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January 18, 2007
Cities in Transition

August 23, 2006
Katrina Plus One
The Katrina Cottage Story

April 26, 2006

Six Months of Progress

January 16, 2006

Affordable Houses Address Gulf Needs

January 11, 2006

Katrina Cottage Unveiled

December 19, 2005
An Abundance of Follow-Up
Moss Point Mini-Charrette

December 3, 2005
CNU Teams Return

November 17, 2005
Final Team Reports Are Released


October 18, 2005
Journal: A Tremendous Start

October 17, 2005
Journal: Time's Up
Team Presentations

October 16, 2005
Journal: Community Input
Draft Community Plans
Architectural Designs

October 15, 2005
Journal: Plans Emerge

October 14, 2005
Journal: Focus on Design
Draft Community Plans

October 13, 2005
Journal: Teams Visit Communities
Draft Goals and Objectives

October 12, 2005
Journal: Renewal Forum Begins

Prelude
Governor Enlists CNU


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In The News

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News items related to the Mississippi Renewal Forum are archived from October 9, 2005 to March 3, 2006.

SmartCode: Do it again, get it right
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, March 3, 2006

Questions remain about SmartCode
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, March 3, 2006

Topazi: Jackson County leads Katrina recovery
Mississippi Press, MS, Thursday, March 2, 2006

EDITORIAL: 'When you get your head above the debris ...'
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX, Thursday, March 2, 2006

Team presents its vision of Gulfport-to-be
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Wal-Mart open to fresh design ideas
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO, Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Code may reduce wait for approval
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Tuesday, February 28, 2006

EDITORIAL: Don't forget Mississippi
Detroit Free Press, MI, Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Washed-out residents meet with architects
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, February 27, 2006

Gulfport Property Owners Get Direction For Rebuilding Homes
WLOX, MS, Monday, February 27, 2006

EDITORIAL: Six Months After Katrina
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, February 26, 2006

Where We Stand
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Bradenton Herald, FL, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Myrtle Beach Sun News, FL, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Kansas City Star, MO, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Belleville News-Democrat, IL, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Grand Forks Herald, ND, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Macon Telegraph, GA, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Duluth News Tribune, MN, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Charlotte Observer, NC, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Monterey County Herald, CA, Sunday, February 26, 2006
The State, SC, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Centre Daily Times, PA, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Lexington Herald Leader, KY, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA, Sunday, February 26, 2006
San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Contra Costa Times, CA, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Pioneer Press, MN, Sunday, February 26, 2006

In Mississippi, an urban revolution
St. Petersburg Times, FL, Sunday, February 26, 2006
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Citizens get SmartCode course
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, February 25, 2006

EDITORIAL: FEMA Still Doesn't Get It
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR, Saturday, February 25, 2006

Gulfport charrette opens with scenes from around the world
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, February 24, 2006

'A realistic plan'

Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, February 24, 2006

Residents, Developers Imagine New Look For Gulfport
WLOX, MS, Friday, February 24, 2006

Master plan still up in air
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, February 23, 2006

Gulfport Begins Rebuilding And Planning Workshops
WLOX, MS, Thursday, February 23, 2006

Residents hearing rebuilding plans for city
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Long Beach Charrette Focuses On Highway 90 Businesses
WLOX, MS, Wednesday, February 22, 2006

EDITORIAL: Moving on up
Anniston Star, AL, Wednesday, February 22, 2006

What a Storm Can't Crush -- a Town's Heart
Los Angeles Times, CA, Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Commission urges Moss Point to follow SmartCodes
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, February 20, 2006

Long Beach to host two-day charrette
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, February 20, 2006

City planning sessions set
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, February 19, 2006

Pass draws ambitious plans
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, February 18, 2006

New Urbanist institute shares design principles at MSU, Starkville
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS, Saturday, February 18, 2006

Charrette looks at Wal-Mart redesign
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, February 17, 2006

SmartCode meetings begin in Pass
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, February 16, 2006

MDOT battles coast leaders on recovery
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS, Thursday, February 16, 2006

