title: Committee for a Better New Orleans
text: # Committee for a Better New Orleans
  
  The Committee for a Better New Orleans is a privately funded community organization and advocacy group in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. It was started in 2000 by Joe Canizaro, a wealthy property $developer,^{:306}$ and included college presidents and local religious $leaders.^{:3}$ The group prepared and published a "Blueprint for a Better New Orleans", a plan for improvements to management and infrastructure of the $city.^{:3}$ The organization has 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
  
  