Awards and News:

Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan wins 2008 CNU Charter Award. http://www.cnu.org/node/1761

Louisiana Speaks reeled in another honor this weekend when the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded the hour-long documentary "Louisiana Speaks: Our Voice, Our Plan, Our Future," produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB), an Emmy award for Service Programming at its annual awards ceremony in Florida. The documentary was one arm of the major public outreach campaign to engage citizens across South Louisiana on their views about the region's future. The unprecedented response to this outreach campaign included more than 27,000 Louisianans voicing their opinions, which formed the basis of the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan.

Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan wins Louisiana American Planning Association Award.

Calthorpe Associates team completes comprehensive regional plan for South Louisiana. Go to www.louisianaspeaks.org to see the plan, which was unanimously adopted by the Louisiana Recovery Authority in May 2007.

Louisiana Speaks featured in July/August issues of New Urban News: www.newurbannews.com

Peter Calthorpe Wins Urban Land Institute J.C. Nichols Award. Read more here.