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Rep. Charles Boustany, (R-LA) this week told his constituents in south Louisiana to expect a series of grants from the Department of Transportation to support local and regional airports.
The City of New Orleans uses a $1.2 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to launch Welcome Table New Orleans, a three-year initiative focused on race, reconciliation and community building.
A development initiative launched in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to help Gulf Coast communities recover has finally broken ground in New Iberia, LA. The new development, dubbed Teche Ridge, will bring 600 new residences to rural southwestern Louisiana.
The renovations are the first underwritten by an $18 million fund that provides construction loans for new and renovated homes for low- and moderate-income families in New Orleans.
Despite his complaints about the size of the federal government, Gov. Bobby Jindal apparently believes Uncle Sam needs to be big enough to continue funding storm-related damage repair and revitalization efforts in Louisiana.
The project serves as an extension of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's (D) strategy to reduce blight by 10,000 properties.
HUD is talking with Louisiana and Mississippi development officials and entitlement communities about how it can speed reallocation of CDBG and HOME funds to help repair and replace housing in 69 parishes suffering damage from Hurricane Isaac. President Obama's recent disaster declaration gives par...
New Markets Tax Credits (NMTCs) and Historic Tax Credit funds are providing most of the financing to rehabilitate two buildings into a single mixed-use development in New Orleans' Lower Garden District. Enterprise Community Development, Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corp. (RNDC) and US Bank ...
The House passes a FY 2013 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill increasing funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), while keeping current funding levels for the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and the Denali Commission. The groups are federal-state regional partnerships t...
The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) offers 33 IMPACT program awards totaling $680,000 to nonprofits serving the city and 13 surrounding parishes. The fundswill be used to provide improvements in arts and culture; education; health and human services; and youth development. GNOF Program Assist...