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Article: B.W. Cooper public housing redevelopment in New Orleans begins
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- New Orleans CityBusiness
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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Construction began today on the $142 million first phase to
redevelop the B.W. Cooper public housing development, the last of
New Orleans' "Big Four" public housing communities to start
redevelopment.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan
attended a ceremony at the site to mark the start of construction.
"This is a great day for New Orleans, the housing authority and,
most of all, the families of B.W. Cooper," said Donovan, in New
Orleans with President Barack Obama, who attended a town hall
meeting at the University of New Orleans. "This is the beginning of
promise and hope for future generations that will live in a new
community. The rebirth of B.W. Cooper is a clear ...