway Partners – Rails-with-Trails – Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

• Financial Strategies

– www.enhancements.org – www.grants.gov

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Planning Implementation Overview

• Develop and Implement Overlay Zone

– Design and Aesthetic Controls

• Change Zoning

– Mixed uses – Prefabricated Housing

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Planning Implementation Overview Financial Strategies

• Tax Incentives
• Grants
• Public / Private Partnership

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Key Recommendations

• Senior Housing Alternatives
• Pre-fabricated Single Family Housing
• Milne Charter Music School
• Lifestyle Center Concept
• Main Street Model
• Active Business Association
• Greenway System
• Rails-with-Trails along Peoples Avenue

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The University of New Orleans is a part of Gentilly.

Together, we will rebuild.