My Life. My neighborhood. My world. Mike Richards.

Best Practice Recommendation – The title of this 124-page document says it all: The Broadmoor Community Planning and Implementation Process: A Guide to Community-Driven Recovery. This document is a shining best practices example of 'how' the grassroots-organized neighbors of the Broadmoor community of New Orleans are rebuilding their neighborhoods to be even better than before Katrina changed their lives forever.

The companion document, Broadmoor Improvement Association Redevelopment Plan, lays out the community-driven plan of 'what' this New Orleans community decided to do to rebuild and then improve their neighborhoods after Katrina.