Led by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the city’s Fight the Blight Day on Saturday, December 11 was an unqualified success! More than 70 volunteers covered much of the Holy Cross Neighborhood – removing litter and conducting property assessments to target blight throughout the Lower Ninth Ward as an integral part of the community’s recovery and rebuilding efforts.
In addition to neighborhood residents, participants included a group of students from Kipp School, representatives of many local organizations including the Lower 9th Ward CSED, NENA, lowernine.org, Sankofa Market, All Souls Church and several City of New Orleans departments. Already the city has plans for more events to remove litter and other major debris from the Lower 9.
