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Walking on water: a look back at Rita and Katrina.
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Disaster planning is a growth industry for local governments. As major weather disasters become more frequent, and disasters of all kinds become more expensive to handle, local governments are increasingly trying to protect themselves and their taxpayers against failure in the aftermath of a disaster. The stakes continue to grow, especially in view of the opportunities and challenges posed by dependence on technology and the need for support from higher levels of government.
Yet no amount of planning can fully prepare anyone for a disaster of great magnitude, one in which local services and infrastructure are not only seriously ...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 26, 2007 700+ words
...Leaders to Join Him NEW ORLEANS -- Brad Pitt expanded his commitment to New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward today by announcing...time resident of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina...rebuilding of the Lower Ninth Ward. The community Pitt...
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...Science Monitor New Orleans -- Three years...hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans neighborhood devastated...resident of the Lower Ninth Ward whose house of...Of the Lower Ninth Ward's 14,000 residents...hurricane, the New Orleans public school board...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 3, 2008 700+ words
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NEW ORLEANS, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: Make...building processes that ensure the Lower Ninth Ward community, residents and homes will...commences, some residents of the Lower Ninth Ward community are now living in stronger...
- NeighborWorks America Partners with Make It Right to Provide Homeownership and...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 9, 2008 700+ words
...announced its partnership with Make It Right in New Orleans, La. Through the partnership, NeighborWorks...homeownership and financial education in rebuilding New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward," said NeighborWorks America CEO Ken Wade...
- New Orleans Ninth Ward Business Innovation Center Groundbreaking.
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 24, 2007 700+ words
...3pm Press Announcement to begin at 2pm NEW ORLEANS -- Today, The Idea Village, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) and...to revitalize key commercial corridors in New Orleans, with the pilot center under development...
Source: HighBeam Research, Walking on water: a look back at Rita and Katrina.