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  St Roch Project Timeline

August 2005
Hurricane Katrina


Fall 2005
Project initiated

December 2006
Fund established at the Greater New Orleans Foundation

March 2007
Declaration by Dr. Blakely and the Office of Recovery Management that St. Roch is one of 17 zones in New Orleans targeted for redevelopment.

Summer 2007
Spraying and termite protection of oak trees along neutral ground.
Deconstruction of existing buildings at 1700, 1706 St. Roch Ave.

November 2007
CELEBRATE ST. ROCH! event on the neutral ground.
Through the efforts of the Faubourg St. Roch Project, the City of New Orleans' Office of Recovery Management commits $400,000 to a St. Roch Avenue neutral ground walking path that will be the foundation for that Mosaic art path.
In 2008 the project
Held an Artwalk competition for the St Roch Avenue Neutral Ground and selected artist JEFRË for the design and installation of the Artwalk.
 
 
 
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