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D'iberville, Mississippi
Population: 7,608
Located in Harrison County
D’Iberville, Mississippi Hurricane Katrina landed on the Mississippi area on Monday, August 22nd, 2005. In just a few hours, this powerful storm shattered the City of D’Iberville’s visual identity, its sense of security, and its peace of mind. The devastation included some of its most beloved landscape, city spaces, waterfront areas, and buildings. For the citizens of D’Iberville, the tragedy might have removed some of its most important physical landmarks but, it did not erase its “hometown” feeling, its commercial success, or its community harmony–three characteristics which have turned the City of D’Iberville into one of the most desirable waterfront towns in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area.
With a communal sense of spirited determination, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Mississippi Governor’s Commission call into action a group of town designers, architects, engineers, environmentalists, planners, local merchants, business people, homeowners, investors, local officials, and residents with one simple mission: to create a master plan for rebuilding and getting back what was lost at a regional and at a local level.
It is important to clarify that cities do not get built in one day. The notion of a “collective memory” worth of reconstitution is pervasive amongst the citizens of D’Iberville. Although it has never been articulated, they yearn for a small town feeling where the architecture of the city enhances the idea of community and where everyone feels in control of their own destiny. Hurricane Katrina has provided the City of D’Iberville with the extraordinary opportunity to reconstitute its collective memory. In addition to being the representation of identity and cooperative wishes, the 2005 Citizens Master Plan is a testimony to community excellence and, as of today, the clearest blueprint for a better future.
Source: cityofdiberville.org
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