The Louisiana Association of Planning and Development Districts is a statewide organization serving all 64 parishes in the State of Louisiana. The eight sub-state regional planning and development districts are members of the organization. Each district is governed by a board composed of public and private sector leaders, including parish council members and jurors, mayors, business people, and community leaders.

LAPDD represents the interests of the Districts in both planning and economic development programs. Each agency is a separate, regional professional organization staffed in diverse fields.

The Districts are Regional Planning and Development Commissions (LA Act 472) working to improve the physical and social needs of their multi-parish areas. LAPDD provides an ongoing grassroots level forum for statewide interaction to resolve local and regional problems.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Nominations are now being accepted for Louisiana Economic Development’s 2011 Lantern Awards. Each year, the Lantern Awards recognize one outstanding manufacturer from each of Louisiana’s eight Regional Planning and Development Districts. Deadline to submit nominations is Monday, May 3. Nomination packets should be turned in to the corresponding planning district office. [...]

District 1 – Windward, Inc., Slidell (St. Tammany Parish)
District 2 – Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, Port Allen (West Baton Rouge Parish)
District 3 – Game Equipment, Napoleonville (Assumption Parish)
District 4 – Cameron International Corporation, Ville Platte (Evangeline Parish)
District 5 – Brask, Inc., Sulphur (Calcasieu Parish)
District 6 – Hanley Gremillion Millwork, Alexandria (Rapides Parish)
District 7 – Almond [...]

The following are the documents from the June 2009 Building Resilient Economies Workshop held in New Orleans.  Carrie Mulcaire, with the Int’l Economic Development Council (IEDC), designed these docs (catalog of resources, etc) for the event.
Documents
AA_Supplemental Resource Packet
Stimulus Matrix Spreedsheet
MDA Programs Report
Federal Stimulus Dollars for Louisiana
Stimulus Webinar Slides
Economic Stimulus Bill impact on Louisiana [...]

November 16-18, 2009
Morial Convention Ctr., New Orleans
Largest, most comprehensive conference focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties in the nation. Click here to register