Jefferson Parish --Recovery Vision

In 20 years, Jefferson Parish will be a place where residents have:

A Sense of Security

• Levee walls will be built to Category 5 hurricane standards, the pumping system will be improved and wetlands will be restored. These will protect schools, libraries, homes, jobs and the arts from future threats of destruction. 

A Place of Equity

• The parish will treat all races and income groups equally and assure equal opportunity. Its racial character will be its strength. 
• Cultural diversity will make Jefferson Parish a unique and wonderful place that celebrates its heritage. 
• Residents will appreciate the parish’s good health care, shopping, lower crime, well-kept homes, cleaner air, and lower levels of corruption.
• Parish residents will also value the wetlands, river, bayous, live oak trees and fishing industry.

A Place of Sound Policy and Cooperative Decision-making

• Public policy decisions will be based on sound planning, informed by technical information, rather than patronage politics. 
• Zoning and land use plans will be important tools for recovery and development within the parish and will address the "big picture" for the parish’s future.
• The parish will achieve sustainable growth, attract high-wage industries, and encourage technology-based development, all leading to a superior quality of life.
• Building codes will be enforced to ensure sound structures.
• Disasters will be seen as opportunities to make the region world class, led by visionary leaders able to think outside the box.
• Strong cooperation will exist between state and local leaders and among city and parish leaders across the New Orleans region because they see their jurisdictions as linked together.