NORA is excited to announce the re-launch of our popular urban agriculture and gardening lease to purchase program, Growing Green.  Since 2012, Growing Green has provided individuals and organizations an opportunity to develop alternative land uses on vacant residential properties that foster neighborhood stability, enhance green space, and promote a sense of community.  The same activities will continue to be eligible in the updated program and include neighborhood-scale uses related to greening, gardening, stormwater management and urban agriculture.

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By Maria Clark
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Odyssey House Louisiana announced Monday morning (Feb. 19) that it will add 100-beds for short-term (28 days) addiction treatment and 50 beds for patients who are detoxing, once renovation of a new facility at 2700 South Broad Street is complete.

As one of four in-patient addiction treatment programs in New Orleans, the expansion will help Odyssey House increase capacity in long-term substance abuse treatment services and behavioral healthcare services.

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BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  DEC 5, 2017 - 8:00 PM

An effort to breathe new life into the stagnant Lower 9th Ward and boost the city’s stock of affordable housing is inching forward, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority officials said Tuesday.

Two developers tasked with turning vacant 9th Ward lots into affordable housing, long stalled by financing troubles, have received or are close to receiving the commitments needed to get their projects moving.

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BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. DEC 9, 2017 - 9:30 PM

A program that offers a three-to-one match to business owners who spruce up their storefronts will be expanded next year to include properties along sections of North Broad Street, St. Bernard Avenue, Basin Street and Alcee Fortier Boulevard, officials with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority said at a board meeting this month. 

The agency's Façade Renew program pays 75 percent of the cost of restoring eligible historic storefronts. 

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