Katrina Ten Years After

Remember that Katrina Cottages thing? Whatever happened to that?

By PlaceMakers | August 10, 2015 |

This is the second of two parts addressing Hurricane Katrina 10 years after the storm. The first looked at issues in New Orleans. This one focuses on one hoped-for innovation in the storm’s wake in Coastal Mississippi. Right about now, a couple and their two children are getting much-needed affordable housing help via a move…

Katrina ‘Ten Years After’: And the band plays on

By PlaceMakers | August 3, 2015 |

I guess it says something about where I am on life’s conception-to-compost journey that the phrase “Ten Years After” evokes a forgettable British group from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. But, hey, let’s at least credit Alvin Lee with capturing a timeless sentiment in his lyrics for the band’s 1971 hit, “I’d Love to…