Treme Community Profile

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Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Street Map Boundaries 2 Vital Statistics 2.1 Pre-Katrina Demographic Highlights 3 Education 4 Neighborhood Associations 5 Social Services 6 Religious 7 Housing 8 Economic 9 Health 10 Cultural 10.1 Other Resources 11 Communitywide Initiatives 11.1 UNO Center for International Non-Profit Leadership: 11.2 ReClaim 11.3 Rythmic Roots: The Back Beat of Healing 11.4 Friends of Lafite Corridor 11.5 Neighborhood Capacity Collaborative initiative (NC2) 11.6 Tremé Neighborhood Food Pantry at St. Augustine 11.7 Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships, pertaining to Tremé 12 Tulane’s History in the Community 12.1 Tulane School of Architecture: URBANbuild 12.2 Tulane School of Social Work: Neighborhood Capacity Collaborative initiative 12.3 Tulane School of Public Health: RALLY 12.4 Office of Academic Affairs: CO-POWERED! 12.5 Office of Service Learning, DNIA, and School of Architecture 12.6 Other organizations that have previously partnered with Tulane 13 Community in the Media 13.1 Pre-Katrina 13.2 Post-Katrina 14 Summary of Major issues in the Community 14.1 Major Issues in the Community 14.2 Priority needs identified by the 2003-2005 Consolidated plan 14.3 Major Strengths of the Community 15 Sources

[edit] Overview

In the 1800s, Tremé was a prosperous, ethnically diverse community. Congo square became one of the first places where enslaved Africans were allowed to congregate. Today, this area is known as Louis Armstrong Park. The Tremé Market and the Rocheblave Market, two of several public farmers markets that were the backbone of the city’s economy, functioned in Tremé from 1841 to 1911. The Tremé neighborhood was also home to several early jazz greats including George Lewis, Chris Kelly, Jimmy Noone and Henry Ragas. One of the more famous Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs in New Orleans, the Zulu focus their activities in this neighborhood. In the 1960s, the Tremé’s thriving African American business district along Claiborne Avenue was destroyed to make way for the new I-10 interstate loop. With many long-time residents, Tremé is still an incredibly rich community with tremendous cultural roots and an amazing ability to persevere. (source: 1)

The Boundaries of the Tremé/ Lafitte are Broad St., Esplanade Ave., N. Rampart and St. Louis.

[edit] Street Map Boundaries

(source: 2)

[edit] Vital Statistics

[edit] Pre-Katrina Demographic Highlights

(source: 3)

• Total Population 8,853
• Percentage black: 92.4%
• Percentage poor: 56.9%
• Percentage renter: 78.2%
• Percentage unemployed: 51.4%
• More detailed 2000 Census Data and Maps are available at www.gnodc.org.
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Census have initiated another round of surveying this summer in Orleans Parish and a few other impacted parishes. The results of this survey are expected to be released in August or September. See www.gnodc.org for up to date information.

Municipal District: District C

City Councilperson: James Carter

Wards: 6th

Census Tracts: 39, 40, 44.01, 44.02

Zip Codes: 70112, 70116, 70119

Planning District 4 Boundaries (source: 4): Planning District Four boundaries are Earhart Boulevard, Cambronne, Ponchartrain Expressway, City Park Avenue, Barou St. John, Harrison, Paris Avenue, Florida Avenue, Elysian Fields, Rampart St., Canal St., and Claiborne Avenue/1-10. The defined neighborhoods of the district include: Mid-City (4A), Tulane/Gravier (4B), St. Bernard Area/Project (5B), Fairgrounds/Broad (5C), Baryou St. John (5D), Sixth Ward/Tremé/Lafitte Housing Development (6A), Seventh Ward (6B, and Iberville Housing development (6C), Gert Town/ Zion city (12B) and B.W, Cooper Housing Development (12D).

