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Civic Leader Launches UniteNola.com web site. Highlights citizens and organizations that are getting things done

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Contact: Renee Lapeyrolerie

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For Immediate Release Contact: Renee Lapeyrolerie
April 29, 2009 504-390-8821
www.UniteNola.com

Civic Leader Launches UniteNola.com web site
Highlights citizens and organizations that are getting things done

(New Orleans, LA) – Civic Leader John Georges launched www.Unitenola.com today to bring attention to what unites the citizens of New Orleans rather than what divides us.
“Unity is not just about race, it’s about people and neighborhoods coming together and restoring our pride in our city,” Georges said.
The site takes aim at political and business leaders who focus on what divides people and it contends that there is more that unites us. Unity is offered as the key to accomplish the fundamentally common goals of citizens.
“For the most part, everyone in New Orleans wants the same thing, an honest and effective government. We all want playgrounds, repaired streets, safe streets, better jobs with livable wages, good schools, access to health care and affordable housing, so let’s start with solutions we can agree on,” Georges said.
The website highlights how faith based groups, non profits, neighborhood groups and small businesses have come together to make the city better and are a model for the big picture of our city’s full recovery.
“We just don't see our political leaders getting things done. They spend more time criticizing each other and promoting our failures rather than making things happen,” Georges said. “Meanwhile, our faith based groups, our non profits, our private citizens and our neighborhood groups have organized and started getting things done themselves.”
John Georges was a candidate for governor in 2007 and carried New Orleans. He issued a specific plan to move Louisiana forward called the Georges Plan. He also signed the Blueprint for Louisiana pledge and was the only gubernatorial candidate to attend the rally in Jena.

He has been active in a host of civic endeavors. During his 6-year term on the Louisiana Board of Regents, the governing board of the state’s public university and community college system, a slate of reforms were ushered in. Since 1998 he has served on the Board of Commissioners of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, and has also served on the Board of Trustees of his children’s school.

John is a member of the New Orleans Business Council, a Crime Stoppers trustee, and a former member of the New Orleans Chamber, LSU Medical Foundation, the UNO Foundation and Tulane President’s Council. From 2003-2006, he served of President of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Bayou St. John.

John has been active in anti-crime and corruption initiatives, the reform of the regional levee boards, and supports coastal wetlands protection and restoration.

Personally and through his company, Georges Enterprises, John's philanthropy supports a diverse group of charities throughout the community with an emphasis on education, preservation, and faith-based initiatives.
Visit and follow www.UniteNola.com for examples of unity found throughout the city and how we build upon what is working in our community.

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