Help Holy Crosstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-6193812009-05-16T11:28:00-05:00Holy Cross Neighborhood in New Orleans needs your help.TypePadThe Lower Ninth Ward Urban Farming Coalition invites you to check out what's growing in the Nine!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-668932972009-05-16T11:28:00-05:002009-05-17T11:34:01-05:00Lower Ninth Ward Urban Farming Coalition GARDEN TOUR Saturday, May 23rd Meeting Time: 8:30 am (tour bus leaves at 9 am) Meeting Location: School At Blair Grocery on N. Roman and Benton Sts. We're celebrating growth and sustainability in the Nine with an urban agriculture tour of 7 gardens right here in our neighborhood (and a couple in the Bywater!). The tour focuses on vegetable gardens and micro farms, including raised beds and container gardens....Dave MacaulayJustice for the Gulf Coasttag:typepad.com,2003:post-668939652009-05-15T11:50:00-05:002009-05-15T11:50:00-05:00Representative Zoe Lofgren of CA just introduced HR 2269, the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. The legislation would create 100,000 "green" living wage jobs and training opportunities for Gulf Coast residents and displaced people to rebuild critical infrastructure, restore natural flood protection and increase energy efficiency. Visit the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign on Facebook. Ask your friends and family to write Congress!Dave MacaulayCSED Gets a Piece of the Pietag:typepad.com,2003:post-669606332009-05-14T21:46:00-05:002009-05-18T21:59:52-05:00The Times-Picayune reports today on a half million in funding from The Greater New Orleans Foundation to a number of local civic and advocacy organizations involved in vital recovery and rebuilding efforts around the city. In "$500,000 in grants to boost recovery", the T-P reports: “The Greater New Orleans Foundation will award 14 grants totaling $500,000 today to organizations struggling to deal with post-Katrina environmental issues in the New Orleans area. The grants will pay...Dave MacaulayMLK Community Garden This Summertag:typepad.com,2003:post-666225392009-05-08T22:56:00-05:002009-05-11T00:43:09-05:00The “King’s Community Garden” Summer Program will engage approximately 20 students, from 6th and 7th grades. As a new addition to the MLK Charter School’s annual Summer Science Academy, this program will be held June 1-June 30, 2009, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Friday. Students will work with a variety of volunteers from Common Ground Relief, Urban Farm Network, etc. to learn the “ins and outs” of gardening, the importance of community gardens,...Dave MacaulayReminder: Master Plan Meeting for Lower 9 - April 21sttag:typepad.com,2003:post-657097292009-04-19T11:50:00-05:002009-04-19T11:50:00-05:00New Orleans Master Plan District Meeting: Planning District 8 (Lower 9th Ward) 04/21/2009 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Residents of all neighborhoods are invited to attend these meetings to review the first draft of the proposed New Orleans Master Plan. The plan features proposals such as replacing the Interstate 10-Claiborne Avenue expressway with a tree-lined "urban boulevard"; reviving the Canal Street theater district; creating landscaped open canals and "urban wetlands" to beautify the city while...Dave MacaulayApril 17: Promoting a Fair Climate Agendatag:typepad.com,2003:post-652989032009-04-08T21:37:00-05:002009-04-08T21:37:00-05:00Dave MacaulayHistoric Green Videostag:typepad.com,2003:post-663167932009-03-30T15:53:00-05:002009-05-03T16:03:19-05:00A series a terrific videos from this year's Historic Green event (March 10 to 20) around the Holy Cross Neighborhood - thanks to David Eber, Sustainability Outreach Associate for the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development. School kids participate in Historic Green by building a raised bed garden at the Lower 9th Ward Village. Crawfish boil at The Lower 9th Ward Village!Dave MacaulayCNN on the Lower Ninth: Loss, Hope and the ‘New Normal’tag:typepad.com,2003:post-644664452009-03-22T11:03:53-05:002009-03-22T11:04:10-05:00CNN's chief national correspondent John King traveled to New Orleans to look first-hand at recovery in the Lower Ninth Ward compared to the rest of the city. In this week’s "State of the Union” (Sundays, 8 ET), he features Patricia Berryhill, Alice Craft-Kerney and the positive impact