WWLTV 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 but simply can’t afford the renovations.
"'Here, it's been one exciting year to see that one person can make a difference,’ said Wood "Mack" McClendon, director of the Lower Ninth Ward Village. ‘You've got to at least try.’
McClendon's try came in the form of the Lower Ninth Ward Village, a non-profit community center he opened exactly one year ago after buying an abandoned warehouse on Charbonnet Street.
Check out the full story and watch the video “Group aims to bring back elderly and disabled back home to New Orleans”.‘It's getting some good attention and hopefully giving people a chance to see the community and what it can be again, McClendon said.”
