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...Those left open and in ruins face possible demolition. The deadline - part of the city's Good Neighbor Program - is meant to allay fears that some areas will end up with "jack-o-lantern" development, one or two rebuilt houses amid a block of devastation. But because Mayor Ray Nagin favors a "market-driven solution", residents aren't really sure which neighborhoods will come back. On Monday, competing development groups - representing the mayor, city council and, indirectly, the Louisiana Recovery Authority - finally signed an agreement to stop squabbling and put together a citywide development plan, which might offer some direction...
...Mayor Nagin, who has been criticized of late for remarks about the slow progress in rebuilding New York's "hole in the ground", predicts a boom is in the making with $60 billion in construction-related funds about to pour in from federal and state sources, including the Road Home program giving homeowners up to $150,000 to rebuild. Ragan says prices for homes are already up 5% to 10% in July. While Uptown is hot (31 properties sold in July), New Orleans East is not (14)."There are houses never even touched since Katrina out there," says Ragan. "People...
...Planning snafus haven't helped. One plan after another - by the Urban Land Institute, the mayor's Bring New Orleans Back commission, even New Urbanist architect Andres Duany's efforts - has fallen by the wayside in what Kroloff calls "the longest-playing comedy of errors." No one, including Nagin, has been willing to say clearly which neighborhoods shouldn't be rebuilt, or can't be provided city services. "The mayor so far has not demonstrated a willingness to make anyone unhappy," says John McIlwain, a senior fellow who worked on the ULI plan. Kroloff, who headed the failed BNOB planning...
...Kroloff is pushing for a plan to accelerate sales of derelict and abandoned properties - an effort Nagin started before Katrina, selling off older homes in the city's center to nonprofits. Now those derelict properties, many in Central City, are fueling the city's horrific murder rate as gangs use the abandoned housing. Kroloff's idea is to sell them for $1 if necessary, then cut people's taxes by 50% if they stay 10 years...
...guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later. So let's be fair." RAY NAGIN, New Orleans Mayor, when asked about his city's stop-and-go post-Katrina reconstruction efforts...