of the Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic in Holy Cross. In the “Lower Ninth Ward trails in New Orleans 'new normal'” he reports: “During a helicopter pass over...Dave MacaulayMR-GO Suit Moves Aheadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-644650892009-03-21T09:55:00-05:002009-03-21T09:55:00-05:00The Times-Picayune's Susan Finch reports in "Judge gives go-ahead to MRGO suit": "A federal court judge in New Orleans cleared the way Friday for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to face trial next month in a lawsuit that claims the agency's failure to heed environmental laws in building and maintaining the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet caused environmental damage that led to massive flooding in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish during Hurricane Katrina. The case,...Dave MacaulayNew Orleans 2030: Working Drafttag:typepad.com,2003:post-644542372009-03-20T20:41:00-05:002009-03-21T20:52:11-05:00Subject: MASTER PLAN WORKING DRAFT NOW AVAILABLE! The New Orleans City Planning Commission is preparing a citywide Master Plan to guide the long-term physical development of the city, along with a new, user-friendly Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO). The Master Plan is scheduled for completion by June 2009. Please note that the second round of District Meetings will be held April 15 to 22. The hearing on the Master Plan for the Lower 9th ward will...Dave MacaulayHistoric Green Throughout the Neighborhoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-641081472009-03-12T20:35:00-05:002009-03-15T00:35:23-05:00Historic Green volunteers were seen throughout the Holy Cross Neighborhood yesterday – from the Delery Street Playground to Dauphine, St. Maurice and Tupelo. The annual event started March 10 and runs through the 20th. Resident John Koeferl gets a hand from DCL Mooring & Rigging. Marquette University students work at 5516 Dauphine Street. Volunteer crews at 5515 Dauphine. Redeemer Church worked at 632 Tupelo Street. Volunteers at 429-31 St. Maurice. ALL PHOTOS: Darryl Malek-Wiley.Dave MacaulayAttend the Corps Hearing!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-634841852009-02-28T23:58:36-06:002009-02-28T23:59:23-06:00There is a public meeting next Tuesday on March 3, 2009 regarding IERs 4 (Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project, Orleans East Bank, New Orleans Lakefront Levee, West of Inner Harbor Navigational Canal to East bank of 17th Street Canal, Orleans Parish, Louisiana) and 11 Tier 2 Pontchartrain (Improved Protection on the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana). The meeting will be held at the Lindy Boggs International Conference Center,...Dave MacaulayGuard is Goingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-634673912009-02-27T11:55:00-06:002009-02-28T11:58:31-06:00"National Guard is pulling out of New Orleans" announces the Associated Press: "Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weekend, leaving behind a city still desperate and dangerous. Residents long distrustful of the city's police force are worried they will have to fend for themselves." Read the full story here.Dave MacaulaySpread the Word: Protect the Gulftag:typepad.com,2003:post-631245072009-02-20T14:19:20-06:002009-02-20T14:22:28-06:00Dave MacaulayBayou Bienvenue, February 2, 2009tag:typepad.com,2003:post-628577892009-02-14T12:57:06-06:002009-02-14T12:57:06-06:00PHOTOS: Darryl Malek-WileyDave MacaulayLost Dog, Lower 9thtag:typepad.com,2003:post-627268292009-02-11T22:37:08-06:002009-02-11T22:37:08-06:00Dave MacaulayIn D.C.: Pressing for Green Jobstag:typepad.com,2003:post-625550792009-02-07T10:47:00-06:002009-02-09T13:31:42-06:00Darryl Malek-Wiley was there. So was Pam Dashiell, "Mack" McClendon, the Rev. Willie Calhoun and other community leaders representing the Lower Ninth Ward. All in Washington, D.C. for this past week’s Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference – focused on solutions to environmental challenges to drive economic development and create successful and profitable businesses. The Times-Picayune ran a terrific piece in today’s paper on the Lower Ninth Ward contingent to this year’s event which also...Dave MacaulayNew Rebuilding Assistance Resourcestag:typepad.com,2003:post-624618532009-02-05T22:53:49-06:002009-02-05T22:53:49-06:00Project Homecoming