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The CPP Experience:
A Series of Citizen Participation Program Informational Events
March 17 - March 19, 2011  
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Dear NOLA CPP Stakeholder,

 

This is a reminder that The CPP Experience starts this Thursday and goes until Saturday. The CPP Experience is a unique opportunity for New Orleans residents to learn how citizen participation programs (CPP) work in other Southern cities, from the people who work directly with CPPs. As the City Planning Commission undertakes its process to complete the New Orleans CPP, it is essential that all New Orleans residents are informed about citizen participation programs, how they work in other communities, and how they can work in New Orleans. It is mandated by the Master Plan that the City establish a CPP, so it is important that we learn from what other communities have done and adopt a CPP that reflects the needs and values of all New Orleans' residents. 

 

Neighborhood Partnership Network, and the Committee for a Better New Orleans are bringing neighborhood, business and government leaders from Birmingham and Atlanta to New Orleans for a series of public events. We are holding meetings all around the city, in order to engage as many residents as possible. Since our last email, we have confirmed a public meeting on the Westbank for Thursday evening (see below for more details). Some of the events have a more specific focus. The Friday morning DDD breakfast focuses on CPPs and the business community. The ENONAC and Algiers events focus on CPPs and the neighborhoods. These events will culminate in the Town Hall Meeting at Zeitgeist on Saturday morning. We hope that you will be able to attend at least one event near you. 

 

Each of these events will include opportunities to ask questions and engage in conversation with these CPP experts.  Biographies of the guests follow the schedule of events.  For more information on the CPP Experience events, please visit http://nolacpp.wordpress.com, call (504) 267-4665, or email nolacpp@gmail.com.

 

The CPP Experience Highlights

 
Thursday, March 17

 

8:30 - 10:00 AM: Community breakfast at City Church of New Orleans, 13123 I-10 Service Road; co-presented with Eastern New Orleans Association Council (ENONAC)

 

10:00 AM: New Orleans City Council meeting; presentations by Mayor Kincaid, Councilmember Abbott, and Don Lupo

 

6:30 PM: Meeting with Algiers Council of Neighborhood Presidents and Algiers Economic Development Foundation, Woldenberg Village, 3701 Behrman Place  

 

Friday, March 18

 

8:30 - 10:00 AM: Breakfast briefing for Business Community with CEO Charlie Faulkner, Pan-American Life Center, Orleans Room, 601 Poydras Street; co-presented with Downtown Development District; RSVP:Catrina Nealy, (504) 561-8927, cnealy@neworleansdowntown.com

 

5:30 - 8:30 PM: Community reception at Ju-Ju Bag, 5363 Franklin Avenue; sponsored by Beacon of Hope and co-presented with Gentilly Civic Improvement Association (GCIA)

 

Saturday, March 19

 

9:00 - 11:30 AM: Citizen Participation Town Hall Meeting, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 O.C. Haley Boulevard

 

Information on additional events will be provided as they are confirmed. 

 

 
 

The CPP Experience Guest Biographies


Bernard Kincaid (Former Mayor, Birmingham)

Bernard Kincaid served as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, Alabama from 1999 to 2007. Prior to his mayoral tenure, Kincaid had a long history of community service in Birmingham, including terms as President and Vice-President of Ensley Highland Neighborhood Association, Vice-President of Five Points West Community Association, Councilor, District 8 on the Birmingham City Council. Kincaid was born in Birmingham and worked his first job at age 12 as a paper carrier for The Birmingham News. After high school, Kincaid served in the United States Air Force from 1962 to 1966. Following his honorable discharge, Kincaid received a B.A. from Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama where he served as President of the Student Government Association. Kincaid went on to earn several advanced degrees including a M.A. from Miami University in Ohio, a Ph.D from University of Alabama and a J.D. from Birmingham School of Law. In his professional career, Kincaid has served as a youth counselor for Social Security Administration, Program Director for Operation Black Awareness Grant, and Assistant Professor and Administrator at the School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kincaid is also a member of Metropolitan C.M.E. Church and serves on the Trustee Board, and the W.A. Baskerville Gospel Choir

Valerie Abbott (City Councilmember, Birmingham)

 

Valerie Abbott was elected to the Birmingham City Council in 2001 to represent District 3 and re-elected in 2005 and 2009 with 80 percent of the vote. She chairs the council's Planning and Zoning Committee, and she is a member of the Public Safety and Public Improvement Committees.  A native of Birmingham who grew up in the district she now represents, Abbott came to public life through involvement in the Glen Iris Neighborhood Association. She was elected secretary, then president of the association; where she served a total of 19 years as a neighborhood officer.  Prior to joining City Council, Valerie Abbott worked for 33 years at BellSouth/AT&T, most of it in the area of corporate real estate. She has served on the boards of the Birmingham Planning Commission, Birmingham Tree Commission, Birmingham Historical Society, Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham Urban Soccer for Youth (BUSY) and the Metropolitan Planning Organization. She received a Bachelor's degree from the School of Architecture & Fine Arts at Auburn University and a Master's degree in Public & Private Management from Birmingham Southern College.