Planning District 4 Map

(source: 5)

[edit] Education

Name: John McDonogh Senior High
Contact:
Phone: 1-877-453-2721	Email:
Address: 2426 Esplanade Ave.
Website: www.nolapublicschools.net
Initiatives/Programs: grades 9-12, special ed.
Volunteer needs:
Other information: State run, Recovery School District, Start date- Sept 7, Registration- begins July 10, Capacity-900
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: McDonogh 42
Contact:
Phone: 1-877-453-2721	Email:
Address: 1651 N Tonti St, New Orleans, LA 70119
Website: www.nolapublicschools.net
Initiatives/Programs: LA Comprehensive Curriculum, K-8
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Recovery School District
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Joseph Craig Elementary
Contact: Wanda Anderson-Guillaume (principle)
Phone: 1-877-453-2721	Email:
Address: 1423 St. Phillip St.
Website: www.nolapublicschools.net
Initiatives/Programs: Pre K- 8, special ed.
Volunteer needs:
Other information: State run, Start Date- Sept. 7, Registration- Begins July 10, Capacity-600
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Wicker Elementary
Contact:
Phone: (504) 899-1889	Email:
Address: 2011 Bienville Ave.
Website: www.nolapublicschools.net
Initiatives/Programs: Pre K- 8, special ed., A hybrid curriculum designed by EdFutures and the Tremé association, Before/After Care, citywide transportation.
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Charter, Tremé Charter School Assoc (grass roots group)./EdFutures Inc., (a California-based edu. Management firm), Start Date- Sept. 7, Registration- Begins July 10, Capacity-540
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Joseph A. Clark Senior High School
Contact: Tracy Guillory (principle)
Phone: 1-877-453-2721	Email:
Address: 1301 N. Derbigny St.
Website: www.nolapublicschools.net
Initiatives/Programs: grades 9-12, LA comprehensive curriculum, special ed., transportation for those more than 1 mile away
Volunteer needs:
Other information: State run, Recovery School District, Start Date- Sept. 7, Registration- Begins July 10, Capacity-375
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Tremé Charter School Association (TCSA) and EdFutures Inc.
Contact:
Phone:	Email:
Address:
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: operating Wicker and A.P Tureaud elementary schools in collaboration with EdFutures Inc.
Volunteer needs:
Other information: hosting a community forum on July 15 from 11am to 1pm at McDonough 35 HS gymnasium
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: KidsmART
Contact:
Phone: 504-410-1990	Email: echo@kidsmart.org
Address: 1920 Clio St., NOLA, 70113
Website: www.kidsmart.org
Initiatives/Programs: a nonprofit 501 c.3 organization, created to teach positive life skills to children through the performing and visual arts and the power of symbols has after school programs in McDonough 42 in Tremé
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Neighborhood Associations

Name: Downtown Neighborhood Improvement Association
Contact: Jeanne Nathan
Phone:	Email: jnathan2@cox.net
Address: meets at 2401 Esplanade Ave.
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Esplanade Ridge/Tremé Civic Association
Contact: Marie Marcal (president)
Phone: 581-7331 Fax: 821-9699	Email: Jmarcal@bellsouth.net
Address:
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Founded: 1972, and 1996, 100 Members, VP – Rayomond Young (947-6549), Sec.- Fabiola Clark-Taylor, Treasurer – Felicia Fredenburg Boundaries: N. Rampart, N. Broad, Orleans Ave., St. Bernard Ave
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Greater Tremé Consortium
Contact: Cheryl Austin (Executive Director)
Phone: (504) 524-7586, 522-2118 (h)	Email: greattreme@aol.com
Address: 816 N. Robertson NOLA, 70116
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information: James Haynes-President (943-3685 524-7586) Boundaries: N. Claiborne to Esplanade Avenue, Rampart St. to _________St.
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Historic Faubourg Tremé Association
Contact: Naydja Bynum (Acting President), Dominiq McKuskir (Acting Secretary)
Phone: 504-823-5315	Email: Naydja@bellsouth.net fromthecrescentcity@yahoo.com
Address: 1225 St. Claude Ave., 70116 (Bynum) 1238 N. Robertson St., 70116; 390-3099 (McKuskir)
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Founded: 2006 Boundaries: Orleans, N. Claiborne, St. Bernard & N. Rampart
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Tremé Neighborhood Assn.
Contact: June Rodgers
Phone: 523-6117	Email:
Address:
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Founded in 1972, 50 members Boundaries: N. Rampart, N. Claiborne, and Esplanade to Orleans, Basin St.
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Neighborhood Planning Network
Contact: Nathan Shroyer (Executive Director)
Phone: 504-208-1575	Email: nathannola@gmail.com
Address: 1432 Felicity St. NOLA, meetings held at 2401 Esplanade Ave. NOLA
Website: www.neighborhoodsplanning.com
Initiatives/Programs: weekly neighborhood meetings, work shops, special presentations, festivals
Volunteer needs: Communications coordinator, Event coordinator, Meeting coordinator
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site: YES