is accepting applications for from homeowners living in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes who need rebuilding assistance and have the ability to purchase their own rebuilding materials. Rebuilding Together is accepting applications from low income elderly or disabled homeowners and first responders in Holy Cross, Broadmoor, Tremé/Esplanade Ridge, St. Roch, and Hollygrove who need assistance completing rebuilding work. Find information on these programs and others on our list of organizations offering Free or...Dave MacaulayGreen Jobs, Lower Ninth Wardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-628586932009-02-02T13:20:00-06:002009-02-14T13:34:52-06:00Forest Bradley-Wright, Willie Calhoun, Darryl Malek-Wiley and others are featured in this great segment from WWL TV on green jobs training and their pending trip to Washington, D.C. SOURCE: WWL TV In "Funding drying up for green job training program", WWL TV reports: "It's a program designed to educate New Orleans youth, create jobs, and alleviate strain on the environment but in just a few months, the necessary funding runs out."Dave Macaulay"A green movement takes root" in the Lower Ninth Wardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-629730212009-01-30T00:50:00-06:002009-01-30T00:50:00-06:00Cain Burdeau of the Associated Press has done a fine job of documenting life in and around New Orleans since Katrina. In "As New Orleans rebuilds in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a green movement takes root" recently, he writes of the greening of the city and talk of restoring the wetlands, of harnessing power from the MIssissippi with river turbines, and of the rooftop solar panels that are starting to appear: "For example, in...Dave MacaulaySnow in the Lower Ninth Wardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-618786582009-01-25T10:40:51-06:002009-01-25T10:40:51-06:00A beautiful blanket of snow covered Holy Cross and the Lower Ninth on December 11th...Darryl Malek-Wiley sent along these fantastic photos of Bayou Bienvenue, the Make It Right project, and the Claiborne Avenue Bridge across the Industrial Canal. Enjoy! ALL PHOTOS: Darryl Malek-WileyDave MacaulayObama, Environmental Justice, Hope for the Gulf Coasttag:typepad.com,2003:post-629744892009-01-24T00:58:00-06:002009-01-24T00:58:00-06:00Today’s Times-Picayune ran a piece about an important gathering held outside of Washington, D.C. following Barack Obama’s inauguration earlier this week. Aaron Viles, campaign director of the Gulf Restoration Network, was there. So were representatives of New Orleans’ Advocates for Environmental Human Rights and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University, and other Gulf Coast organizations. And so was Pam Dashiell of the CSED, representing the Lower Ninth Ward: "It's a new...Dave MacaulayJoin Us for the Obama Inauguration Celebration!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-615299062009-01-17T19:04:29-06:002009-01-17T19:04:29-06:00Dave MacaulayJanuary 19: National Day of Service in Holy Crosstag:typepad.com,2003:post-615297022009-01-16T18:51:00-06:002009-01-16T18:51:00-06:00The Sierra Club in New Orleans will be answering President elect Obama’s call by doing a work project at the Episcopal Church of All Souls in the Lower 9th Ward (St. Claude Ave. @ Caffin Ave.) starting at 9:30 a.m. President-elect Obama is calling for a, National Day of Service on Monday, January 19th in New Orleans which is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the day before the presidential inauguration. The Sierra Club is...Dave MacaulayPBS: "The Old Man and the Storm"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-608101142009-01-03T17:30:52-06:002009-01-03T17:30:52-06:00“The Old Man and the Storm” airs Tuesday, January 6 at 9 p.m. ET on the PBS show FRONTLINE. The program’s description reads: “Six months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, producer June Cross came across 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge working alone on his home in the lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood devastated when the levees broke in August 2005. Over the next two years, Cross would document the story of the extended Gettridge clan...Dave MacaulayBayou on Firetag:typepad.com,2003:post-607289602008-12-31T14:38:00-06:002008-12-31T14:38:00-06:00Amazing photo from The