In the News

Code for America fellows are working with the City of New Orleans for one year to create technology solutions focused on blighted property. This article highlights first steps the fellows are taking in their research, including consulting with Beacon of Hope on our new iphone app that helps neighborhoods collect data on property conditions.

David Hammer analyzes statistics on Road Home recipients who have not fulfilled their covenants with Road Home. Beacon’s director, Tina Marquardt, discusses Beacon’s outreach project and her hopes for addressing hardships.

Beacon’s Executive Director, Tina Marquardt, comments on new census data and neighborhood recovery.

Check out photos from the pre-Sugar Bowl clean up in the Lower 9th Ward with students from Arkansas and Ohio State Universities.

The Young Professionals Group with the US Geospacial Intelligence Forum volunteered part of their time during the conference to help residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood in New Orleans survey their neighborhood.

Bill Capo covers the Beacon of Hope and lowernine.org’s lot clean-up in the Lower 9th Ward. Over 600 volunteers from the Jewish Federation help clear lots and Lower 9th Ward residents and stakeholders gear up to survey properties.

Volunteers from the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly, happening in New Orleans, helped clear lots in the Lower 9th Ward this week. The event was coordinated by Beacon of Hope staff and residents from the Lower 9 Homeowner’s Association.

The Editors of Indagare, an online travel resource, interview Denise Thorton about the origins of the Beacon of Hope Resource Center and the rise of community engagement after the storm.

The Beacon of Hope was mentioned for its efforts to fight blight in New Orleans, in the Mayoral Debate on 12-15-2009.