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The recent uptick in big box projects and proposals in the Crescent City, fueled by tax subsidies and other costly giveaways, has left owners of smaller home-grown businesses in related industries gritting their teeth and bracing for hard times. They… Read more >

Something is afoot in your neighborhood. Surveyors are walking around a defunct property taking notes. When you approach and ask questions, they are evasive; however, through persistence your neighbors piece together a puzzle. It’s another development by “surprise!” One of… Read more >

A single opposing vote. A single vote in opposition to a broadly supported neighborhood request to the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) to reconsider a decision by the Department of Safety and Permits has left the neighborhood facing the prospect… Read more >

Remember all the planning meetings we went to where we were told our ideas would shape the future of the city? When do we get to decide the budget priorities that make our ideas a reality? There are now more… Read more >

One of the challenges of discussing zoning in urban areas, is that zoning itself is often part of the problem. Many of the aspects of New Orleans we love could not be built today under the current zoning laws. Those cool outbuilding on the property lines—need a 3’ setback now. Houses next to each other—can’t do it. Neighborhood corner stores—better know that council person. Hubigs Pie plant in the middle of the Marigny? Are you crazy?—that mixes light industrial with residential. Read more >