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Hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the city of New Orleans in the State of Louisiana, in the United States, needed a formal citizen participation structure. 80% of the city had to be rebuilt, thus requesting a lot of decisions that would impact the life of communities. Citizen engagement was...

Established as a non-profit in 2002, the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership was able to pursue more forms of funding outside of the monetary support provided by the EPA and was now able to employ more autonomy over project implementation. Its name change also reflected a desire to influence all estuaries and...