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Renovation Nation

by Karen GadboisJanuary 27, 2009November 7, 2019

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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... More by Karen Gadbois

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