To learn more about New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and Holy Cross Neighborhood, damage from Hurricane Katrina, rebuilding and sustainability initiatives, check out these resources:

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Snapshot
Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
Holy Cross Neighborhood Demonstration
Help Holy Cross
NENA/Lower Ninth Ward Recovery Center
Lower 9th Ward Health Clinic
Holy Cross School
Jackson Barracks Military Museum


HERE COMES THE FLOOD.

The Times-Picayune: FLASH FLOOD, Hurricane Katrina’s Inundation of New Orleans, August 29, 2005
NOVA: How New Orleans Flooded


THE DAMAGE DONE.

Discovery Channel: Rebuilding New Orleans
MSNBC: KATRINA, the long road back
The Times-Picayune: Katrina:
The Storm We Always Feared







IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

MercyCorps Gulf Coast Recovery
Architecture for Humanity Gulf Coast
Oregon Flight of Friendship
Common Ground Collective
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
Preservation Trades Network
World Monuments Fund: Holy Cross Project
House by House


IT TAKES A SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE.

Global Green New Orleans
Global Green Sustainable Design Competition
Holy Cross Green Zone Demo Project
Alliance for Affordable Energy
Green Light New Orleans
Gulf Restoration Network
New Orleans Rebuild Green
The Green Project
Sharp Solar: “SOLA in NOLA”
Step It Up NOLA


WHY HOLY CROSS MATTERS.

New York Times: When the Lower Ninth Posed Proudly
The New Yorker: New Orleans Journal
Tavis Smiley & Jonathan Demme (PBS): Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward
NBPC: The Katrina Project
In Katrina's Wake: Restoring A Sense Of Place