Fourteen panelists representing several key industries in New Orleans East outlined detailed plans to help bring people, businesses and investors into the area. CNN reporter Tom Foreman moderated the event.

On Tuesday, the smell of fresh paint still lingered in the air as Champion Medical Center and Urgent Care opened its doors to patients for the first time. In an area largely lacking medical facilities since Katrina, the new center is part of an effort to revitalize the neighborhood.

New Orleans East resident Gregory Davis says he realized his community needed a health care facility after one of his 10 children had to be taken to an emergency room across town because there was no hospital nearby.