The Progress is slow and steady. Rome wasn't built in a day and New Orleans won't be reborn overnight. There are groups in the city working from the ground up to help those in need, those who want to return, those who want to stay.
We worked with Habitat for Humanity at Musician's Village. The land and plan for a 4 block neighborhood was actually already in the works with Habitat when Katrina struck. But with thousands of people displaced and in need of housing, Habitat hastened their plans. The idea of Musician's Village was started after the storm as a way to entice musicians and preserve the music culture of NO. The homes are not specifically for musicians, though many musician's will live there, but rather for those families that need homes. The hope and theory is that by getting musicians back to the area, they can teach the families that are not musically involved and keep the musical culture alive in New Orleans. After all, there are few things actually invented in America, but Jazz is one of them.
