It’s Springtime at the Village, and presto, we got ourselves a community garden! Our new star volunteer, Cara Walton, wrangled some volunteers and whipped up a raised-bed garden in the back yard. This fall, with any luck, we will have fresh home-grown fruits and vegetables!
Cara gettin' her fingers dirty in the dirty South
Disaster breeds hope. When people lose everything, other people instinctually reach out to help them. Four years after Hurricane Katrina, these are two important things for the men, women, and children of the Lower Ninth Ward to remember.
Lower Ninth Ward Village founder Ward “Mack” McLendon, a lifelong resident of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, has noticed the news media usually reports that residents of his neighborhood don’t want to come home. Hogwash! A vibrant, densely-populated hotbed of culture and family values, the Lower Ninth Ward holds hostage the hearts of all who live within its boundaries. And after all, sixty-five percent of property in the Lower 9 is owned by elderly folks who had never been outside New Orleans until the storm hit!
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