New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina are being invited to a special town hall meeting in Atlanta Tuesday focusing on a master plan for rebuilding the City of New Orleans.
The meeting, which starts at the Loudermilk Center on 40 Courtland Street downtown at 7 p.m., will be preceded by an open house that starts at 4 p.m.
The goal is to get residents’ input into the process of rebuilding New Orleans and to foster constructive participation into the city’s revival, officials said.
The blight Katrina wrought upon the city is still having a significant affect, largely because of the numbers of displaced residents who don’t have a place to live; that has in turn drastically affected businesses in the area who depended on that workforce.
The Loudermilk Center is at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Courtland Street and is accessible from the Georgia State, Five Points or Peachtree Center MARTA stations. Directions are online at www.loudermilkcenter.com.