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3 4 currents . third quarter twenty-ten W From the chair the highest local GDPgrowth. the most attached communities also had That’s crucial, for the Gallup study showed its way to becoming abetter place to live. Because ofthese projects, the parish ison in downtown. downtown. in Block Arts the anchors center, which arts atthe tains foun cooling the in play can Children terrace. public a from river at the gaze and at restaurants dine art, view music, hear Center, Shaw you can the At ings. gather- venue anew for social provided Arts for the desires. functional. and beautiful more be would Rouge Baton wish also more. They family. a for raising hospitable is area our that and friendly are residents our that say transplants and Visitors spaces. public and green of its quality the and looks how acity including aesthetics, and is; aplace ing or how welcom- venues; openness entertainment and places meeting public as such offerings, social place: answers. the find to communities 26 in people 28,000 nearly surveyed Foundation Knight L. James and S. John more recreational opportunities for the future. Once, Once, future. for the opportunities more recreational for looking and parks improving spaces, green of its conversations. welcome their and people with packed are places gathering other venues and music rants, In the Shaw Center and around the parish, restau parish, the around and Center Shaw the In Center the Shaw instance, ago, for years five Just on those delivering started has Rouge Baton East want they offerings, enjoy social our they Though areas. of some these in well does Rouge Baton a to people bind qualities main foundthree They BREC, meanwhile, has led the transformation transformation the led has meanwhile, BREC, one city over another? Gallup and the the and Gallup over another? one city in live to choose people do Why live? to place a desirable a community makes hat - - $19 million for a new library on the future town town future on the for library anew $19 million budgeted system library the June, In Street. Fifth to Road River from Boulevard North around nities ame- the reinvent to $12 more than million spend to ready is city-parish The spaces. public welcoming parish. the across way under projects of parks dozens has more. BREC and labyrinth fountains, park, dog paths, playground, courts, park’s tennis the to drawn are of people hundreds renovations, With equipment. playground and courts tennis broken had Park City In the next two years, Baton Rouge will get more get will Rouge Baton years, two next the In square on North Boulevard. Next year, the library sys- tem will break ground for branches at Rouzan and in Fairwood, as well as a replacement for the library on BOARD OF DIRECTORS Goodwood Boulevard. The parish is getting more beautiful as well. Money Alice D. Greer, Chair from the Green Light fund for road improvements has John G. Davies, President & CEO provided a new gateway entrance with benches and Matthew G. McKay, Vice Chair trees at Southern University. The same fund was used Leonard C. Wyatt, Secretary for plants on Corporate Boulevard. Candace E. Wright, Treasurer Moreover, Mayor Kip Holden and Metro Council Christel C. Slaughter PhD, Past Chair members recently funded a number of sidewalk proj- John W. Barton Sr., Chair Emeritus ects for Baton Rouge. They understand that walking Lee Michael Berg around town is important for building communities. Warren O. Birkett Jr. Sidewalks give children and grownups a safe place to S. Dennis Blunt walk, and they let strangers meet each other and be- Donald H. Daigle come friends. Yolanda J. Dixon The parish is spending several million dollars on G. Lee Griffin these sidewalks. One will be built on State Street, C. Kris Kirkpatrick where new shops are under construction on Highland Carl S. Luikart MD Road. Another will run along Acadian Thruway from C. Brent McCoy North Street to Choctaw Drive. Several sidewalks will Albert D. Sam II MD be rebuilt in Old South Baton Rouge. And a sidewalk John M. Steitz will connect Perkins Road from Acadian Thruway all Suzanne L. Turner the way to City Park. Because of these projects, the parish is on its way to becoming a better place to live. That’s crucial, for the Gallup study showed the most attached communities also had the highest local GDP growth. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is a community foundation that takes advantage of opportunities to improve the quality of life in South Louisiana. We do so by providing two essential functions. One, the Sincerely, Foundation connects philanthropists with capable nonprofits to make sure the needs of our communities are met. For example, our donors support the Shaw Center for the Arts and buy eyeglasses for needy children. Two, the Foundation invests in and manages Alice D. Greer pivotal projects to improve the region. Our Plan Baton Rouge initiative spearheaded the downtown revitalization plan and now is working to revive Old South Baton Rouge. 