Commemorating Katrina

Renovators’ Happy Hour Goes to Lafayette Square
Thursday, August 26, 5:30 p.m., at 634 Julia St.

Operation Comeback Workshops: “Preserving Green”
Friday, August 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 5200 Dauphine St.
Learn about timely preservation and construction issues by attending these workshops presented by the Preserving Green arm of the PRC’s Operation Comeback program.

Rebuilding Together’s Fifty for Five Block Party
Saturday, August 28, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Lafayette Square
Join the PRC and Rebuilding Together to commemorate how far New Orleans has come since Katrina! Featuring vendors, community leaders, and musical greats such as Germaine Bazzle, Tremé Brass Band, and The World Classic Rockers.

Holy Cross Block Party
Saturday, August 28, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., 500 block of Caffin Avenue
Join the PRC and friends as we celebrate the revitalization of the Holy Cross Historic District and the publication of One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds.

First-Time Homebuyer Training – September
Monday, September 20, at the PRC

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Get a glimpse of the ongoing renovations of the last four buildings in the 600 block of Julia Street, also known as “Julia Row” or the “Thirteen Sisters”. These remarkable American Townhouses date back to 1833.

Thursday, August 26, 2010
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
634 Julia Street

For more information, contact Suzanne at 504.636.3399 or sblaum@prcno.org

Friday, August 27, 2010
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
At the future home of the neighborhood center!
5200 Dauphine St. (at the corner of Lizardi St.)
(in Holy Cross)
Click here for directions.

This slate of one-hour educational workshops by distinguished professionals in green reconstruction will highlight the reuse of historic building materials and their integration into the neighborhood center built by Operation Comeback at 5200 Dauphine Street.

For more information, contact Pam Bryan, Director of Operation Comeback, at 504.636.3044 or pbryan@prcno.org.

Rebuilding Together’s Fifty for Five Block Party
Saturday, August 28, 2010
2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

At Lafayette Square
500 Saint Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130

Join the PRC and Rebuilding Together to commemorate how far New Orleans has come since Katrina! This public block party will come at the end of Rebuilding Together’s massive Fifty for Five rebuild in honor of the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. See below for more information about Rebuilding Together and Fifty for Five.

For more information on Rebuilding Together New Orleans, visit www.prcno.org.

For more information about Fifty for Five, contact Shannon Jones at 504.636.3397 or sjones@prcno.org.

Join the PRC and friends as we celebrate the revitalization of the Holy Cross Historic District and the publication of One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds

Saturday, August 28, 2010
4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

500 block of Caffin Avenue between Chartres and Douglas Streets

Enjoy levee breezes, neighborhood conviviality, food, and music from Little Freddie King and the Rebirth Brass Band in the heart of Holy Cross Historic District, the neighborhood in which Preservation Resource Center has dedicated over $1 million to renovate historic homes flooded by Hurricane Katrina.

For more information, contact Maryann Miller at 504.312.9202 or mmiller@prcno.org.