New Orleans, LA
Local City Rankings Article
New Orleans, LA: Resiliently Facing the Future
“Jazz needs you, Creole cooking needs you, and New Orleans needs you now more than ever.” That’s the message on the Bring New Orleans Back website, as part of a commission appointed by Mayor Ray Nagin to create a blueprint for rebuilding the city. Since Hurricane Katrina devastated NoLa in 2005, some have questioned the sustainability of a city that sits partially below sea level on a Mississippi River Delta floodplain. Still, if any good has come from the disaster, it’s the city’s opportunity to rebuild green. The city’s new fleet runs entirely on alternative fuels, for example. And heavy-hitter green building advocates have taken a special interest in New Orleans as well, including the international or
