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If there?EUR??,,????'?????< To seize the chance, more than 200 design professionals (included several firms that practice landscape architecture) donated a week of their time in October to attend the Mississippi Renewal Forum. They teamed up for 11 intensive charrettes that brought together a wealth of ideas for the rebuilding the most hard-hit communities on the coast. The list includes Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian, Gautier, Moss Point, D?EUR??,,????'?????< The building on the left isn?EUR??,,????'?????<Photo courtesy of Jack Swayze According to The Smart Growth Network, the planning work would have cost at least $300,000 if completed by a single firm. While noting the devastation and human suffering, the assembled group welcomed the blank slate the storms created. Co-sponsored by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, the Congress for the New Urbanism and New Urbanist guru Andres Duany (of Miami-based Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.), the forum warmed to the task of giving the communities a more walkable, human scale with new neighborhood centers. ?EUR??,,????'?????< A view of Biloxi, Miss. produced by Mississippi Renewal Forum participants shows where planners urge the ?EUR??,,????'?????<Image ???????(R)???????(C) Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists For Biloxi (and the other communities) the plan envisions the creation of better-defined neighborhood centers connected by redesigned, tree-lined thoroughfares. Additional photos and information are available at the Mississippi Renewal Forum website, www.mississippirenewal.com Participants are continuing to put the plans together, with a final document due on Gov. Barbour?EUR??,,????'?????<
To seize the chance, more than 200 design professionals (included several firms that practice landscape architecture) donated a week of their time in October to attend the Mississippi Renewal Forum. They teamed up for 11 intensive charrettes that brought together a wealth of ideas for the rebuilding the most hard-hit communities on the coast. The list includes Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian, Gautier, Moss Point, D?EUR??,,????'?????<
According to The Smart Growth Network, the planning work would have cost at least $300,000 if completed by a single firm.
While noting the devastation and human suffering, the assembled group welcomed the blank slate the storms created. Co-sponsored by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, the Congress for the New Urbanism and New Urbanist guru Andres Duany (of Miami-based Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.), the forum warmed to the task of giving the communities a more walkable, human scale with new neighborhood centers.
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For Biloxi (and the other communities) the plan envisions the creation of better-defined neighborhood centers connected by redesigned, tree-lined thoroughfares.
Additional photos and information are available at the Mississippi Renewal Forum website, www.mississippirenewal.com
Participants are continuing to put the plans together, with a final document due on Gov. Barbour?EUR??,,????'?????<
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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