Times-Picayune…shows a marsh fire in Bayou Bienvenue/eastern New Orleans burning out of control yesterday. The New Orleans Fire Department continues to monitor the blaze in what they an "extremely isolated" area near Paris Road and the I-510 bridge. PHOTO: Ted Jackson/The Times-PicayuneDave MacaulayL9 Center for the Arts: Helping a City to Healtag:typepad.com,2003:post-607331582008-12-28T14:44:00-06:002008-12-28T14:44:00-06:00The NewsHour on PBS ran a wonderful piece recently featuring photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick and their L9 Center for the Arts at 539/537 Caffin in Holy Cross. The Center was launched after Katrina in a restored double shotgun – as a place to celebrate the arts and culture of the Lower Ninth Ward. In “New Orleans Art Exhibit Aims to Help City Heal”, Keith and Chandra are interviewed by reporter Jeffrey Brown as...Dave MacaulayL.A. Times: "Pioneer Spirit of the Lower 9"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-607775342008-12-26T13:56:00-06:002008-12-26T13:56:00-06:00CREDIT: Kirk McKoy/L.A. Times PHOTO: Plastic snow man in a Lower Ninth Ward lot. The Los Angeles Times has consistently done a great job of documenting life after Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward. As part of the paper’s “An American Moment” series, the Times’ Peter H. King tells what he sees in “Pioneer spirit in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward”: “It might seem a daunting landscape, but not to Miss Gertie: ‘To me those...Dave MacaulayMerry Christmas, Holy Crosstag:typepad.com,2003:post-605058962008-12-25T12:11:00-06:002008-12-25T12:11:00-06:00PHOTO: "Snow on the Levee", by Sarah DeBacher PHOTOS: "Holiday Lights in Holy Cross", by Kathy MuseDave MacaulayGlobal Green Commits More to New Orleanstag:typepad.com,2003:post-605719422008-12-20T16:23:00-06:002008-12-20T16:23:00-06:00Yesterday's New Orleans CityBusiness reports that Global Green plans to invest an additional $17 million on green building initiatives in New Orleans during 2009 - with an emphasis on their Green Seed Schools program to retrofit and upgrade two more schools to make them more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. For more info, read "Global Green to invest $17M in N.O." PHOTO: Rita Capers is among the Lower 9 residents (pictured here with Global Green...Dave MacaulayNational Guard Will Stay – Againtag:typepad.com,2003:post-605639482008-12-20T09:26:00-06:002008-12-20T09:26:00-06:00Good news for Lower Ninth Ward residents. Yesterday's Times-Picayune reports that lawmakers in Baton Rouge have approved funding to keep 100 National Guard troops in New Orleans through February 2009. "The guard had been slated to be phased out by year's end. But police Superintendent Warren Riley sought more time to bring on additional recruits. Soldiers have helped patrol less populated areas to allow police to focus on curbing violent crime." The HCNA&L9 Crime Committee...Dave MacaulayMR-GO: The Hurricane Highwaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-602564062008-12-19T10:56:00-06:002008-12-19T10:56:00-06:00What scientists, wetlands experts and community activists have been saying all along: the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO) did (and still could) contribute to catastrophic flooding in New Orleans and the Lower 9. Yesterday's "New computer storm model condemns role MRGO played in Katrina flooding" states: "Had there been no MR-GO when Hurricane Katrina roared out of the Gulf of Mexico atop a record storm surge, the catastrophic flooding that killed some 1,500 people in...Dave MacaulayStop Crime, Use Twittertag:typepad.com,2003:post-601987502008-12-15T21:16:00-06:002008-12-15T21:16:00-06:00Sign up for our Lower 9 Stop Crime Twitter account to receive brief emails and text messages detailing crime and community event information for Holy Cross and the Lower Ninth Ward. As soon as NOPD emails me notice, usually within 24 hours or less, I will post a message to our Twitter account. Then you will receive notice both as an email and a text message on your cell phone, if you choose. Furthermore, I...Dave MacaulaySnow in Holy Crosstag:typepad.com,2003:post-605630642008-12-13T12:57:00-06:002008-12-13T12:57:00-06:00Thursday was a snow day for Holy Cross and the rest of New Orleans as the white stuff blanketed the semi-tropical city. Thanks to David Eber for these photos in the Holy Cross Neighborhood. Check out more photos of the snow in the area here. PHOTOS: "Snow Day!", by David EberDave MacaulayIt's a Holiday Potluck!