- Bibliography. Translating Research Into Action: Nonprofits and the Renaissance of New Orleans
This web site provides a collection of readings on issues important to the rebuilding of New Orleans and the region and the role of nonprofits in dealing with those issues.
- Bring New Orleans Back Commission
Records and reports of the commission appointed by Mayor Nagin to develop a plan of recovery for New Orleans.
- Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
The website of the fund established by our two ex-presidents to raise funding for grants to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
- City of New Orleans
Information from the City's official web site
- Comprehensive Coastal Protection Master Plan for Louisiana (Preliminary Draft)
The preliminary draft (for public comment) of the "first annual coastal protection plan for the state that integrates both hurricane protection and coastal restoration projects."
- Do You Know What It Means?
"a collaborative, educational effort designed to help the public better understand what life was like in New Orleans before the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster. [The site's] mission is to collect the untold stories of the people of New Orleans by chronicling and preserving them in an accessible and public digital archive comprised of collected photographs, videos, family histories, interviews and other artifacts. The archive will result in a virtual representation of New Orleans that will in turn help bring a divided community back together."
- The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned
The official Congressional report.
- FEMA
- Flood Maps:
- Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Post-Katrina information on New Orleans neighborhoods. The GNOCDC site also includes a number of very useful maps detailing available community resources: child care, public schools, after school programs, regional hospitals and clinics.
- GulfGov Reports: Study of the Communities Damaged by the 2005 Hurricanes
This joint project of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR) will issue series of reports over the next three years on what federal, state, and local institutions are doing (or not doing) to improve and restore the living conditions of the people affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
- Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and other partners, organized this project.
- Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared
This is a Special Report (Senate Report 109-322) of the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate. The
Committee's report sets out seven recommendations together with a series of
supporting tactical recommendations, all designed to make the nation's
emergency-preparedness and response system strong, agile, effective, and
robust.
- IPET Risk and Reliability Report
The Corps of Engineers' risk assessment model designed to characterize current annual flood risk in the area. Downloadable, interactive maps (Google Earth is required to view the interactive data) show the possible extent of flooding in different sections of the New Orleans area if a major hurricane strikes in 2007.
- Katrina.louisiana.gov
The State of Louisiana's official page for Katrina information contains many useful links to additional resources
- Katrina Mapping System
From Brown University, the site includes data on the storm's impact, much of it presented graphically in a variety of interactive maps.
- Libraries and Hurricane Katrina
This American Library Association site inks to a variety of efforts to help libraries recover from Hurricane Katrina.
- Louisiana Business Recovery Grant and Loan Program
The State of Louisiana's pilot initiative to provide financial relief to restart and sustain small and independent businesses in the areas of Louisiana impacted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The financial relief, grants and no-interest loans, is particularly geared to businesses experiencing depressed revenues since the storms.
- Louisiana Citizen Awareness and Disaster Evacuation Guide
The online version of the State's 2007 hurricane evacuation guide includes maps of statewide evacuation routes, the Metro New Orleans contraflow plan (plus detail maps of contraflow entry points to I-10 and I-12), as well as evacuation and shelter information.
- Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
The LDRF "supports nonprofit organizations engaged in economic development, housing, land use planning, education, and health care" in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Louisiana Family Recovery Corps
"The Louisiana Family Recovery Corps coordinates humanitarian services within the state of Louisiana to aid victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
- Louisiana.gov
The State of Louisiana's official website provides numerous links to important Katrina recovery information
- Louisiana REBUILDS.info
The site is "a one-stop, online resource that includes updated content and links to resources both nationally and locally that present all types of information related to recovery and rebuilding following hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
- Louisiana Recovery Authority
Website of the planning and coordinating body that will assist in implementing the Governor's vision for the recovery of Louisiana.
- Louisiana Speaks
The "Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is spearheading Louisiana Speaks – a multifaceted planning process to help South Louisiana recover and heal."
- Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan
The LRA's plan for regional recovery from Katrina and Rita.
- Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book
The Pattern Book contains patterns and techniques for building housing, neighborhoods, and towns at a greatly accelerated pace while remaining true to the values and traditions of the people of Louisiana. It also provides guidance on incorporating hazard-resistant design and improved construction techniques into the built landscape.