[edit] Social Services

Name: Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
Contact: Susan Lackey, volunteer services
Phone: (504) 310-6960	Email: sslackey@archdiocese-no.org
Address: 1000 Howard Ave. New Olreans La 70113
Website: www.catholiccharities-no.org
Initiatives/Programs: Hurricane relief, child and family services, health, homeless, housing, hunger, immigration and refugee services, mental health, senior citizens and social justice
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Emergency Relief Center located at St. Jude
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site: Yes

Name: Armstrong Family Services
Contact: Linda Lewis
Phone: 899-2995	Email:
Address: 1210 Governor Nicholls NOLA, 70116
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: Family transitional housing
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Drop-in Center
Contact: Edward Bonin
Phone: 948-6701	Email: ebonin@tulane.edu
Address: 1611 N. Rampart St. NOLA, 70116
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: homeless supportive services, peer led groups
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: St. Jude Community Center/Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
Contact: new developing community center run by Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
Phone:	Email:
Address: 600 N. Rampart
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Catholic Charities has an emergency relief center located here
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Odyssey House
Contact:
Phone: 821-9211	Email odysseyhousela@yahoo.com
Address: 1125 Tonti St. NOLA 70119
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: substance abuse services
Volunteer needs:
Other information: participated in Celebracion Latina
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Religious

Name: St. Peter Claver Church
Contact:
Phone:	Email:
Address: 1020 N. Prieur St. NOLA 70116
Website: spclaverchurch.org
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Contact:
Phone:	Email:
Address: N. Rampart
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: St. Anna’s Episcopal Church
Contact:
Phone: 947-2121	Email:
Address: 1313 Esplanade Ave.
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Beecher Memorial Church of Christ
Contact:
Phone: 947-2128	Email:
Address: 1914 N. Miro St.
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: St. Augustine Church
Contact:
Phone: 504.525.5934 Fax: 504.523.2473	Email: info@staugustinecatholicchurch-neworleans.org
Address: 1210 Governor Nicholls St., New Orleans, LA 70116-2324
Website: www.staugustinecatholicchurch-neworleans.org/contactus.htm
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Prince Hall Masonic Temple
Contact:
Phone: (504) 523-7797, (504) 586-1222	Email:
Address: 1614 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70116
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Housing

Name: Ujamaa Community Development Corp.
Contact: Amy Brown
Phone:	Email:
Address: 1901 Ursulines Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70116
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Preservation Resource Center: Rebuilding Together Program
Contact:
Phone: 504.636.3061, 504.636.3072 (fax)	Email:
Address: 923 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Website: www.rtno.org
Initiatives/Programs: Rebuilding Together is a neighborhood revitalization program of the Preservation Resource Center. The nation's largest volunteer organization, Rebuilding Together preserves and revitalizes low-income houses. After months of extensive planning and organization, Rebuilding Together teams up with volunteers and skilled tradespeople, along with the help of generously donated supplies, it works to repair the owner-occupied homes of low-income, elderly and/or disabled people in various New Orleans neighborhoods.
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Economic

Name: N. Claiborne/St. Bernard Economic Development District Association
Contact:
Phone: (504) 949-5300	Email:
Address:
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Health

Name: Covenant House
Contact: Danielle Louque, Volunteer Coordinator (504-584-1101)
Phone: (504) 584-1111, 1800-999-9999	Email: dlouque@covenanthouse.org
Address: 611 N. Rampart Street., NOLA
Website: www.covenanthouseno.org/covenanthouse.htm
Initiatives/Programs: hosting a Tulane Medical Center free walk in clinic
Volunteer needs:
Other information: The clinic provides full primary care services with availability to specialists on site and through referral. The Children and Adolescent Drop-In Clinic is also on site. The clinic provides medical services with a Pediatrician on staff 9:00 a.m. to Noon, Monday through Friday. A nurse practitioner staffs the clinic Noon to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Cultural

