Oliver Bush Park's Two Million Dollar Makeover Breaks Ground

Today, at Oliver Bush Park in the Lower 9th Ward, the city finally broke ground on a project that was announced one month after Mayor Mitch Landrieu was elected as one of his one hundred recovery projects. We applaud Mayor Landrieu and other partners who made it possible for this wonderful park to return.

Several speakers spoke of Oliver Bush himself. He was someone who challenged segregation. He was a business owner. He was a father and a lover of all children. His mural and his spirit were watching the events today that will signal the return of a new covered basketball court, new play structures, four tennis courts and a baseball diamond for a cost of $2,100,000.

This is great news for the children of Lower 9 and for development efforts occuring "back a' town," espescially so near the Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle and Platform. In attendance were among others, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Charles Allen III Director of Enivronmental Affairs for the Mayor's office and former Holy Cross Neighborhood Association President, Councilman Jon Johnson,Vanessa Guerringer of A Community Voice, Patricia Jones Director of NENA, Steve Martin on behalf of the Lower 9th Ward Homeowner's Association, Robert Green of the Make It Right Homeowner's Association, Thom Pepper of Common Ground Relief, and last but not least The CSED!!

Stayed tuned for updates on the progress!

News from LSU's Coastal Sustainability Studio: New Course on Wetland Revitalization Kicks Off

This week a major component of the CSS’s drive towards revitalization of our coastal wetlands begins with the first day of a new trans-disciplinary course at LSU. “Disturbed Systems” is a multi-level class in which geologists, environmental managers, and landscape architects will come together to design a coastal restoration project for Cheniere Caminada, a regressive beach ridge plain in Southeast Louisiana which has undergone significant changes in recent history due to human interaction.

The design projects chosen by student teams will start by first defining and then critically evaluating the variety of ecological and man-made systems at work in varying scales on the site. The students will then address this layered issue by offering design guidelines and a vision for intervention that seeks to revitalize this unique piece of coastal Wetlands.

This is the first course of it’s kind being offered at the school, using the trans-disciplinary working methods of the CSS  as model for collaboration

via css.lsu.edu