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-599256562008-12-12T11:05:49-06:002008-12-12T11:05:49-06:00Dave MacaulayNatural Protection: the Bayou Videotag:typepad.com,2003:post-598736722008-12-11T13:18:28-06:002008-12-11T13:18:28-06:00Darryl Malek-Wiley and Pam Dashiell speak about the importance of Bayou Bienvenue on yesterday's ABC26 feature, "Natural Protection".Dave MacaulayIn the News: Bayou Bienvenuetag:typepad.com,2003:post-598728262008-12-11T13:00:18-06:002008-12-11T13:00:18-06:00New Orleans' local ABC affiliate, WGNO, ran a piece yesterday on the Lower Ninth's efforts to restore Bayou Bienvenue: "The area of Bayou Bienvenue that stretched 30 miles from New Orleans to Lake Borgne was a complex network of wetlands, mostly cypress trees. Now, only tree stubs stick out of the water. But a local environmental group and Lower Ninth Ward residents are hoping to restore the area to it's original, natural beauty. What was...Dave MacaulayLA Green Corps Workforce Training Opportunitiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-598340142008-12-10T17:20:05-06:002008-12-10T17:20:05-06:00The Alliance for Affordable Energy has teamed up with the LA GreenCorps to offer a Workforce Training Program in weatherization and energy efficiency. This program is designed to teach team members the following skills: How to effectively seal all cracks and air leaks in a home and view homes as air flow and thermal envelopes Make changes to the home to affect energy efficiency Proper installation of radiant barrier in attics How to choose and...Dave MacaulayVideo: MR-GO, the Wetlands and a Greener New Orleanstag:typepad.com,2003:post-600075482008-12-08T16:20:00-06:002008-12-08T16:20:00-06:00Two New Orleans high school students wrote and directed their own documentary about the destructive power of the MR-GO shipping channel on Louisiana wetlands. This is an amazing short video, and recently won "Best Personal Film" after being screened at the Remedee Foundation's Reel Earth green carpet event last month. In “GO-ing Green”, students Jacie Lemon and Sharett Brooks take an airboat tour of the Louisiana wetlands to learn about the consequences of the MRGO...Dave MacaulayHome Sweet "Make It Right" Hometag:typepad.com,2003:post-595184702008-12-04T17:32:34-06:002008-12-04T17:32:34-06:00PHOTO: Howie Luvzus It's move-in day for six Lower Ninth Ward families who are taking possession of their new sustainable homes - the first of 150 affordable houses. Some nice media coverage of this important event, including "Families move into homes that Pitt built" by the Associated Press: "It was a bittersweet moment for Brad Pitt, walking through the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood where families were preparing to spend their first holidays since Hurricane Katrina....Dave MacaulayMake It Right: the Houses That Brad Builttag:typepad.com,2003:post-594552982008-12-03T15:15:40-06:002008-12-03T15:15:40-06:00The Today Show's Ann Curry revisits Brad Pitt and the Lower Ninth Ward's Make It Right Project as Inez Converse and other residents move in for the first time - home for the holidays.Dave MacaulayThe Village: "Where's Your Neighbor?"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-600060342008-12-01T15:11:00-06:002008-12-01T15:11:00-06:00WWLTV ran a nice story yesterday on the one year anniversary of the Lower 9th Village and their new initiative to bring back the elderly and disabled who have been unable to return to their homes since Katrina. "Mack" McClendon and the folks at the Village call it the “Where’s Your Neighbor?” Program. It’s designed to help as many of the 600 elderly, handicapped and disabled residents who want to return to their damaged homes...Dave MacaulayContractor Fraud: Take the Surveytag:typepad.com,2003:post-594510302008-11-25T13:40:00-06:002008-11-25T13:40:00-06:00Contractor fraud has become a major challenge to New Orleans’ recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. LouisianaRebuilds.Info and the LSU Sociology Department in Baton Rouge have created a survey that will help us understand how widespread contractor fraud is and more importantly, what we can do to stop it. Whether or not you've been a victim of contractor fraud, please take this important survey. Getting information from all residents will give us better insight on...Dave MacaulayNew Lock for Industrial Canal: Who Needs It?