I'm not asking you to agree or disagree, but please email and express an opinion!
There are links below to find out more. Please get involved.
Thanks,
Jo
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Chahta Ohoyo Holahta
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From: "Deb" <ddhaines(a)gmail.com>
To: "'Jo Branch'" <bjcb(a)bellsouth.net>
Subject: FW: PRESERVATION ALERT: 30 Day Deadline to Demolition in New Orleans Starts Now!
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:36:13 +0000
FYI
From: National Trust for Historic Preservation [mailto:members@nthp.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:54 PM
To: ddhaines(a)gmail.com
Subject: PRESERVATION ALERT: 30 Day Deadline to Demolition in New Orleans Starts Now!
PRESERVATION ALERT!
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Louisiana State University
announced the selection of the lower Mid-City neighborhood for the site of their new
hospitals.
These homes are some of the 165 family houses slated for demolition in New Orleans'
Mid-City Neighborhood under the VA's plan.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and our partner the Foundation for Historical
Louisiana view this decision as a serious error, as much better alternatives exist for
these medical centers that would provide the same benefits while saving the neighborhood
and reusing Charity Hospital. The new hospitals would needlessly destroy 70 acres of the
neighborhood, including 165 historic buildings where residents have been rebuilding and
restoring their community since Hurricane Katrina.
The VA and LSU have other available sites nearby, yet they chose the most time-consuming,
difficult, expensive and destructive route to deliver health care to the region’s veterans
and a medical teaching facility to the community.
With this decision, the bulldozing of homes and businesses could start as soon as the day
after Christmas. Take action now and strongly urge the VA and the state of Louisiana to
reconsider and take another look at other, less harmful alternatives on the table.
TAKE ACTION -- With Only 30 Days Left, You Must Act Now:
Email Governor Bobby Jindal and Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals Alan Levine
Email The Honorable James B. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE:
Learn about Charity Hospital and why we listed it as an 11 Most Endangered Place this
year
View our slideshow "What's At Stake in Mid-City?"
Read our Five Unanswered Questions for Federal, State, and Local Officials regarding this
issue
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