MON-FS-07: Living & Working with Water: Green Infrastructure and Workforce Development on Lafitte Greenway

Field Session Leader(s)

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  Jason Neville

  Executive Director
  Lafitte Greenway Partnership
  New Orleans, Louisiana
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  Dana N. Brown, FASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED AP, GIP, QSM

  President and Managing Principal
  Dana Brown & Associates
  New Orleans, LA

Field Session Presenter(s)

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  Susannah Burley, MLA (she/her/hers)

  Executive Director
  Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL)
  New Orleans, Louisiana
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  Joel Holton

  Program Manager
  Louisiana Green Corps

Lafitte Greenway, courtesy Jason Neville, Lafitte Greenway Partnership

Since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has been remaking its urban landscape to embrace sustainable mobility and nature-based stormwater management. This session will tour the Lafitte Greenway, a 2.6 mile linear park in the heart of the city with bioswales, raingardens, and native reforestation projects, all done with workforce development partners.

Includes transportation and catered lunch.

Learning Outcomes:

• Experience firsthand New Orleans’ largest linear park and most-used bike/pedestrian trail.
• Observe innovative approaches to stormwater management and green infrastructure.
• Learn more about workforce development efforts in the Greenway.
• Hear from leaders from the Lafitte Greenway Partnership and their partners on their collaborative work.