LA SAFE

Today, the State of Louisiana released a set of seven climate adaptation strategies created for six coastal parishes. Created through a partnership between the Office of Community Development (OCD) and the Foundation for Louisiana (FFL), each strategy presents an overview of the LA SAFE program and describes the parish-specific process used to develop community-driven plans.

Each strategy also illustrates how various sectors—such as housing, transportation, stormwater management, economics and education—are part of an interconnected system to be considered as the state adapts to coastal and climate change as well as increasing flood risk across 10, 25, and 50-year timeframes.

Read the press release, including links to all seven strategies, here:

LA SAFE RELEASES ADAPTATION STRATEGIES News Release: Louisiana releases climate adaptation strategies created through LA SAFE program's regional approach to resilience

Very excited to have members of our LA SAFE team present at Resilient Cities’ 9th Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation in Bonn, Germany, on Friday! The team presented at the session, “Louisiana adaptation: Mitigation to managed retreat.” From left to right: Rachelle Thomason (Foundation for Louisiana/co-team lead), Maria Papacharalambous (Waggonner & Ball Architects), Jeanette Dubinin (CPEX), and Dakota Fisher (Louisiana’s Office of Community Development/co-team lead). Learn more our work at lasafe.la.gov.

“We believe LA SAFE represents a crucial step forward in cementing Louisiana’s place on the cutting edge in resilience-building activities,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said.

LA SAFE Flood Resilience Projects to focus on projects in six South Louisiana Parishes Governor John Bel Edwards was in Gretna this morning to talk about a slate of projects designed to boost the area’s flood resilience.

"We believe LA SAFE represents a crucial step forward in cementing Louisiana’s place on the cutting edge in resilience-building activities,” Gov. Edwards said. “Although our Coastal Master Plan is the country’s preeminent effort to reduce future land loss and coastal flood risk, LA SAFE has taken the next step in illuminating a path forward for how our communities develop future housing, economic, social and transportation needs to withstand future disasters and adapt to environmental changes over time. In an age of heightened risk, now is the time to start addressing the needs of our communities.”

Gov. Edwards Unveils Major LA SAFE Flood Resilience Projects - LA SAFE The project is led by the state’s Office of Community Development (OCD), in partnership with Foundation for Louisiana (FFL) Gretna, LA – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced 10 flood resilience projects in six parishes developed through Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environmen...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the 10 LA SAFE flood resilience projects for Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany and Terrebonne parishes before officials, community-based organization representatives and other residents assembled at Gretna City Park. For more info, visit lasafe.la.gov.