Don Lupo (Civic Leader, Birmingham)

Don Lupo serves as the Director of the Mayor's Office of Citizen Assistance where he is a liaison to several city agencies including Police and Fire and Public Works. Since taking the position in 1999, Lupo has helped to initiate Monday morning bus rides and Mayor's Open Door meeting for Mayor Kincaid and served as Coordinator of Project Homeless Connect. Prior to his work with the Mayor's Office, Lupo served as President of Redmont Park Neighborhood Association and served on the Citizens Advisory Board. Lupo attended Samford University in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama where he studied Religion and History. Throughout his professional career, Lupo served as a buyer for various retail establishments before owning and managing Renaissance Interiors.

Charlie Faulkner (Business Leader, Birmingham)

In the course of a thirty-year career in the health care industry, Charlie Faulkner served as the CEO of six different Alabama hospitals, including Princeton Baptist Hospital in Birmingham (AL). Other positions held by Faulkner include chairman of Alabama Hospital Association, consultant with a 17-state anesthesia services company, administrator of the Alabama statewide Red Cross Blood Program, and chairman of the Hoover Medical Clinic Board. He has also served as a member of the Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing Advisory Board at Samford University, a member of the UAB School of Health Professions Advisory Board at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a member of the Board of the Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity. Faulkner received his bachelor's degree at the University of Montevallo and his master's degree in Hospital and Health Administration at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

Doris Powell
(Neighborhood Leader, Birmingham)

Doris Powell currently serves as president of the Fountain Heights Neighborhood Association and as president of the Northside Community as well as Board Secretary for Operation New Birmingham, Vice Chair of Transportation Citizens Committee of the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham and Board Member for Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority. Powell's professional work experiences include Production Assistant for NBC's Saturday Night Live, Sales Manager and Director of Hotel Sales & Marketing in Atlantic City, NJ and Senior Research Interviewer for various clinical research trials at University of Alabama at Birmingham Minority Health and Research and Psychiatric Institute. Powell served in the U.S. Women's Army Corps upon graduation from high school, and attended the State University of New York.

Alison Glascock (Neighborhood Leader, Birmingham)

Alison Glascock is president of the Highland Park Neighborhood Association, a position she has held since 1998, being reelected every two years. She has also served as president of the Red Mountain Community since 1999 and serves on the Citizens Advisory Board. In May 2010, Highland Park's form-based overlay was signed into law by the Birmingham City Council, the first such code in the city or the county. In February 2011, the plan was selected to receive the Outstanding Award for a Plan by the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association at its annual meeting. Glascock was born in Oxford, England, and graduated from Leeds University in Leeds, England with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. She emigrated to America in 1963, and has lived in Birmingham, Alabama since 1967, earning a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1972. Glascock initially worked in the public relations and marketing field but for the past 21 years she has been self-employed as a writer, public relations consultant, editor, and proofreader. In 2002, Glascock was inducted into the Gallery of Neighborhood Leaders and Achievements and is a graduate of the 2004-05 Leadership Birmingham class.

Hattie Dorsey (Neighborhood Leader, Atlanta)

Hattie B. Dorsey is a leading advocate for housing issues. Dorsey is the former president of ANDP, a non-profit corporation organized to formulate and implement community development strategies. Under her leadership, ANDP worked to strengthen Metro Atlanta neighborhoods and community development corporations (CDCs). Although retired from ANDP, Dorsey continues to impact local and national dialogues through her consultant company, HBDorsey & Associates. Dorsey is currently providing consultant services as Program Development Manager to the Wheat Street Charitable Foundation to oversee and facilitate the redevelopment of all of its properties in the Auburn Avenue Historic District in Atlanta, GA. She has worked as Executive Director of the Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition, as program director for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (NYC) and with the Atlanta Economic Development Corporation (now known as ADA) where she created the neighborhood development department which later became ANDP.  Her political experience included working for former congressman, Charles Weltner, former mayor, Ivan Allen and as first vice chair of the Democratic Party of GA. She served as the former chair of the Community Development Partnership Network (CDPN) and was the First Vice Chair for the State of Georgia's Democratic Party for eight years. She also served on the Emory University Board of Visitors, the Atlanta Women's Foundation board, and previously served on the Spelman College Corporate Roundtable. A Clark College alumna, Dorsey participated in both Leadership Atlanta and the Regional Leadership Training Institute.
 
 

We are looking forward to this opportunity to convene New Orleans citizens for informative discussions on other Citizen Participation Programs in our region of the country. Please contact Nick Kindel at (504) 267-4665, nolacpp@gmail.com or visit our website http://nolacpp.wordpress.com/ if you have any questions. We hope to see you at these exciting events. 

 

Regards, 

 

The NOLA CPP Team 

Committee for a Better New Orleans and the NOLA CPP would like to thank the following major supporters:

Open Society Foundations            Chevron             GNOF

Case Foundation                                     Surdna   


To become involved in the NOLACPP, please contact
Nick Kindel - Pilot Projects Coordinator
Office: 504.267.4665
nolacpp@gmail.com
Committee for a Better New Orleans (sponsor of the NOLACPP)
4902 Canal Street, Suite 300
New Orleans, LA 70117