Name: Backstreet Cultural Museum
Contact: Sylvester Francis
Phone: 522-4806	Email:
Address: 1116 St. Claude Ave.
Website: www.blackstreetmuseum.org
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: African American Museum of Art, Culture and History
Contact:
Phone: (504) 586-1919	Email: lmaah2000@yahoo.com.
Address: 1210 Governor Nicholls St New Orleans, LA 70116
Website: www.neworleansmuseums.com/multiculturalmuseums/afamhistory.html
Initiatives/Programs: dedicated to preserving the lives, history, and communities of New Orleans. The Museum initiated the "Restore the Oaks Project" painting murals on the columns under I-10.
Volunteer needs:
Other information: Still closed
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
Contact:
Phone: (504) 558-6100, (504) 558-6148 FAX	Email:
Address: 1205 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116
Website: www.nojhf.org/main.htm
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs: none at the moment, will post to website
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Mahalia Jackson Performing Arts Center, aka New Orleans City of: Theatre of Performing Arts
Contact:
Phone: (504) 218-0150	Email:
Address: 1201 Saint Peter St., New Orleans, LA 70116
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Sojourner Truth Community Center
Contact:
Phone: 891-6191, 621-0673, 821-6238	Email:
Address: 501 N Galvez St., New Orleans, LA 70119
Website:
Initiatives/Programs:
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Other Resources

Name: Tremé Voice
Contact: Edwin C. (Christian) Allman
Phone:	Email: christianmotu@yahoo.com
Address:
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: Neighborhood Newspaper
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Tremé Community Center
Contact:
Phone:	Email:
Address:
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: Neighborhood Newspaper
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: Mercy Corps
Contact: Kimmi McMinn
Phone:	Email: kmcminn@mercycorpsfield.org
Address:
Website: www.mercycorps.org/
Initiatives/Programs: Rythmic Roots, funding NPN, Festival of Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Capacity Collaborative initiative
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: ACORN
Contact:
Phone: 504-943-0044 Fax: 504-943-3842	Email: laacornno@acorn.org
Address: 1024 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117
Website:
Initiatives/Programs: Organizing Seventh Ward residents, gutting program, (VISTA) LAST Instructor, etc
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

Name: The Green Project
Contact:
Phone: 504-945-0240	Email: thegreenproject@bellsouth.net
Address: 2831 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA, 70117
Website: www.thegreenproject.org/
Initiatives/Programs: Supports home deconstruction and sustainable rebuilding practices in the Tremé, among other things
Volunteer needs:
Other information:
Potential SL/CBR/Internship Site:

[edit] Communitywide Initiatives

[edit] UNO Center for International Non-Profit Leadership:

www.cupa.uno.edu/

Pat Evans works through the College of Urban and Public Affairs and Metropolitan College to provide training in non-profit management to community members. The Center was working specifically in Central City and Tremé.

[edit] ReClaim

www.mercycorps.org/topics/hurricanekatrina/1009

ReClaimidentifies people whose homes have been condemned, mainly in low-income neighborhoods of New Orleans, and offers to deconstruct their home for free. Through a partnership with the Portland, Oregon-based ReBuilding Center and the New Orleans-based Green Project, Mercy Corps will create a mature market for salvaged building materials that benefits low-income families looking to rebuild their homes. At the same time, the project will help preserve the historical building materials that make New Orleans' architecture so distinctive.

[edit] Rythmic Roots: The Back Beat of Healing

www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=7344

The Rhythmic Roots drum circles will be held in the field of the churchyard of St. Augustine Church in the historical Tremé neighborhood. St. Augustine provides an ideal venue to inspire a diverse crowd to experience Rhythmic Roots.

Contact: Kimmi McMinn (Mercy Corp), kmcminn@mercycorpsfield.org

[edit] Friends of Lafite Corridor

groups.yahoo.com/group/folc

This is a grass-roots community initiated effort, not a city or privately sponsored project. Neighbors and others are encouraged to get involved at this early phase to bring their own vision and energy to this project so that it truly reflects the needs and wants of the entire community. The Lafitte Corridor is the largely abandoned parcel of land adjacent to Lafitte Street (between Orleans Avenue and Bienville) that runs from N. Claiborne Ave to Jefferson Davis Parkway. Community residents are actively involved in resurrecting the corridor as a greenspace which will connect neighborhoods, schools and jobs via a trail, provide park space for neighboring residents, and act as a catalyst for revitalization.

