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Audrey McFarlane

Audrey McFarlane teaches law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She writes on issues of local economic development, eminent domain, gentrification and land use. She can be contacted at [email protected]. Home

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An Open Letter to the Mayor of New Orleans: Flip the Local Economic Development Script

By Audrey McFarlane

Dear Mayor Ray Nagin, You are in the midst of a daunting task: working to revive a devastated city amidst loss of life, physical destruction and the scattering of your population across the United States. Though the odds of nature, topography and economic reality appear to be against you, the advantage you have is the…

Dear Mayor Ray Nagin, You are in the midst of a daunting task: working to revive a devastated city amidst loss of life, physical destruction and…

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