Please join Friends of Lafitte Greenway for the Growing the Greenway Action Committee Kickoff Meeting!

On May 27-28, Friends of Lafitte Greenway and partners hosted the Local Foods Local Places Workshop. Over 80 residents and stakeholders gave their ideas to develop a Strategic Action Plan to increase access to healthy local foods in the Lafitte Corridor. We are pleased to present the draft of Building Our Local Food Economy: A Strategic Action Plan for the Lafitte Corridor, a community-based plan to advocate for and create community gardens along the Lafitte Greenway, available for download below.

This is the kickoff meeting of the Growing the Greenway Action Committee that will work to implement the Strategic Action Plan. The committee’s mission is to advocate for and create community gardens along the Lafitte Greenway, which will improve health outcomes of local residents, strengthen neighborhood bonds, support environmental stewardship education, and foster economic growth in the Lafitte Corridor.

Strategic Action Plan: Please review the Strategic Action Plan draft prior to the meeting (below).

For more information: Contact Sophie Harris, Executive Director, Friends of Lafitte Greenway at [email protected] or 504.462.0645 

Please share this with your networks. All community members, growers, and stakeholders are welcome!

Please RSVP below.

Building Our Local Foods Economy:
As Strategic Action Plan for the Lafitte Corridor
DRAFT

Strategic Action Plan for the Lafitte Corridor
Appendix A - Implementation Tables
Appendix B - Workshop Exercise Results
Appendix C - Workshop Photo Album
Appendix D - Workshop Participants
Appendix E - Funding Resources
Appendix F - References
Appendix G - Presentation Slides
Appendix H - History of the Lafitte Gardens
Appendix I - Recommendations for the Sustainability of the Lafitte Greenway Community Gardens

Click here to download full Strategic Action Plan from Dropbox.