Contact: Audrey Warren (audreykwarren@yahoo.com)

[edit] Neighborhood Capacity Collaborative initiative (NC2)

Begins in Aug. of 2006. Brings together Mercy Corp, Tulane School of Social Work, the International Projects for Non-profit Leadership at the University of New Orleans, and other local partners interested in measuring and contributing technical and financial resources to the development of a targeted group of neighborhood associations (Lower 9, Holly Cross, Central City and possibly Mid-City and/or Tremé) and the Neighborhoods Planning Network.

Contact: Kimmi McMinn (Mercy Corp), kmcminn@mercycorpsfield.org

[edit] Tremé Neighborhood Food Pantry at St. Augustine

Hours of operation are Tues., Thurs., and Sat. from 10:00am until 3:00pm. Distribution of food items and clothes. Services may be expanding. Located at 1210 Governor Nicholls St. This service is provided by Tulane University School of Public Health’s RALLY project and Second Harvest Food Bank.

Contact: (504) 525-5934.

[edit] Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships, pertaining to Tremé

www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr06-025.cfm

• Xavier University: Xavier University of Louisiana will use its Universities Rebuilding American Partnerships (URAP) - Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) grant to assist low- and moderate-income residents in the Hollygrove, Gert Town and the Tremé communities in New Orleans. Xavier will work in partnership with New Orleans City Health Department, McDongh #35 High School, Earthwalk, Inc., and the United Negro College Fund Special Programs, Inc. to implement the following program activities: 1) Establish the Neighborhood Technology and Health Information Center (NTHIC); 2) Recruit, train and track a cadre of volunteers to include service-learning and community service students, faculty, residents, and health professionals; and 3) Provide technical assistance related to clearance and demolition for residents, especially the elderly.

• Howard University: Howard University will use its Universities Rebuilding American Partnerships (URAP) - Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) grant in partnership with Dillard University and the Franklin Avenue Church (in New Orleans) to address housing needs of low- to moderate-income (LMI) individuals in Tremé, Mid-City, and Gentilly neighborhoods. This project will: 1) Develop and implement two training programs in Environmentally Safe Renovation and Rehabilitation Work Practices (ESRRWP) for housing. One of the programs will be developed for residents and one for businesses. Each program will include a "train-the-trainer" component for Dillard Nursing faculty and staff to ensure program sustainability; 2) Provide subsidies of about $4,000 each for 25 housing units occupied by LMI individuals to implement environmentally safe rehab work, with oversight from the project team; and 3) Provide GIS, analysis, and planning support for Dillard University as it participates in the rebuilding process of New Orleans, especially in three target New Orleans neighborhoods.

• University of Missouri - Kansas City: University of Missouri - Kansas City will use its Universities Rebuilding American Partnerships (URAP) - Community Design grant to identify and plan for the economic recovery and resettlement of heritage tourism nodes in the City of New Orleans. The target population for this project includes homeowners, low- to moderate-income residents, and small business owners and their employees in the area of heritage tourism. The project will focus on the development of a plan for the economic recovery and housing resettlement of the "second tier" heritage tourism sites outside of the French Quarter. Project activities will include identification and analysis of heritage tourism nodes, interviews and focus groups with business owners and residents in supporting neighborhoods, and identification of obstacles to economic renewal and housing resettlement. Project deliverables will include a plan for the recovery of specific heritage tourism nodes in the city, including demographic and spatial analysis using GIS, community input and economic analyses, as well as priority sub-plans for implementing housing resettlement and infill opportunities, databases for gathering and disseminating information, and policy recommendations for public and private investment. The University of Missouri - Kansas City will be collaborating with a local partner the Urban Conservancy (UC).