- Louisiana Spirit Hurricane Recovery
"The mission of Louisiana Spirit Hurricane Recovery is to offer crisis counseling that empowers Louisiana hurricane survivors to build resilience, recover and move towards self sufficiency." This link takes users to lists of Louisiana Spirits provider services across the state.
- Neighborhood Recovery
- Beacon of Hope Resource Center [Lakewood/Lakeview]
A grassroots nonprofit composed of Lakeview and Lakewood residents dedicated to bringing people back to New Orleans. The site includes rebuilding progress maps.
- CityWorks
This site includes a map and a downloadable list of neighborhood organizations in the city.
- The Gentilly Project
A project of Dartmouth College researchers to map the recovery of the Gentilly neighborhood.
- The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why
A report by the American Society of Civil Engineers Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel. The report focuses on the direct physical causes and contributing factors to the hurricane protection system failures during Hurricane Katrina.
- New Orleans Index: Tracking Recovery in the Region
Statistics and analysis on the Katrina aftermath from the Brookings Institute, in collaboration the the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center.
- New Orleans Neighborhoods Rebuilding Plan
The New Orleans City Council hired Lambert Advisory LLC and SHEDO LLC to help develop reconstruction plans for 50 neighborhoods heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina. The plans will recommend reconstruction strategies and a redevelopment vision for each of these neighborhoods.
- New Orleans PodCasting.com
"Listen to the voices that are rebuilding New Orleans at NewOrleansPodCasting.com." This site features interviews with bus professionals, city leaders, artisans, celebrities and other prominent New Orleans, who talk about rebuilding New Orleans.
- Nola.com
Nola.com and the Times-Picayune provide dozens of useful Katrina links
- Post Hurricane Research
As part of a grant from the Louisiana Department of Labor, the LSU Public Policy Research Lab has compiled a list of research projects undertaken by government agencies, non-profit organizations and local chambers of commerce.
- One New Orleans Community Recovery & Resources Page
This page presents easy-to find, concise, comprehensive data about the recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans. The site's "Address Search" provides information about essential and non-essential services located within a mile of your address. Everything from blighted properties and damage assessments to street conditions and calls for service are available through the address search. You can also find out the Council district, zoning district, planning district, and flood zone for a specific address.
- One New Orleans Road Home Fast Track Program
The City of New Orleans' pilot program, in partnership with Chase and Liberty Bank, targeting 1,000 Orleans Parish Homeowners registered with
the Louisiana Road Home Corporation, who have a Louisiana Road Home application
number and a copy of their Louisiana Road Home grant application.
- The Road Home Program:
- Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Assistance
- Target Area Development Plans
From the City of New Orleans' Office of Recovery Management, plans for the 17 initial Target Areas for rebuilding and redevelopment.
- Team Louisiana report on the Federal levee system failures
Following the failure of levee systems in the New Orleans region, "federal agencies and national organizations mounted investigations into the causes behind the failures. On behalf of the state of Louisiana, DOTD Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry commissioned a team of Louisiana scientists to gather and document all available data relevant to the failures. This team became known as 'Team Louisiana.' This link will lead you to "Team Louisiana's" findings.
- Unified New Orleans Plan
The Unified New Orleans Plan (implemented under the auspices of the New Orleans Community Support Foundation (NOCSF), which was established by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Greater New Orleans Foundation) is intended to create a single city-wide recovery and rebuilding plan, which is required by the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) to release certain federal funds. The city-wide infrastructure plan will encompass all neighborhood and planning district plans and will be reviewed by the City Planning Commission, submitted to the City Council and Mayor Nagin for approval, and forwarded to the LRA for a final review and request for recovery funding.
- VolunteerLouisiana.gov
Bringing together many of the state's largest volunteer and citizen service organizations in the state, VolunteerLouisiana.gov serves as a clearinghouse for volunteer and service opportunities throughout Louisiana. The effort is made possible by the offices of Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu, the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Points of Light Foundation, in conjunction with other national and statewide organizations that have partnered to support and encourage citizens, businesses and non-profit organizations in Louisiana and across the country to join the rebuild movement.
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