The 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 grants will pay for projects ranging from removing lead contamination from the soils of outdoor play areas at 10 day care centers to designing a combined wetland and bicycle path along the path of an old railroad track in the Lafitte corridor to expanding the creation of urban gardens.”
Among the GNOF recipients are: Friends of Lafitte Corridor, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, the United Houma Nation – and the Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development (CSED), awarded funding to create "an implementation plan for sustainable, resilient restoration of the Lower 9th Ward, including coordination with other nonprofit organizations active in rebuilding the community." Also, the Lower Ninth Ward Urban Farming Coalition received a grant to "Expand the capacity of this student program that operates the Urban Micro-Farm at the School at Blair Grocery."
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