Greauxing Resilience at Home — City of Gonzales, Louisiana: Gonzales Comprehensive Plan
The City of Gonzales, Louisiana is located in the eastern part of Ascension Parish and centrally located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Facing increasing retail and commercial development, the city updated its local comprehensive plan to accommodate rapid growth. The Gonzales Comprehensive Plan was created in collaboration with Gonzales’s residents, city staff, various stakeholders, and Gonzales’s elected officials. In the plan, the city presents a clear strategic framework for the future growth of Gonzales. The city addresses Gonzales’s land use and urban design, mobility and transportation, housing, economy, quality of life and city services, and redevelopment of its downtown area. The plan’s affordable housing considerations include diversifying the options and affordability of the housing stock in Gonzales. The plan’s environmental considerations include emphasizing the city’s green spaces and community amenities and benefits, and reducing future flood risk/building overall community resilience. The plan is an example of a local comprehensive plan that addresses growth, while also balancing community needs and environmental conservation in an increasingly suburban area that is experiencing high demands for new development.
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This case study is one of 24 case studies featured in a report written by the Georgetown Climate Center, Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Collection of Lessons and Case Studies from Louisiana and Beyond. These case studies describe best and emerging practices, tools, and examples from Louisiana and other U.S. jurisdictions to make progress on the complex and interrelated challenges of housing, flooding, and resilience. These case studies are intended to provide transferable lessons and ideas for regional and local governments addressing housing and mitigating flood risk as integrated parts of comprehensive community resilience strategies. Collectively, these case studies present a suite, although not an exhaustive list of tools and approaches that can be used to facilitate any of these efforts.
For additional case studies and more information about this work, also see Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision.
Publication Date: June 16, 2022
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- Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision > Goal One: Greaux nature-based solutions for community resilience. > Objective 1.2:
- Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision > Goal One: Greaux nature-based solutions for community resilience. > Objective 1.4:
- Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision > Goal Three: Greaux resilient, urban affordable housing options. > Objective 3.4:
- Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision > Goal Four: Greaux resilient, rural affordable housing options. > Objective 4.1:
- Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision > Goal Four: Greaux resilient, rural affordable housing options. > Objective 4.2:
- Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision > Goal Five: Greaux implementation and capacity-building efforts to increase resilience. > Objective 5.1:
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