• Tulane University: Tulane University School of Architecture (TUSA) will use its Universities Rebuilding American Partnerships (URAP) - Community Design grant to develop the Tulane URBANbuild Program, an outreach community design and construction program, as a center for post-Katrina reconstruction efforts in the greater New Orleans area. URBANbuild will be located in the downtown Tulane City Center. TUSA will provide a wealth of local knowledge, urban research, analysis capacity, architectural programming, design and technical expertise, to implement an effective community response. They will also take a leadership role in consolidating Tulane's academic programs with the resources and efforts of community organizations, as well as, local, regional and national governmental authorities to implement the city's rehabilitation and reconstruction. TUSA will be collaborating with Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (NHS) of New Orleans, Public Architecture of San Francisco, and the Tulane Center for Bioenvironmental Research (TCBR).

[edit] Tulane’s History in the Community

[edit] Tulane School of Architecture: URBANbuild

tulaneurbanbuild.com

In response to recent events in New Orleans, the platform studio(s) will concentrate on the development of strategies that deal with the reconstruction of both physical and cultural fabric in affected areas. A vicinity of the city (upper Tremé) has been selected that represents many common attributes of the extended urban landscape. Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, a respected Community Development Corporation (CDC), has committed to providing a site and construction budget for our program. The goal is to contribute substantial relevant proposals of progress amidst preservation. Funding from Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships.

Contact:Bryon Mouton, director of Design Build (bmouton@tulane.edu) and

Alan Lewis, director of Urban Design (alewis5@tulane.edu)

[edit] Tulane School of Social Work: Neighborhood Capacity Collaborative initiative

www.tulane.edu/~tssw/New_TSSW/index.html

Begins in Aug. of 2006. Brings together Mercy Corp, Tulane School of Social Work, the International Projects for Non-profit Leadership at the University of New Orleans, and other local partners interested in measuring and contributing technical and financial resources to the development of a targeted group of neighborhood associations (Lower 9, Holly Cross, Central City and possibly Mid-City and/or Tremé) and the Neighborhoods Planning Network.

Contact:

[edit] Tulane School of Public Health: RALLY

(Recovery Action Learning Laboratory)

www.sph.tulane.edu/

Abstract (pdf)

Founded by Dr. Nancy Mock and a group of public health graduate students, recognizes the opportunity to revive and recreate our communities in new and creative ways. RALLY is an organization whose aim is to provide technical and human resource assistance for empowering community development and recovery programs. Using evidence based practices and through collaboration with other recovery minded organizations, RALLY provides individuals and organizations with “Information for Action” to better guide recovery activities and encourages active participation in creative community revitalization. Works with the Second Harvest Food Bank to do the Tremé Neighborhood Food Pantry at St. Augustine.

Contact: Erin Bertsch, ebertsch@tulane.edu, 504 376-5380

[edit] Office of Academic Affairs: CO-POWERED!

(Community Outreach Partnership Opportunities for Work in Education Revitalization and Economic Development)

This proposal was submitted for HUD Office of Unoiversity Partnerships by Tulane University, through the Office of Academic Affairs in 2002, a faculty task force that worked on developing a new college (the “Urban School”), various academic units, and community partners to carry out outreach and research aimed at stimulating revitalization of a culturally and architecturally rich but blighted and impoverished cluster of neighborhoods

Contact: Amanda Buberger (504) 862-8058, abuberg@tulane.edu

[edit] Office of Service Learning, DNIA, and School of Architecture

www.tulane.edu/%7EServLrng/main.shtml

Architecture students worked with the Downtown Neighborhood Improvement Assoc. to canvas the neighborhood.

Contact: Carol Reese, creese1@tulane.edu, 504 314-2328 or Amanda Buberger, abuberg@tulane.edu

Office of Service Learning and the Urban Conservancy: Beyond Bourbon Street: Building Growth in Partnership with the Community

www.urbanconservancy.org/projects/beyond-bourbon-street/beyond-bourbon-street

For the project Beyond Bourbon Street: Building Growth in Partnership with the Community, The Urban Conservancy is working with Tulane students to document examples of positive commercial and residential infill and adaptive reuse in New Orleans, illustrating how business development can be balanced with protection of New Orleans’ unique historic urban environment with cost effective and financially successful results. This information will be used to create an educational tool suitable for presentation to neighborhood organizations, civic leaders, and developers. May 2002.