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-585781842008-11-14T13:53:00-06:002008-11-14T13:53:00-06:00A hearing last night at MLK School drew 100 residents - with more than 30 speaking out against a Corps of Engineers proposal to replace an existing lock in the Industrial Canal (Inner Harbor Navigation Canal) with a larger, deep draft lock. This new plan and report from the Corps comes despite concerns from the adjacent community – and neighborhood organizations – about the environmental impacts of dredging toxic materials from the canal. Groups such...Dave MacaulayEZ Bus: Improving Transit in the Lower Ninetag:typepad.com,2003:post-584850122008-11-13T18:04:13-06:002008-11-13T18:04:13-06:00Information about the new EZ Bus Concept from the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). This service will be brought first to the Lower Ninth. RTA is planning on having at least 20 EZ bus stops in the Lower Ninth throughout the different neighborhoods: EASYBus is a neighborhood circulator providing public transportation to those persons in an area where ridership density is not great enough for a traditional fixed route service. These circulators provide transportation...Dave MacaulaySomething "Stinks" in St. Bernard Parishtag:typepad.com,2003:post-584248602008-11-12T16:20:59-06:002008-11-12T16:20:59-06:00SDT Waste & Debris Services, LLC has a proposed site selection for a regional waste transfer station adjacent to the recreational marina on Bayou Bienvenue in St Bernard Parish. In response, the St. Bernard Business Association, Concerned Citizens of St. Bernard Parish, and CCAM (Concerned Citizens around Murphy) have joined together on a petition to oppose this site: “SDT's proposed site selection for a regional waste transfer station is adjacent to the recreational marina on...Dave MacaulayWidening the Lock: A Heated Debatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-584189502008-11-12T14:10:11-06:002008-11-12T14:10:11-06:00A great piece from reporter Jen DeGregorio in this morning's Times-Picayune: "The latest report on the consequences of building a new Industrial Canal lock will get its only public airing tonight before the plan is reviewed by a federal judge who halted work on the Army Corps of Engineers project. The corps will present the results of the supplemental environmental study as well as field questions and comments at an event scheduled to begin at...Dave MacaulayStop the Lock: Press Conferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-583586562008-11-11T13:22:34-06:002008-11-11T13:22:34-06:00Who: Lower 9th Ward residents, New Orleans residents and environmental leaders When: 12 November When: 6:00 p.m. Where: In front of Martin Luther King Jr. School (Claiborne Ave and Caffin Ave) What: Press conference demanding that the Corps of Engineers ‘stop the lock’ “At a time when the Lower 9th Ward is starting to recover from the failed levee built by the Corps which caused the total flooding of the Lower 9th Ward during Katrina,...Dave MacaulaySalute to The Villagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-583559262008-11-11T12:22:15-06:002008-11-11T12:22:15-06:00Join your friends, neighbors and supporters of the Lower Ninth Ward Village for a “One Year Anniversary Celebration”, November 30, 2008, 1:00pm~Until. The Village is located at 1001 Charbonnet Street in Holy Cross. Featured will be guest performer Shamarr Allen. Opportunities to tour the facility with Village Director Ward "Mack" McClendon. And a special presentation of the first beneficiary of The Village’s “Where's Your Neighbor Program”, a special initiative focused on saving the lives of...Dave MacaulayReviving the Bayoutag:typepad.com,2003:post-588180582008-11-06T00:05:00-06:002008-11-06T00:05:00-06:00Nice recap of “Bayou Bienvenue Days”, the mini-conference at the bayou last weekend, in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): “Bayou Bienvenue used to be a part of life in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans as a place where people could fish, crab or just enjoy the outdoors. On Monday, a group of residents, nonprofit organizations, university professors and others talked about how to make that a reality again. Monday was the last day of...Dave Macaulay