Article
Understanding New Orleans Qualified Opportunity Zones
American Planning Association of Louisiana
(2019)
Abstract
On May 8, 2019 the University of New Orleans MURP 4005/5005 Introduction to Neighborhood Planning course provided a service learning project report on New Orleans Qualified Opportunity Zones for HousingNOLA. Executive Director Andreanecia Morris stated that “HousingNOLA aims to end New Orleans’ affordable housing crisis by using data to educate community members and facilitate policy discussions with decision makers at every level of government and the private housing industry. This often requires getting help researching and then distilling complicated concepts for our partners. We’re pleased to work with partners like Dr. Michelle Thompson and UNO’s Department of Planning & Urban Studies for this kind of research." Analysis of US Federal Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ) included how this national policy has been deployed in New Orleans, LA. The goal of the service-learning project was to provide a citizens guide to understanding the background, history, location and then to create a profile of select QOZs. “The course offered insight into real world practices not only of collecting the data but also being able to present it to an audience. Rather than feeling like the information would be collected for no reason, the information that we produced will be used for HousingNOLA and could go on to make a difference in someone’s life, which is very exciting,” said Gaige Hargrave.
originally published: https://louisianaplanning.com/site/content/understanding-new-orleans-qualified-opportunity-zones
Keywords
- geographic information systems,
- qualified opportunity zones,
- neighborhood planning
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring May 17, 2019
Citation Information
Michelle M. Thompson and Samantha romain. "Understanding New Orleans Qualified Opportunity Zones" American Planning Association of Louisiana (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michelle_m_thompson/86/