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Working for Our Coast

The Collaborative

Updated: Apr 9, 2019



Working for Our Coast – Restore or Retreat, Inc.

Thursday, May 19, 2016 9am-5pm Nicholls State University Ballroom, Thibodaux, LA


DRAFT AGENDA (Will be continuously updated):

8:30 Registration

Coffee and pastries

9:00 Welcome Remarks Simone Maloz, Executive Director, Restore or Retreat Dr. Bruce Murphy, Nicholls State University

9:10 Restore or Retreat Introduction Simone Maloz, Executive Director, Restore or Retreat

9:15 State of the Sector – Water Management in Louisiana Robin Barnes, GNO, Inc.

9:30 Planning for Coastal Restoration in Louisiana (30 minutes presentation, 15 minutes Q & A): An Update on Louisiana’s 2017 Master Plan and Industry Update Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Implementation Team

10:15 15 minute coffee break

10:30 Regional and Local Planning (35 minutes and 10 min Q&A): Priorities for each and how to get their business Moderator: Simone Maloz, Restore or Retreat Regional Levee Districts- Dwayne Bourgeois of North Lafourche Levee District, Reggie Dupre of Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District and Windell Curole of the South Lafourche Levee District Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District- Ben Malbrough, PE, Executive Director Coastal Leadership from Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish (Invited)

11:15 Lessons Learned from the Front Line (Panel) (35 minutes and 10 min Q & A): Moderator: Scott Kirkpatrick, Coast Builders Leadership from leading coastal restoration firms

12:00 Break, Lunch Registration

12:10 Lunch

12:25 Introduction of Keynote Speaker Chett Chiasson, Executive Director, Greater Lafourche Port Commission

Keynote (20 minutes presentation 15 minutes Q & A): Johnny Bradberry, Chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Governor’s Assistant for Coastal Activities

1:00 Break

1:30 Breakouts LAPELS Ethics- Chris Knotts 2017 Master Plan Modelling Updates- CPRA Flood Risk and Resiliency Viewer- CPRA Interactive Project Map- CPRA 2017 State Master Plan- Water Institute of the Gulf South Louisiana Economic Council Louisiana Economic Development Terrebonne Economic Development Authority Small Business Development Center Procurement Technical Assistance Center Public Bid Law

1:45 Break

2:00 Repeat Breakouts

2:45 Break

3:00 Repeat Breakouts

4:00 Conclusion and Evaluations


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The Collaborative is a group of small business owners who share a common purpose: the acquisition of economic parity and equity for all local, small and disadvantaged businesses in the city of New Orleans. We believe that access to business opportunities is vital to growing a stable and sustainable minority business class in New Orleans - a business class that in itself is vital to the stability and sustainability of the local economy at large. We are about creating a culture of wealth for communities of color. If you can't say it, you can't do it!

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