Holy Cross: New Orleans, LA

Restore a Historic Home
Natural disasters bring out the best and worst in people and the places where they live. The destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina on Holy Cross laid bare countless civic and social problems. More than four years after the flooding, the restoration of Holy Cross is also uncovering the resilience of people determined to save their neighborhood. Volunteers from the neighborhood and beyond, the Preservation Resource Center, and countless other organizations are saving Holy Cross by rebuilding the historic homes and allowing residents to return to this sliver of high ground within the Lower Ninth Ward. “People are pouring their hearts into Holy Cross for a love of this place and their neighbors,” says resident Pam Dashiell. “And we’re not rebuilding blindly. The Ninth Ward has become an epicenter of preservation and sustainability.”

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