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New Orleans Gets a Citywide Recovery Plan...Finally
Almost two years after Katrina, New Orleans has assembled its ninth recovery plan.
Almost two years after Katrina, New Orleans has assembled its ninth recovery plan. If the city can spend $117 million "responsibly," there's hope that a billion in federal money will follow. But insurance is a major problem, and the "uptown swells" are still unhappy about the re-opening of housing projects. Terry O'Connor, editor-in-chief of New Orleans CityBusiness magazine, has an update.