Field Session

MON-FS-04: Regional Planning, Local Adaptation: Climate Action in the City of Gretna

Field Session Leader(s)

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  Andy Sternad, AIA, AICP

  Principal
  Waggonner & Ball
  New Orleans, Louisiana
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  Amy Norval, ASLA, PLA

  Associate
  CARBO Landscape Architecture
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Field Session Presenter(s)

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  Danielle Duhe, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)

  Principal
  Dana Brown & Associates
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• AH

  Amie L. Hebert, NGICP, CPSI

  Superintendent of Parks & Parkways
  City of Gretna
  Gretna, Louisiana
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  Keith A. Maung-Douglass, PLA

  Keith Maung-Douglass
  CARBO Landscape Architecture
  Newark, DE
• MP

  Madason JA Priore

  Assistant Director of Public Services
  City of Gretna, LA
  Gretna, LA

Gretna City Park, LA, courtesy Amy Norval, CARBO Landscape Architecture

This session will study green infrastructure on the Mississippi River’s West Bank. We'll explore interconnected stormwater management strategies utilized in historic Downtown Gretna, tour the recently renovated Gretna City Park, a Louisiana climate action showcase project, and return with a river view of downtown New Orleans by a West Bank staple: the Algiers ferry.

Includes transportation and ferry ticket.

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify cost-effective, multi-benefit strategies for adapting underperforming parks to serve as both green infrastructure and vibrant community spaces.
• Discuss lessons learned on maintenance of green infrastructure in a changing coastal environment.
• Understand approaches for developing implementation strategies for projects defined in regional planning efforts.
• Explore the functional capacity needed for stormwater management at a variety of scales in urban and suburban settings.