Contact: Amanda Buberger (504) 862-8058

[edit] Other organizations that have previously partnered with Tulane

• Safe Our Historic Homes
• New Orleans Ballet Association: www.nobadance.com
• Music Business Institute
• Creole Cottages
• Neighborhood 1

[edit] Community in the Media

[edit] Pre-Katrina

• New Orleans officials call condo project the largest in Tremé neighborhood's history, New Orleans City Business (New Orleans, LA), April 11, 2005 Monday, NEWS, 766 words, Deon Roberts http://www.ericbouler.com/PageManager/Default.aspx/PageID=951731&NF=1

• TWO TREME COTTAGES AND THE WOMEN WHO SAVED THEM, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), October 30, 2004 Saturday, INSIDE OUT; Our Town; Pg. 14, 1036 words, Stephanie Bruno

• Pollution fears arise at museum in Tremé; Health probe follows activist's complaints, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), June 23, 2004 Wednesday, METRO; Pg. 1, 548 words, By Mark Schleifstein, Staff writer

• Board seeks to reopen museum; Tremé institution shut amid federal probe, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), October 19, 2004 Tuesday, NATIONAL; Pg. 1, 1265 words, By Martha Carr, Staff writer

• Walking tour in Tremé highlights neighborhood's cultural assets, New Orleans CityBusiness (New Orleans, LA), April 12, 2004 Monday, NEWS, 745 words, Deon Roberts

• Bar sees rebirth as community center; Food bank opens; tutoring planned, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), August 25, 2005 Thursday, METRO; Pg. 1, 525 words, By Leslie Williams, Staff writer

• YA/YA of New Orleans make Tremé storytelling quilt on display in Ogden Museum of Southern Art, NBC News Transcripts, SHOW: Today 7:00 AM EST NBC, October 4, 2004 Monday, 821 words

• City of N.O.'s red tape delays 'Dream Treme' as just two of 25 homes built, New Orleans CityBusiness (New Orleans, LA), April 18, 2005 Monday, NEWS, 700 words, Deon Roberts

• Faubourg Tremé: America's Oldest Black Neighborhood, Originally printed in The Soul of New Orleans, http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/history/treme.html

• Rich traditions breathe new life into Tremé Neighborhood; New Orleans CityBusiness, Jun 24, 2002 by Megan Kamerick
  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20020624/ai_n10172530

• Tremé Neighborhood struggling with gentrification, crime, New Orleans CityBusiness, Jun 24, 2002 by Megan Kamerick
  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20020624/ai_n10172531

• Black New Orleans, American Heritage Magazine, http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Toca/Black_New_Orleans.htm

[edit] Post-Katrina

• 'Bit Chiefs' Continue Mardi Gras Indian Tradition, National Public Radio (NPR), SHOW: All Things Considered 9:00 PM EST , February 28, 2006 Tuesday, 828 words

• Tremé church fights for survival; But handwriting is on the wall for historic St. Augustine parish, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), February 14, 2006 Tuesday Correction Appended, NATIONAL; Pg. 1, 947 words, By Bruce Nolan, Staff writer

• Activists Refuse to Leave Closed Historic Church, Religion News Service, March 21, 2006 Tuesday, 4:11 PM EST, DOMESTIC, 658 words, By BRUCE NOLAN. Bruce Nolan writes for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans., NEW ORLEANS

• Storied Church May Be Victim of Katrina; St. Augustine, Founded in 1841, Is Called Vital Link to Culture of New Orleans, The Washington Post, March 19, 2006 Sunday, Final Edition, A Section; A07, 624 words, Kari Lydersen, Washington Post Staff Writer, NEW ORLEANS

• Upbeat, in spite of; Musicians from Tremé, a New Orleans neighborhood, greet life's low points with high spirits, The Houston Chronicle, September 25, 2005, Sunday, 2 STAR EDITION, ZEST;, Pg. 16, 1612 words, DAVID KAPLAN

• Storm clouds on Treme's future, New Orleans CityBusiness (New Orleans, LA), November 7, 2005 Monday, NEWS, 739 words, Richard A. Webster

• Holdouts in Tremé fear abandoning their nook; They bristle at idea of being forced out, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), September 9, 2005 Friday, NATIONAL; Pg. A01, 664 words, Jarvis DeBerry, Staff writer

• CLAMORING CLERGY; Pastors push for leadership roles in rebuilding city, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), October 14, 2005 Friday, METRO; Pg. 1, 806 words, By Bruce Nolan, Staff writer

