Join Public Lab for Barnraising 2013, Cocodrie, LA, Oct. 4-6, 2013

In the spirit of bringing a community together to collectively raise a structure such as a barn, Public Lab comes together to develop tools, toolkits, supporting materials such as guides and tutorials, test the tools and develop new research directions and projects. Participants represent a wide range of interests from technologists and designers to social scientists and community organizers. 2013 Theme is Education.

Conference Dates: October 4-6, 2013 (full days Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

Travel Details: Free shuttle from MSY (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport) on Thursday PM & Monday AM

Location: LUMCON, a research station on the Gulf Coast in Cocodrie, Lousiana

RSVP for the barn raising here. (link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FmmZFUUn2fOe-xI9-gtWdge8C-nXCTS9G0D977YOwAE/viewform) Deadline is September 27th!

A human contact if you have logistical questions: Liz Barry (336-269-1539) or liz[@]publiclab.org; Shannon Dosemagen (504.239.4642) or shannon[@]publiclab.org; and Becki Chall, becki[@]publiclab.org.

Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan Reports are Online

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Reports

The Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan is a set of reports with cross-referenced information as outlined below.

Vision presents an overview of the Urban Water Plan.

Urban Design is geared towards planning and design professionals. This report tests water planning principles through design drawings at the system, basin, district, and demonstration project scales.

Implementation is geared towards policy-makers, water system managers, and other stakeholders interested in effecting change. The report presents the value and economic impact of the Water Plan and outlines an action plan for implementation that includes prioritization and phasing of proposed strategies, financing tools, policy and community action recommendations, existing jurisdictions, and potential partners.

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System Design & Analysis is a set of individual reports geared towards engineers and scientists that describes and analyzes the existing water system, and presents the envisioned framework of the integrated water system. The set includes the following reports:

Water System Design H+N+S, Waggonner & Ball
Water System Analysis Royal Haskoning
Ecological Services Metrics Dana Brown & Associates
Groundwater Monitoring Network Deltares
Atlas of Greater New Orleans Deltares/H+N+S

Demonstration Projects is a set of individual reports geared towards potential implementers that includes schematic designs and cost estimates.

Mirabeau Water Garden Waggonner and Ball
Lakeview Floating Streets Bosch Slabbers
Lafitte Blueway Bosch Slabbers, Waggonner and Ball
Elmwood Fields and Water Lanes Robbert deKoning
Canal Street Canal Dana Brown & Associates
Eastern Water Walk Dana Brown & Associates
Forty Arpent Canal Zone Dana Brown & Associates

Demonstration Projects is a set of individual reports geared towards potential implementers that includes schematic designs and cost estimates.

Metropolitan Park Zone Palmbout
Palmetto Canal Palmbout
Monticello Canal Bosch Slabbers
Hollygrove District Bosch Slabbers
Hollygrove District Bosch Slabbers
Lakeview District Bosch Slabbers
Elmwood District Robbert de Koning
Veterans District Robbert de Koning
Jefferson Basin Robbert de Koning
Michoud District Dana Brown & Associates

Resources & Urban Analysis is a set of individual reports geared towards planners and designers that describes and analyzes the existing urban fabric and provides prototypical solutions replicable under similar topographic, geologic and hydrologic conditions.

Urban Analysis Palmbout
Roadway Retrofits Dana Brown & Associates
Parking Retrofits Dana Brown & Associates
Canal Vocabulary Dana Brown & Associates
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