Charrette team back for SmartCode
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Remaking the Gulf Coast
Travel and Leisure, NY, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Tiny cottage may be the answer
San Diego Union Tribune, CA, Sunday, February 12, 2006

Coleman Ave. eyes the future
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, February 11, 2006

Barksdale Heads Home to Help
New Towns, MD, posted Thursday, February 9, 2005

The Sociology of Disaster
New Towns, MD, posted Thursday, February 9, 2005

Hometown: Pass Christian, Miss.
New Towns, MD, posted Thursday, February 9, 2005

New Orleans and the New Urban vision
Spiked Online, UK, Thursday, February 9, 2005

Cottage's $45K tag shocks some
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Bradenton Herald, FL, Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Centre Daily Times, PA, Wednesday, February 8, 2006

New Urbanist Planning Essential To Gulf Rebuilding
Planetizen, CA, Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Predictions often come all too true
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, February 6, 2006

Reluctant to reform
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, February 6, 2006

Residents Wonder How Miss. Coast Will Redevelop
NPR Morning Edition, Monday, February 6, 2006

Making much of little
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA, Sunday, February 5, 2006
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN, Thursday, February 16, 2006
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI, posted Thursday, February 23, 2006

Left Out
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, February 4, 2006

Lifespan: The battle over the bridge over Biloxi Bay
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, February 3, 2006

Katrina cottage makes big impression
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, February 3, 2006

Katrina Cottage Affordable Attractive Housing Option
WLOX, MS, Friday, February 3, 2006

Topazi sees bright future

Mississippi Press, MS, Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Mayor Brent Warr's state of the city address
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Tidy Katrina Cottage One Approach to Rebuilding Effort
Nation's Building News, Monday, January 30, 2006

Rare and wondrous opportunities
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, January 29, 2006
Houston Chronicle, TX, Monday, January 30, 2006
Seattle Times, WA, Monday, January 30, 2006

Warr path
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, January 29, 2006

Signs of progress five months after Katrina
Mississippi Press, MS, Sunday, January 29, 2006

Cottages may be the answer for hurricane victims
Everett Herald, WA, Sunday, January 29, 2006

Action groups forming on Coast
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, January 28, 2006

The house that Katrina built
St. Petersburg Times, FL, Saturday, January 28, 2006

EDITORIAL: Roads move economies as well as traffic
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 27, 2006

Corder: Pascagoula moving fast on rebuilding
Mississippi Press, MS, Wednesday, January 25, 2005

On Gulf Coast, dreams of new kind of city
Associated Press, NY, Saturday, January 21, 2006
and over 80 news outlets nationwide

Gulfport plans new downtown
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, January 21, 2006

SmartCode to be applied carefully
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, January 21, 2006

EDITORIAL: Restore natural resources along with Coast
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Saturday, January 21, 2006

Bank puts $35M in HQ
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Saturday, January 21, 2006

Rebuilding Mississippi
Ottawa Citizen, ON, Saturday, January 21, 2006

House of dreams
Ottawa Citizen, ON, Saturday, January 21, 2006

Two Houses, Two Visions
Washington Post, DC, Saturday, January 21, 2006

Downtown Gulfport planning under way
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 20, 2006

Guide holds a key to rebuilding
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 20, 2006

Local officials get SmartCode education
Mississippi Press, MS, Friday, January 20, 2006

Officials seek changes in zoning
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Friday, January 20, 2006

Mini-Charrette Entices Gulfport Merchants To Rebuild
WLOX, MS, Thursday, January 19, 2006

Officials to learn SmartCode
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, January 19, 2006

Citizens sought for Pascagoula Renaissance Commission
Mississippi Press, MS, Thursday, January 19, 2006

Mississippi Streamlines Construction For Those Who Build According to Plan
Engineering News-Record, NY, posted Thursday, January 19, 2006

Cottage to land in Hancock
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Upgraded Living
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Senator Lott Speaks on Reelection Plans
Washington Post, DC, Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Stevedores Worried About Gulfport's East Pier
WLOX, MS, Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Some builders set sights inland
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, January 16, 2006

