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300,000 ways to make New Orleans a better place
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board As part of the celebration of New Orleans’ 300th birthday, the city’s tricentennial committee set an ambitious goal for community service. They are challenging
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Hurricane Katrina Victim Helps People Recover After Louisiana Floods
NPR All Things Considered | Ari Shapiro A car full of people has just arrived outside this flooded house in Baton Rouge. They drove up from
Volunteers to rebuild 9th Ward home with help from James Hardie Co.
By Robert Rhoden | NOLA.com – The Times-Picayune Volunteers with the non-profit Lowernine.org will get some training this weekend on the installation of siding at a
City lauds the arrival of CVS pharmacy in Lower 9th Ward
BY CHAD CALDER | The New Orleans Advocate –
The city celebrates the opening of a CVS in the lower ninth ward as a signal of progress. Laura Paul of Lowernine.org says that she welcomes the business and hopes it will provide incentive for people to move back to the area. Only 37 percent of the ninth ward population prior to Katrina has returned, compared to 89 percent for the entire city.
Chemical spill In Lower 9th Ward alarms activists
By Bill Capo | WWL –
In a video covering an oil spill recently discovered on a Lizardi Street lot in the lower ninth ward, Laura Paul comments on how these toxins could affect the residents of the area and it’s rebuilding.