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FEDERAL VISIT

Obama administration visits NOLA
Today, March 5th, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan, arrived in New Orleans for a tour of the city with Mayor Nagin and other local and state officials. The visitors wanted to see first-hand where the City of New Orleans and the surrounding parishes are in their recovery process and to learn about the challenges of recovery. The tour brigade stopped at 3 locations: Southern University of New Orleans, where Chancellor Victor Ukpolo led a tour of the campus; a St. Bernard Project home in Chalmette, where veteran Larry Scurich showed visitors him home of fifty years that is still in need of repair; and the new Desire Redevelopment in the upper 9th Ward. There, Secretaries Donovan and Napolitano held an official press conference to announce hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to Louisiana to stimulate the long-term recovery process. Donovan announced HUD’s acceptance of the state’s $438 million plan to support the production of affordable rental housing, commercial and agricultural business, and coastal restoration. Napolitano announced that FEMA will provide Public Assistance Funding for several public safety facilities, including NOPD District Stations 5 and 7, and NOFD Station 36. Overall, it was a day of positive announcements for the City of New Orleans and of public support from the Obama Administration. view more

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