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Committee for a Better New Orleans

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Committee for a Better New Orleans
Formation2000
Typecommunity organization
advocacy group
Legal status501(c)(3) non-profit
Purposecivic improvement
Region served
New Orleans, Louisiana
Co-chairman
Julie Grantz, Anthony Carter[1]
President
Keith Twitchell
Websitewww.cbno.org

The Committee for a Better New Orleans is a privately funded community organization and advocacy group in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. It was started in 2000 by Joe Canizaro, a wealthy property developer,[2]: 306  and included college presidents and local religious leaders.[3]: 3  The group prepared and published a "Blueprint for a Better New Orleans", a plan for improvements to management and infrastructure of the city.[3]: 3  The organization has 501(c)(3) non-profit status.

References

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  1. ^ 2015 Board of Directors. Committee for a Better New Orleans. Accessed June 2015.
  2. ^ Robert R.N. Ross, Deanne E.B. Ross (2008). Walking to New Orleans: Ethics and the Concept of Participatory Design in Post-Disaster Reconstruction. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 9781630872120.
  3. ^ a b Clara E. Irazabal Zurita, Jason Neville (2007). Neighbourhoods in the Lead: Grassroots Planning for Social Transformation in Post-Katrina New Orleans?. Columbia University Academic Commons. doi:10.1080/02697450701584329.