• Moratorium on stupid remarks, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), January 24, 2006 Tuesday, METRO - EDITORIAL; Pg. 4, 183 words

• We need to stick together and rebuild, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), September 12, 2005 Monday, NATIONAL; Pg. A13, 560 words, Lolis Eric Elie

• Lead found in soil of many areas of N.O.; Contamination by toxic metal predates Katrina, scientists say, Times-Picayune (New Orleans ), April 6, 2006 Thursday, NATIONAL; Pg. 1, 1337 words, By Matthew Brown, West Bank bureau

• Working class exodus feared in New Orleans, Boston Globe, September 18, 2005, Sunday, GL-0918-KATRINA-WORKING-CLASS-20050918, 2001 words, By Raja Mishra and Sasha Talcott

• Indian tradition marches on in devastated neighborhoods; Spiritual songs embody resilience of city's tribes, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), March 1, 2006 Wednesday, NATIONAL; Pg. 1, 990 words, By Trymaine Lee, Staff writer

• New Orleans' Black Social Networks Hurting, Associated Press Online, April 9, 2006 Sunday, 3:36 AM GMT, DOMESTIC NEWS, 1679 words, By ERIN TEXEIRA, AP National Writer, NEW ORLEANS

• Neighborhoods need to go, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), January 20, 2006 Friday, METRO - EDITORIAL; Pg. 6, 136 words

• Museum-grants audit rips N.O.; Repay $1 million to HUD, feds say, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), March 4, 2005 Friday Correction Appended, METRO; Pg. 1, 1312 words, By Gordon Russell and Martha Carr, Staff writers

• City takes on blight in sweeping program; Plan would replace thousands of homes, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), January 7, 2005 Friday, NATIONAL; Pg. 1, 1747 words, By Martha Carr, Staff writer

[edit] Summary of Major issues in the Community

[edit] Major Issues in the Community

• Lack of unity among neighborhood groups
• Low Citizen Participation
• Lafitte and St. Bernard Housing Developments

[edit] Priority needs identified by the 2003-2005 Consolidated plan

• Increased Homeownership
• Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation
• Youth Services
• Literacy Education
• Employment Services
• Housing Counseling
• Micro-Business Development
• Residential Historic Preservation
• Community based planning

[edit] Major Strengths of the Community

• Rich cultural history
• Tremé is on the National Register of Historic places
• Ethnically diverse
• A lot of money coming into the community through the “Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships”
• Location: in the middle of the city and near the French Quarter, an area frequented by Tulane Students

[edit] Sources

1999 Land Use Plan. New Orleans Planning Commission (1999):
www.faubourgmarigny.org/LUP/html%20version/1999_dist_two.htm

Consolidated Plan: 2005 Action Plan for the City of New Orleans. Mayor’s Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development (2005):
secure.cityofno.com/resources/portal49/2005%20Action%20Plan%20Final%20Revision%2030805.doc

CO-POWERED! : Community Outreach Partnership Opportunities for Work in Education Revitalization and Economic Development. Amanda Buburger, Tulane’s Office of Service Learning.

The Impact of Katrina: Race and Class in Storm-Damaged Neighborhoods, John R. Logan, Brown University:
ww.s4.brown.edu/Katrina/report.pdf

New Orleans City Council:
http://www.neworleanscitycouncil.com/districtsAndMaps.asp

New Orleans Police Department:
www.nopdonline.com/ucr00.htm

New Orleans Public Schools:
www.nolapublicschools.net

Tremé/Lafitte Neighborhood Snapshot. Greater New Orleans Data Center (2000):
http://www.gnocdc.org/orleans/4/42/snapshot.html

Esplanade Ridge. Preservation Resource Center:
www.prcno.org

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[1] Taken directly (with minor edits) from Treme/Lafitte Neighborhood Snapshot. Greater New Orleans Data Center (2000):http://www.gnocdc.org/orleans/4/42/snapshot.html

[2] www.gnocdc.org

[3]Central City Neighborhood Snapshot. Greater New Orleans Data Center (2000):www.gnocdc.org/orleans/2/61/snapshot.html

[4] www.gnocdc.org

[5] www.gnocdc.org