The parishwide meetings will allow residents to begin the process of drafting strategies based on the feedback generated during the community-meeting process. This will lead to the design of specific parishwide adaptation strategies with at least one project, program or policy that would be funded through LA SAFE—a planning initiative coordinated by the Louisiana Office of Community Development’s (OCD) Disaster Recovery Unit, in partnership with Foundation for Louisiana’s Coastal Resilience Leverage Fund. The LA SAFE planning process will conclude with the final adaptation of a plan for each parish by the end of 2017.

Residents can follow the planning process and receive updates on the LA SAFE initiative at LASAFE.la.gov, the LA SAFE Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram (all @livelasafe).

A full list of the upcoming parishwide meetings is below. All meetings are 6 – 8 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Food will be provided. Anyone requiring special assistance to participate in a meeting, or who requires childcare or transportation to attend, should contact Foundation for Louisiana at 504.517.5292 at least five working days prior to the meeting.

NOTE: If you’d like to let us know that you’re coming, click on the link to the meeting’s time and venue below; that will take you to the Facebook event page for that meeting.

JEFFERSON PARISH
Wednesday, Aug. 2 — Mel Ott Recreation Center, 2301 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna

LAFOURCHE PARISH
Wednesday, July 26 — Mathews Government Complex, 4876 La. Hwy. 1, Mathews

PLAQUEMINES PARISH
Monday, July 24 — Port Sulphur YMCA/Community Center, 278 Civic Drive, Port Sulphur

Monday, July 31 (4 – 6 p.m.) — Vietnamese community at Buras Community Center/YMCA, 36364 U.S. Hwy. 11, Buras

Monday, July 31 (6 – 8 p.m.) — Cambodian community at Buras Community Center/YMCA, 36364 U.S. Hwy. 11, Buras

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Thursday, Aug. 3 — St. John the Baptist Parish Community Center, 2900 U.S. Hwy. 51, LaPlace

ST. TAMMANY
Thursday, July 27 — Lakeshore High School, 26301 La. Hwy. 1088, Mandeville

TERREBONNE PARISH
Tuesday, Aug. 1 — Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd., Houma

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