January 29, 2016
As the first CRO of New Orleans, I not only feel the weight of this responsibility, but also the opportunity to chart a new path forward for the City, and have done so with the input of numerous stakeholders, residents, and partner organizations in Resilient New Orleans—the city’s first ever resilience strategy. While the […]
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January 29, 2016
Conference to be held March 1 – 3, 2016 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Time is running out to reserve hotel rooms and receive the RES/CON group rate. Final deadline is February 1. For more information on reserving a hotel room, please visit resconnola.com/program/hotel-travel-information. Early Bird discounted registration rates for the private […]
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January 27, 2016
RES/CON has partnered with the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), the National Evacuation Conference (NEC) and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) to offer pre-conference training and other continuing education opportunities at RESCON targeting the specialized interests of different segments within the resilience industry. Please see the available educational offerings below. RES/CON will […]
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January 27, 2016
While the colloquial description of New Orleans as the “Big Easy” lives on and is an apt slogan for many, the key elements of New Orleans’ post-Katrina comeback have been the extraordinary hard work, dedication and passion of innumerable residents, leaders, funders and boosters: in short, New Orleans’ story of survival has been anything but […]
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January 25, 2016
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and the Rockefeller Foundation announced the winners of the $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). The city of New Orleans Thursday (Jan. 21) won a $141 million grant to create a “resilience district.” The city’s project was selected after a 16-month National Disaster […]
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