Monday, April 23, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CDT
Cost: $64.00
Location: Mobile Workshop Departure Area
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- How to identify and address the inherent challenges of the community resettlement processes
- Why certain coastal conditions will likely engender future migrations along the Louisiana coast, as well as coastal environments around the country and world
- Strategies to bolster economic and cultural sustainability
MORE SESSION DETAILS
Isle de Jean Charles is expected to completely disappear within the next 50 years or upon the next significant tropical impact. Learn how its residents, with help from the State of Louisiana, are planning a more viable future in a new location 40 miles north of the island. First explore the existing Isle de Jean Charles, a coastal island community in remote Terrebonne Parish. Then tour the new resettlement location and view the progress to date.
Mobile Workshop Guides
Jessica Simms
Mobile Workshop Guide
Louisiana Office of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit
New Orleans, LA
Mark Goodson
Mobile Workshop Guide
CSRS
Baton Rouge, LA
Mathew D. Sanders, AICP
Speaker
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Washington, DC
Thomas C. David Jr.
Mobile Workshop Guide
Pan American Engineers, LLC
Alexandria, LA
Activity ID: NPC180018