GDA sets meeting date to discuss revitalization
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, January 16, 2006

'Katrina Cottage' could meet housing need

Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Sunday, January 15, 2006

OS aldermen support six-lane bridge
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, January 14, 2006

Duany: Apply New Urbanism to affordable housing
Orlando Business Journal, FL, Friday, January 13, 2006

O.S. Okays Six Lane Bridge
WLOX, MS, Friday, January 13, 2006

Breaking cycle of urban sprawl
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 13, 2006

Florida builders pitch SmartCodes
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 13, 2006

Builders show hears Mississippi appeal
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 13, 2006

'Katrina Cottage' is unveiled at show
Orlando Sentinel, FL, Friday, January 13, 2006

The cottage crowd
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, January 12, 2006

Mississippi Renaissance could be resourceful
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, January 12, 2006

Building back better
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, January 12, 2006

Commission report recommendations
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, January 12, 2006
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Sunday, January 15, 2006

Introduction To Final Report On Governor's Commission Report
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Sunday, January 15, 2006

Rebuild report released online
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 11, 2006

EDITORIAL: When it comes to Katrina, the story never seems to come to an end
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Mississippi Spurning
Slate Magazine, Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Gulfport joining Mississippi Main Street to rebuild
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Tuesday, January 10, 2006

EDITORIAL: State of State
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Tuesday, January 10, 2006

A Very Good Thing in a Very Small Package
Business Wire, Monday, Monday, January 9, 2006
Building Online, Wednesday, January 11, 2006

EDITORIAL: A rebuilding vision
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006

Barbour's State of the State Address
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006
Hattiesburg American, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006
WTOK, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006
WAPT, MS, Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Gulf Coast still reeling from Katrina
Reno Gazette Journal, NV, Monday, January 9, 2006

Train deal on track?
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, January 8, 2006
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Monday, January 9, 2006

EDITORIAL: Community spirit is the mortar no storm can destroy
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, January 8, 2006

Report Praised
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, January 7, 2006

If You Build It . . .

Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Saturday, January 7, 2006

Commission offers tips to help fund Coast rebuilding
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Saturday, January 7, 2006

Rebuilding plans discussed
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

Barbour Says Katrina Recovery Committee Has Finished Report
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006
WLOX, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006
WAPT, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006
WTOK, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006
Picayune Item, MS, Saturday, January 7, 2006
Times Picayune, LA, Friday, January 6, 2006
KATC, LA, Friday, January 6, 2006
Dateline Alabama, AL, Friday, January 6, 2006

Barbour excited about results of Commission report
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

Coast rebuilding report to be released Wednesday
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

MEC vital to recovery
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

Group set to unveil report on rebuilding
Hattiesburg American, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

Mayor Says Gulfport Harbor Will Be Spectacular
WLOX, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

Commission Delivers Report on Rebuilding the Coast
WBLT, MS, Friday, January 6, 2006

Data gathered on proposed Biloxi condo densities
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Thursday, January 5, 2006

EDITORIAL: Bridge politics
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Thursday, January 5, 2006

Prefab cottage to debut Jan. 11
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Bridge design may not fly
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

U.S. 90 bridge project still in limbo
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

State's top economic developer opposes larger U.S. 90 bridge
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS, Thursday, January 5, 2006
KLFY, LA, Wednesday, January 4, 2006
KATC, LA, Wednesday, January 4, 2006
BizNewOrleans, LA, Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Columbus Ledger Enquirer, GA, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

MDA chief opposes MDOT bridge plan
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

City hall expansion OK'd despite query
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Gautier city hall to expand with offices, board room
Mississippi Press, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

M&M Bank begins next step of project
Mississippi Press, MS, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Moran to meet about bridge
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Monday, January 2, 2006
Times Picayune, LA, Monday, January 2, 2006
KATC, LA, Monday, January 2, 2006
Dateline Alabama, AL, Monday, January 2, 2006

By the beach, by the book Condo boom II
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, January 1, 2006

Top 10 stories of 2005
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Sunday, January 1, 2006

 



 
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