Six recent projects are focused on, including the reopening of the Joy Theater, a new football complex at Joe Brown Park and the opening of a state of the art school in Lakeview. Click here to read more.

The Jindal administration has announced a 50 year, $50 billion proposal to stop coastal erosion in Louisiana. The plan calls for building new land by opening diversions on the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers, pumping sediment into eroded marshes, building new shorelines and pouring sand onto disappearing barrier islands. It would be paid for in part by fines from the BP oil spill and increased royalties from offshore drilling. Click here to read more.

In 2011 New Orleans exceeded the national average of startups created by 30 percent, leading Inc. magazine to call it “the coolest startup city in America.” Before Katrina New Orleans had relatively few startups. That has changed, in part due to an influx of college educated youths and the creation of incubator organizations that help new businesses get off the ground. Click here to read more.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has reinstated a $92.8 million judgment against the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation for slow adjustment of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This will give 18,573 homeowners $5,000 each, the largest insurance award since Hurricane Katrina. Click here to read more.

Members of the New Orleans Saints and the United Way are working to rebuild houses damaged by Hurricane Katrina. While this effort is focused in the Gentilly neighborhood, United Way has also rebuilt a number of homes city-wide through its No Place Like Home program. Click here to read more.