Recovery Acronyms
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[edit] A-C
- ACORN
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
- AVM
- Automated Valuation Method (Road Home Program property valuation)
- AWK
- Arabi Wrecking Krewe (volunteer group dedicated to helping N.O. Musicians come home)
- BCM
- Baptist Community Ministries
- BGR
- Bureau of Governmental Research
- BIA
- Broadmoor Improvement Association
- BNOB or BNOBC
- Mayor Nagin's Bring New Orleans Back Commission
- BPO
- Broker Price Opinion
- BRAF
- Baton Rouge Area Foundation
- BZA
- Board of Zoning Adjustments
- CARI
- Carrollton Audubon Renaissance
- CATS
- Baton Rouge's Capital Area Transit System (New Orleans' RTA is currently assisting CATS with its increased demand due to the number of relocated New Orleanians)
- CBD
- Central Business District
- CBNO or CBNO/MAC
- Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee
- CDBG
- Community Development Block Grant Program
- CDC
- Community Development Corporation
- CDFI
- Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, a U.S. Department of the Treasury initiative to provide access to affordable credit
- CHAT
- Citizens' Road Home Action Team
- CPEX
- Center for Planning Excellence, formerly Plan Baton Rouge
- CSO
- Community Support Organization
[edit] D-F
- DBCC
- District B Coordinating Council
- DBE
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
- DCSNO
- Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans
- ERA
- Economic Research Associates
- FIA
- Fontainebleau Improvement Association
- FSJNA
- Faubourg Saint John Neighborhood Association
[edit] G-I
- GCIA
- Gentilly Civic Improvement Association Umbrella Organization
- GNOBEDD
- Greater New Orleans Biosciences and Economic Development District
- GNOCDC
- Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
- GNONKW
- Greater New Orleans Nonprofit Knowledge Works
- GNOF
- Greater New Orleans Foundation
- HCDRC
- Historic Conservation District Review Committee
- HDLC
- Historic Districts Landmarks Commission
- HHW
- Household Hazardous Waste
[edit] L-N
- LA/SPCA
- Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- LANO
- Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations
- LCIA
- Lakeview Civic Improvement Association
- LDRF
- Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
- LFRC
- Louisiana Family Recovery Corps
- LIOGA or LOGA
- Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association
- LRA
- Louisiana Recovery Authority
- LRAF
- Louisiana Recovery Authority Fund
- LRASF
- Lousiana Recovery Authority Support Foundation
- LTCR
- Long-Term Community Recovery Team
- MARI
- Maple Area Residents
- MCNO
- Mid-City Neighborhood Organization
- MRGO
- Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Canal
- MOU
- Memorandum of understanding
- NENA
- Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association
- NNO
- National Night Out Against Crime
- NOCDF
- New Orleans Community Development Fund: a start-up housing loan fund
- NOCSF
- New Orleans Community Support Foundation
- NOHRAC
- New Orleans City Council's Hurricane Recovery Advisory Committee
- NOLANRP
- New Orleans Neighborhoods Rebuilding Plan
- NONDC
- New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative
- NOPD
- New Orleans Police Department
- NORBI
- New Orleans Regional Biosciences Initiative
- NOrMC
- New Orleans Regional Medical Center
- NPN
- Neighborhoods Planning Network
[edit] O-Q
[edit] R-T
- RFQ
- Request for Qualifications
- RFP
- Request for Proposal
- RTA
- Regional Transit Authority
- RHP
- Road Home Program
- RPC
- Recovery Planning Commission
- SBA
- Small Business Administration
- SL/CBR
- Service Learning/Community-Based Research
- TCA
- Total Community Action
[edit] U-Z
- ULI
- Urban Land Institute, brought in to advise the BNOB
- VCC
- Vieux Carre Commission
- VCPORA
- Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents, and Associates
- UNOP
- Unified New Orleans Plan
