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The President: Okay, I'm
going to have a chance to
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make a longer set of remarks
later, but I just wanted
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to point out where we are.
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The Faubourg Lafitte area in
TremĂŠ is part of one of the
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most historic districts
in New Orleans and
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Louisiana and America.
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A lot of folks think this
is where jazz really first
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started taking route.
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It is obviously close
to downtown and the
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French Quarter.
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One of the most historic
African-American communities
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in the country and like so
much of this area, it was
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devastated during the storm
but what you're seeing here
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is an example of the
incredible federal, state,
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local partnerships that
helped to revitalize this
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community, not just with
this housing which is all
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new and was helped
funded through a program
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called Hope VI.
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But also a new school in
that direction, a new
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community center in that
direction, and part of our
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goal has always been to
make sure not just that we
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recovered from the storm,
but also that we started
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dealing with some of the
structural inequities that
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existed long before
the storm happened.
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And I'm going to say nice
things about him later, but
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I'm going to make sure that
I say that none of this
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would have happened had it
not been for the outstanding
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leadership of Mayor Mitch
Landrieu, who has been just
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an unbelievable
partner throughout
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this entire process.
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We're really proud
of what he's doing.
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You can see the
results here.
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Now, just because the
houses are nice doesn't
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mean our job's done.
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You know, this is a
community obviously
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that still has a
lot of poverty.
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There is an area where young
people still too often are
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taking the wrong path before
they graduate high school.
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This is a community that
still needs resources
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and still needs help.
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But the fact that we can
make this many strides
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10 years after a terrible
epic disaster, I think, is an
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indication of the kind of
spirit that we have in this
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city and it's reflected
in our Mayor.
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So we're proud of him.
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All right?
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Okay guys.
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We're going to
see you later.
