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Scottmoore in the news.

Oel Scott, seen from behind, looks out a tall window over the treetops and buildings of New Orleans East.
Photo: The Times-Picayune

The Times-Picayune · Metro, page 1B

A ‘people-centric’ plan for N.O. East

· By Desiree Stennett

The city is preparing a New Orleans East Renaissance Plan, a study of land, infrastructure, and community input meant to guide what comes next for the East. Oel Scott talks about his proposal for ten townhomes off Read Boulevard, which a City Council zoning vote stopped in December, and how that kind of housing could fill vacant land and build the density walkable neighborhoods need.

What we brought was a solution.

Oel Scott, in the article
Two people talk on a tree-shaded sidewalk beside a glass office tower on Lake Forest Boulevard.
Photo: The Times-Picayune

The Times-Picayune · Metro, page 1B

N.O. East cultural district designation OK’d

· By Desiree Stennett

The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to back an application to make a stretch of New Orleans East anchored by Lake Forest Boulevard a state-recognized cultural district. The designation would open state grants for beautification, branding, and marketing for businesses across the district. Scottmoore worked on the proposal for the Lake Forest Cultural District.