Unified New Orleans Plan-Citywide Strategic Recovery and Rebuilding Plan

Planning for the City's recovery began almost immediately. First, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) voluntarily led a planning exercise that looked at short term and long term requirements

As the recovery plan for the City, the Citywide Strategic Recovery and Rebuilding Plan (the Citywide Plan) focuses primarily on the public realm, that is, things the city government controls and/or manages, such as streets; water, sewerage and drainage systems; public schools; public safety; and public parks, libraries, and cultural facilities. In general, privately-owned and privately administered systems or facilities - the parochial schools and private health care facilities, for example, - are not the subject of this analysis. This does not mean, however, that this plan cannot be used by the private sector. To the contrary, the strategic recovery framework set out in this plan is intended to serve as a guide to both public and private investment.

The Citywide Plan is the culmination of the UNOP process. It was put together through the efforts of scores of local and nationally recognized urban planners, architects, engineers and disaster recovery experts, with the help of thousands of citizens of the City of New Orleans who gave of themselves tirelessly to attend hundreds of meetings. It is now up to the elected officials and leaders of the City of New Orleans to adopt this plan and implement it for the good of the community.