| Beauregard Parish Goals |
| Environmental |
- Remove at least 50% of the most significant timber debris from streams & timber stands within 24 months.
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| Housing and Community Development |
- Establish an ongoing, parish wide, CDBG-supported Housing Rehabilitation Program within 12 months.
- Rehabilitate 50 single-family dwellings per year using approximately 25 grants and 25 low-interest loans supported with CDBG funding within 36 months.
- Develop a project within 24 months to construct 100 low-income senior apartments, to be completed within 48 months.
- Develop educational and outreach strategies within 12 months to ensure all parish residents are familiar with resources available to them.
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| Economic and Workforce Development |
- Increase economic diversity in the parish by increasing capacity for manufacturing and commercial activity within 12 months.
- Develop a revenue generator within 12 months to improve and enhance economic diversity in the parish.
- Revitalize the town center as the social, civic, business, and cultural center of the parish within 36 months.
- Improve facades of existing retail buildings and remove blighted structures within 36 months.
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| Public Health and Healthcare |
- Provide health care services, facilities and workforce training in order to support a health care system that meets the changed needs resulting from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, by 2012.
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| Transportation and Infrastructure |
- Implement improvements to traffic circulation and pedestrian safety in the downtown within to encourage economic revitalization efforts 36 months.
- Reduce evacuation time along US 171 and LA 27 by at least 25% within 24 months.
- Reduce truck traffic through the City of DeRidder by at least 50% within 24 months.
- Provide auxiliary power to all critical infrastructure and essential service facilities within 6 to 12 months.
- Improve the interoperability of the rural water systems by creating linkages among 6 water districts within 36 months.
- Maintain minimum water pressure to provide sufficient water for fire flows within 36 months.
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| Education |
- Develop the old school building as an educational and cultural learning center to support economic development in the whole parish within 18 months.
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| Human Services |
- Plan to accommodate an additional 1000 evacuees throughout the Parish in the event of a disaster during the next 36 months.
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