Welcome to the NOLA CPP Blog Space

Welcome to the New Orleans Citizen Participation Project Blog.

This site will be used as a rapid online communication tool between NOLACPP Staff , Action Teams, other partners and concerned residents.

The New Orleans Citizen Participation Project [CPP] is a citizen driven campaign to develop a system of direct involvement of the city’s residents in the public decisions and development planning that can impact and enhance our quality of life.

On Monday 18 August 2008, the New Orleans Citizen Participation Project held its first CPP Collaborative meeting. The meeting was meant to be an opportunity for representatives of the 9 Action Teams and our Community Partners to come together and discuss the projects activities and get feedback from project staff. The notes from this meeting is attached to this email.

The 9 Action teams were created during the Citizen Participation Summit on 11-12th July. Summit participants divided the CPP campaign into 9 topical areas that need attention as we develop the formal CPP model to be presented to the City Council next year.

During our collaborative meeting, our Organizational Structure Team proposed that each team be required to meet at least once every three weeks, in addition to sending at least one representative to the monthly CPP collaborative meeting in the 4th week of each month. We would like all Teams to contact us as to when their next meeting is scheduled. If it is not yet scheduled, we can help you set it up. The agenda for the next Collaborative Team Meeting is currently open for suggestions from the teams. The next CPP Collaborative Team Meeting is scheduled for:

Tuesday, September 23rd
6:00 pm
3500 Canal Street, 2nd floor

We also announced the launch of the NOLACPP website, at www.nolacpp.org. The website is a resource and point of contact for people interested in learning more about the CPP and wanting to get involved.

If you’d like to be involved in an Action Team , or would like to schedule a discussion or presentation about CPP with your organization please contact Project Assistant, Breonne DeDecker at; [btdedecker@gmail.com], 504.267.4665 or Project Director, Khalil Shahyd at; [khalil05@aol.com], 504.267.4696.