COMMUNITY
OUTREACH
Mark the Map Activity
December and February meeting participants put a pin on the map to show the general location of where they live. This helps the project team understand what areas of the Parish are represented in engagement efforts and where more outreach is needed.
Community Meeting Recaps
There were approximately 50 attendees at each community meeting on December 11, 2024 and February 18, 2025. The notes below summarize the comments and discussion that took place during the two meetings.
December 11, 2024
Meeting Recap
Development & Land Use
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Development is often something like a new subdivision, that could take away from current uses like agriculture.
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Development is growth and could be good or bad depending on the circumstances.
Development & Land Use
Zoning
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Zoning protects residential uses from other nuisance uses and is much needed.
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Zoning could result in over regulation so there is a need to be careful.
The Future
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Tangipahoa has a lot of small towns and there is fear of overdevelopment.
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There is fear of too much density in wetlands and flood prone areas.
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Need to be cautious when applying one plan to a big parish.
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Need to plan rather than react.
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Can be different regulations for the north and south of the parish.
General Discussion
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There are ways to regulate harmful uses, such as buffer regulations.
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Need to engage with people from the northern part of the parish.
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Continue to entice families to stay in the parish.
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Concern about incoming nuisance uses, such as landfills.
February 18, 2025
Meeting Recap
Development & Land Use
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Development means changing what you are used to.
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New land uses reduce the amount of green space.
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Does development and land use impact land ownership?
Zoning
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We don’t want to change, we love our country, we love our land.
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How does zoning impact family subdivision regulations?
The Future
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Keep the north part of the parish the same.
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Keep the old process going forward.
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Create different zoning in the north and in the south.
General Discussion
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Continue passing on land to children as we have done in the past.
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Stay agricultural and regulate large developments.
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Want to be involved in the decision-making process.
Community Outreach & Engagement
A Community Outreach & Engagement (O&E) Plan is underway for this project and can be viewed by clicking the green button below. The Parish will use a wide variety of engagement techniques and means of distributing information in an effort to reach as many people as possible. This will include in-person and online techniques such as meetings, surveys, tabling at community events, stakeholder interviews, and more.
The Project Team will post status updates and results of these engagement opportunities to this website as the community input continues to grow. If you have any ideas for community engagement or groups who should be involved, please let us know!
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Note: highlighted text in the O&E Plan represents progress as of February 5, 2025.
Outreach & Engagement Objectives
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To publish and update the O&E Plan in response to ongoing outreach and engagement efforts to both build public trust and ensure project effectiveness.
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To maintain this Project Webpage with materials utilized to support understanding of the project, its progress, next steps, and ways to provide input.
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To effectively communicate through the Parish’s social media, press releases, public notices, and other means of communication when and where community meetings or other outreach efforts will take place.
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To leverage ongoing planning committees, meetings, and activities in an effort to utilize time and resources wisely.
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To demonstrate planning progress and build trust with a phased approach to both the project and engagement process.
A wide variety of engagement techniques will be employed to reach as many community members as possible.