The City of New Orleans is continuing to seek input for the reallocation and use of the $141 million in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) grant funding for the Gentilly Resilience District (GRD). The NDR Action Plan Substantial Amendment #1 proposes to reallocate $13.8 million in funding between designated projects and programs. In order to ensure that the public has an opportunity to learn about the changes and provide comment, a second virtual public hearing will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. The comment period has now been extended until 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22.   

The City has identified $13.8 million in administrative and management budget that will be moved into the design and construction budget, which will effectively add more stormwater management and recreational features throughout the GRD. The full details on how the funding would be reallocated are posted here on the City’s website. 

Written comments can be sent to OCD’s CDBG Disaster Unit at corcherrie.allen@nola.gov by 5 p.m. on Jan. 22, or submitted via the comment card here.

NDR Action Plan Substantial Amendment #1 Public Hearing – Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021

Join Online Community: Click the following link cno-webexadm01.nola.gov

Join by phone:

• 504-658-7001 (direct dial)
• 1-877-286-7156 (toll free)
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At the end of the comment period, all comments will be incorporated in a Responses to Public Comment document and submitted to HUD for approval as part of the CDBG-DR NDR Substantial Amendment 1. The public comments and responses will be posted on the City’s website here.

The process for the NDR Action Plan Substantial Amendment #1 is being done in compliance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Office of Community Development and D-CDBG Programmatic Unit grant regulations. If you need additional information, or require special assistance due to Limited English Proficiency, please contact OCD’s Disaster CDBG Unit at corcherrie.allen@nola.gov or (504) 658-4334.

The Gentilly Resilience District includes a combination of  projects across Gentilly that will reduce flood risk, slow land subsidence, improve energy reliability, and encourage neighborhood revitalization. Construction will begin in 2021 and when complete, will provide more than 20 million gallons of storm water storage for the Gentilly neighborhood.

For more information, visit www.nola.gov/resilience.