New Blighted Property Strategy Unveiled
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The City of New Orleans has unveiled its new block by block strategy for blighted homes. The strategy employs better technology and stiff fines for unoccupied properties. For more information click the link below...............
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/revised_no_blight_strategy_unv.html
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- Kenner report will recommend red-light enforcement cameras
- Orleans school designs unveiled
- Master P Building Youth Centers In Major Cities In The U.S.
- Industry Influence begins
- NOPD warns drivers of scam
- NOPD adopts 60-hour workweeks
- N.O. board to pay fired school staff
- Panel calling for police, DA to focus on serious crimes
- High-priced student loans spell trouble
- Deadline For Road Home
- Sheriff Harry Lee dies at 75
- $750 trash cans deemed a waste
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- Dillard to Aid Gentilly
- IRS has bad news on Road Home
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- Inspector general begins work in N.O. with no office, no staff, no car
- Schools endure 'challenging' day
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- Anger apparent on Katrina anniversary
- La. towns say no more baggy pants
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- Jena High School bans 'Free the Jena 6' T-shirts
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- FEMA extends demolish deadline
- 5,262 property owners appeal assessments to City Council
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- One killed, four wounded in three separate shootings
- New maps show major reduction in flooding risk during 100-year storm
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