Columbia Parc

e-newsletter | March 2011

ONE YEAR COMMEMORATION CELEBRATION
LEED-ING THE WAY

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

One Year Commemoration Celebration
On March 18th, Columbia Parc hosted the Partners at the Parc event to recognize and celebrate the individuals and organizations that are making the vision of Columbia Parc a reality. Speakers included Councilmember Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, officials from Louisiana and New Orleans housing agencies, resident Lawianiea Penns, and Columbia Residential president, Jim Grauley.

Long before the official groundbreaking in December 2008, and continuing through current and future expansion phases, this group of architects, builders, community leaders, construction managers, designers, developers, engineers, lenders, and supporters became unified in their passion to help us realize the promise of Columbia Parc as the root of living well.

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The next day, the lawn was reset for Party at the Parc. The mild, sunny day was the perfect backdrop to an afternoon filled with music and fun. Residents celebrated with a picnic, bounce house, face painting, and raffle prizes. There was even a special area reserved for our four-legged neighbors, complete with their own water bowls and treats. This event was dedicated to our residents to celebrate that they are the reason Columbia Parc is so much more than its apartment homes. It truly is a community.

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LEEDing the way
We're proud to announce that Columbia Parc at the Bayou District has just received the sought-after distinction of LEED for Homes® Silver Certification. What does that mean to our residents? Visit our website to learn more but many may have already realized the best impact of all: saving green on utility bills.

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Bayou District Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization dedicated to the healthy revitalization and sustainability of the Bayou District and surrounding neighborhoods through quality education, housing and recreation opportunities.

Neighborhood Development Foundation's 25th Anniversary

Columbia Parc at the Bayou District, in conjunction with the Bayou District Foundation, has been selected as the recipient of the Neighborhood Development Foundation’s (NDF) Development
Award, which honors an
organization that has completed a new real estate development or
adaptive use project that has delivered tangible benefits for the neighborhood, such as greater employment opportunities, neighborhood revitalization and economic or cultural activity.

"Columbia Parc, directed by the partnership of the nonprofit Bayou District Foundation with Columbia Residential and the Housing Authority of New Orleans, has transformed the former St. Bernard Housing Development into one of the most successful post Katrina rebuilding projects in Louisiana." – NDF

Congratulations and THANK YOU to all who have made this possible!

NDF was established in September 1986 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, with seed money provided through the John M. and Holley Pavy DeBlois Foundation, an organization founded on the belief that decent affordable housing is essential to the physical and emotional health, productivity and self-esteem of an individual. Over the past 25 years the Neighborhood Development Foundation has created 2,500 aspiring homeowners. With a dedicated staff and a best-practice training program, NDF converts life-long renters with modest resources and ready houses into entire neighborhoods of new homeowners.

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