Lower 9 community 2011

The Lower Ninth Ward

Who we are, where we’re going … why it

matters

Louisiana Coast Line

Orleans Parish

CSED Offices

Global Green

Make It Right Houses

Bayou Bienvenue Platform

Jackson Barracks

Lower Ninth Ward

Looking towards Mississippi River

Logger Bayou at the back of the Neighborhood

Path of least resistance

Storm surge from the Gulf

Before Katrina

After Katrina

WHAT HAPPENED

Not quite a 100 year protection

Water to the rooflines

What we came home to

Katrina: The L9

• Impact: houses lost map (Graft)• Text:

– Homes lost

What was lost

What was left

Built Environment – What was

Culture of this Community

Drum Circles

Mardi Gras Indians

The sound of the community

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Aerial photos courtesy of: LSU Cartographic Information Center; New Orleans Public Library, TerraServer; & USGS.

How the destruction started

Bayou Bienvenue today

2009

Bayou Bienvenue, circa 1900 Louisiana Division Photograph Collection, New Orleans Public Library

Bayou Bienvenue, circa 1900 Louisiana Division Photograph Collection, New Orleans Public Library

What once was

Photo by Darryl Malek-Wiley

What is now

Photo by Darryl Malek-Wiley

Open water

Moving Forward

Ten Principles

Where we started

Get serious

All hands joinedGrass roots efforts and community driven

advocacy has largest impacts

Assess what is neeeded

Bring all people to the table

Start creating blueprints based on planning sessions

Create future plans that are big

Involve volunteers

Design StrategiesWetland Nursery

Create beauty and community space

Guerrilla Garden

It doesn’t hurt to bring the big guns!

President Clinton, Brad Pitt and Community

Just DO IT!

Sustainable Efforts:Coastal

GOAL: Be Carbon Neutral by 2020Make our buildings energy efficient

Radiant barrier

Insulation

Air sealing

Sustainable Efforts:Built Environment

Start building

Sustainable Efforts:New Construction

Bring people HOME! Sustainable Efforts:Recover People

Build for the next generation

Sustainable Efforts:Long Term Planning

Always have a voice

Sustainable Efforts:Advocacy

A slice of our community

Sustainable Efforts: Value your resources

View from our backyard

Sustainable Efforts:Maintain what you have

That which does not kill us makes us stronger

Live your vision Find your Leaders

Engage all People

Its not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived

Why we are here to stay