AltWeeklies Wire
A Proposed Cold-Storage Facility Has French Quarter Folks Calling Fowlnew
The Port of New Orleans and a local neighborhood group are at odds over the port's efforts to renovate the Gov. Nicholls/Esplanade wharves into a cold storage facility that uses anhydrous ammonia to blast-freeze packages of chicken, which will then be shipped up the Mississippi River.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
04-08-2009 |
Housing & Development
In Louisiana, Affordable Housing is Disconnectednew
A program to help restore low-income affordable rental units after the hurricanes has made some progress, but it comes slowly -- and sometimes not at all.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
03-19-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Eco-Construction Blooms in New Orleansnew
More and more contractors and do-it-yourselfers are learning the advantages of green building techniques in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
NORA's Long Road Aheadnew
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority is finally getting enough money to do its job. Is the agency ready?
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
12-19-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Check is Not In the Mailnew
A program designed to replace thousands of affordable rental units destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans has not rebuilt a single one.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
11-13-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
