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Biosciences Activity Update

Annual Bio Summit January 14th 2011: Kara Renne spoke about the RPC’s participation in the development of the BioDistrict’s Strategic planning, as well as the current condition of the district with a focus on the need to redevelop Tulane Ave.

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Biosciences Activity Update

Annual Bio Summit January 14th 2011: Kara Renne spoke about the RPC’s participation in the development of the BioDistrict’s Strategic planning, as well as the current condition of the district with a focus on the need to redevelop Tulane Ave.

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Biosciences Activity Update

New Orleans
Regional Biosciences Initiative
 Innova&on


 Marke&ng


 Physical
Development


 Leadership
&
Management


Renewed Tulane Ave Streetscape
 Fewer
Lanes


 Wider
Sidewalks


 Landscaping



 Large
Median


 Bike
Lanes!


New
Mind
Set:

Create
a
Sense
of
Place


“Adding
lanes
to
solve
traffic
conges2on
is
like
loosening
your
belt
to

solve
obesity.”
‐
Glen
Hemistra

 6
Lanes
of
Traffic

Old
Mind
Set:

  Narrow
Median

Move
Traffic
  Narrow
Sidewalks

 Minimal
‐Landscaping

 No
Sense
of
Place

 Disinvestment

Designing for Success
 Design
for
People:
create
safe
and
sociable


 areas
that
foster
neighborhood


























connec&ons,
gateways
and
permeability


 Make
Connec3ons:
foster
walkability
and

encourage
transit
use


 Minimize
Impact:
encourage
green
or

recrea&onal
spaces
and
preserve
historic

structures



“…No
urban
area
will
prosper
unless
it
aOracts
those
who
can
choose

to
live
wherever
they
wish.”
‐
Jonathon
BarneO……….

Making the Case for Tulane Ave Enhancement
Exis&ng
Public
&
Private
Investment


Source:
Times
Picayune,
January
12,
2009

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