Happy 40th (b)Earth-Day! Historic Green's Board of Directors is delving into strategic planning, discussing the next steps of the organization, and gathering feedback and photos from our fantastic volunteers and leaders about our latest Spring Greening New Orleans event. We are developing the Annual Report, which will summarize our success to-date, with highlights and metrics about the great work completed in the Lower 9 in March.
We want to take a moment to express our gratitude and appreciation for the community leaders who continue to strive to achieve the exciting environmental goals for their neighborhood's future - becoming carbon neutral by 2020 and climate neutral by 2030. And a special thank-you to the late Pam Dashiell, who continues to provide inspiration to carry on with the great work we are honored to be a part of.
During Spring Greening, one of our partner projects, which Historic Green volunteers have assited with for 3 years in-a-row, broke ground on the Neighborhood Association and Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development's new (LEED-Platinum targeted) HeadQuarters! The contracts have all been signed and the project construction is moving foreword quickly, with a goal to build as much as possible before the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, with an admirable prioritization of quality over schedule. The Preservation Resource Center's Operation Comeback is leading the charge to create a green facility on the site of a historic building, combining materials salvaged from the building that was carefully removed from the site with new sustainable materials.
Happy Earth Day, wherever you are! Please check back with us, and we'd love to have you join our GOOGLE GROUP (http://groups.google.com/group/historic-green?lnk=iggc) for more updates to come!
-Jeremy Knoll
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
