There was a great article in the Sunday edition of the “San Antonio newspaper.”:http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA082706.01A.NOLost.30967b9.html A few weeks ago Roy Bragg was here and we met up at the rally in the “Quarter.”:http://squanderedheritage.com/2006/08/18/rally/

He also spoke with Bart Everson of Mid City. “Bart and his wife Christy”:http://b.rox.com/archives/2006/08/26/story-x/ have been hard at work on their house and their Neighborhood.

Their Mid City Neighborhood is balanced between recovery and despair. It is important to recognize that the work of preservation in the Neighborhood is not just fixing a house, but advocating for the well being and stability of your Neighborhood. Bart and Christy have been doing that as well.

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led...