Regional Planning Commission
                     of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes
       Brownfield Redevelopment Program
About the Regional Planning Commission
The Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans,
Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes is a
26-member Commission of local elected officials and citizen members, who are
appointed to represent the residents of southeast Louisiana on regional issues.
The Commission is supported by a staff of professionals with broad experience
in a variety of areas including urban and regional planning, community
development, environmental planning, economic development, governmental
relations, landscape architecture, transportation, and geographic information
systems (GIS). The Regional Planning Commission also serves as the metropolitan
planning organization (MPO) for the southeast Louisiana region.    

The RPC is the only forum in which the chief elected officials and community leaders of the five
member-parishes come together in partnership each month to discuss the Big Picture. The RPC
provides a neutral venue to discuss regional issues, but it is also a policy-making body where legally
binding decisions regarding the development of the entire region are made.


Purpose and Legal Mandate

As mandated by its enabling legislation, the RPC is the legal entity whose mission is to promote the
general welfare and prosperity of the entire region by harmonizing the activities of federal, state,
parish, municipal and other governmental agencies in the region.

The RPC was created in 1962 by the Louisiana state legislature and local governing body
authorization. The RPC is one of eight regional planning bodies in the state established to fulfill
federal and state requirements for regional comprehensive and economic development planning.  The
RPC has the legal mandate and the regional representation to continue in its leadership role as it
works with this culturally rich and diverse community to develop plans that will preserve, protect and
develop the greater New Orleans region as we proceed into the new millennium. The RPC is the legal
entity mandated to promote the general welfare and prosperity of the entire region.

For more information, please visit the Regional Planning Commission’s website at:
www.norpc.org.
Former Concrete Plant, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, LA
Regional Planning
Commission
1340 Poydras,
Suite 2100
New Orleans, LA
70112
(504) 568-6611
www.norpc.org