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In the bloated, utopian visions emerging from the neighborhood planning process, it's not about whose participating. It's about who isn't.
Two opposing planning groups, two opposing visions?
Not on your life. It seems "opposing" City Council endorsed/Lambert Advisory, LLC and the Concordia/Rockefeller funded, Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) sanctioned visions actually offer the same gourmet fare: unrealistic, utopian project proposals and proposed zoning restrictions designed to keep the working poor from returning to the city.
Proposed bike paths galore, along with community centers, new parks, levees near Lincoln Beach, revitalized Lincoln Beach, improved libraries, lush landscaping, family entertainment districts, a "Disney-like water park for New Orleans East" and a "pedestrian-friendly town center for upscale shopping"(Times Picayune,8/12/06), suggested "multi-use community NEXUS centers constructed in every neighborhood to replace old stand alone school buildings" (from the Concordia website) are among the few, optimistic/utopian proposals.
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