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Foundation and people who care about the welfare of animals created the No Kill movement last year. A steering committee conducted research for a strategy to nearly eliminate the killing of healthy dogs and cats by the shelter. The alliance has begun to implement the strategy. Animal groups advance The alliance will collaborate with existing animal groups to increase animal adoption and boost steril- Cats, dogs and other companion animals officially ization to reduce the animal population. A low-cost have their own advocacy nonprofit in Baton Rouge. spay-neuter clinic already has opened in EBR since Born from the No Kill Baton Rouge effort, the the No Kill movement got under way, and Yelp BR Companion Animal Alliance has been created to dra- and Project Purr have formed to spur adoptions of matically reduce euthanasia of adoptable pets. The dogs and cats. alliance is chaired by Walter Monsour, who leads the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority and was the chief administrative officer of the city-parish un- der Mayor Kip Holden. Monsour was a successful Where the sidewalks begin bond attorney before enlisting for government work. Where do the sidewalks end? In Baton Rouge, Upon learning that 9,000 or so animals are here and there, depending on when neighborhoods put down each year by EBR Animal Control, the were built and whether the Planning and Zoning Commission allowed developers to put up neighbor- hoods without them. The times seem to be changing. Mayor Kip Holden’s administration is building new sidewalks and rehabbing some existing ones. The projects are included in an $18 million mid-year budget supple- ment approved by the Metro Council in late June. The parish will build sidewalks at East Brookstown Drive, Cain Street, Stuart Avenue, Constitution Avenue, Progress Road, North Foster Drive, West State Street and Perkins Road. Sidewalks on Constitution Avenue will be in front of hotels and restaurants there, allowing guests to move about without danger of getting run over. Sidewalks on West State Street from Highland Road to Lake Street will provide pedestrian connections among new retailers and apartments in the area. On Perkins Road, a sidewalk on one side of the street will connect from the entrance of the interstate all the way to City Park, creating a pedestrian corridor in one of the few mixed-use areas of town. The biggest sidewalk project, at $720,456, is Acadian Thruway from North In spring, Gwendolyn Ozols-Remmeter, 12, and Jeanne- Street to Choctaw Drive. Lea Delahoussaye, 13, raised money for Yelp Baton Rouge, a dog adoption organization. Since then, Yelp The supplemental budget also has money for BR has hired a director to focus more on the effort. road building, downtown improvements and signal currents . third quarter twenty-ten quarter third . currents synchronization. 8 $40 million Estimated cost of removing litter in Manship Theatre season set Louisiana. In a first such study, Keep The world’s greatest party band and a New Louisiana Beautiful didn’t include Orleans man with the sweetest of voices are among indirect costs, such as lower headliners for the upcoming season of the Manship property values. Theatre. Known for hits “Roam” and “Love Shack,” The B-52s will officially open the 2010 season at the the- atre on Sept. 17. Aaron Neville and his quintet fea- Communications, Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol turing Charles Neville will sing with his band in a Center, 225 magazine and the Foundation. Dec. 12 Christmas concert at the venue located inside Also sponsoring the theatre are The Advocate, the Shaw Center for the Arts. The Neville show is al- WBRZ-TV, Louisiana Division of the Arts, ready sold out. Louisiana Lottery, the Arts Council of Greater Other headliners are Grammy-award winner Baton Rouge, Long Law Firm, Barnes and Noble, Mavis Staples, once lead singer of the legendary National Endowment for the Arts, Irene W. and C.B. Staples Singers, and Suzanne Vega, whose hits in- Pennington Foundation, Southern Arts Federation, clude “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner.” Southern Circuit, Target, Gallery Bohemia, Event The Baton Rouge Area Foundation provides finan- Rental, Union Pacific, X 104.5 104.9, Noelie cial support to the Manship, which is preparing for Harmon, WRKF 89.3, Country Legends 107.3, Eagle improvements after a half decade as the leading per- 98.1 and New Country 100.7. forming arts venue in the region. New partners for the season are Junior League of Baton Rouge as sponsor of the family series and For 50 years, welcoming Guaranty Broadcasting as sponsor of country mu- foreigners sic. Family programming this season is Pinkalicious, A half century ago, an LSU professor from Dr. Kaboom, Imago ZOO ZOO and Strega Nona. Scotland realized that foreign students were devoted Country music includes rising star Emily West, Marty to their studies but weren’t learning enough about the Stuart and Jason Petty in Hank and his Honky Tonk culture of Louisiana. As a possible remedy, he gath- Heroes. ered like-minded people to create the International You can view the full season at ManshipTheatre. Hospitality Foundation. org and join the Fifty years on, the IHF has served thousands of Facebook page for foreign students, says Virginia Grenier, who has updates on perfor- worked with the nonprofit for 25 years and is execu-

MANSHIP THEATRE mances added dur- tive director. AT THE SHAW CENTER FOR THE ARTS ing the season. When they first arrive, the students get a bus tour Major spon- of Baton Rouge that includes a visit to a big box store. aaron neville Manship theatre season 2010-2011 sors are Blue Cross They can borrow appliances and other necessities and Blue Shield from the IHF loan closet. At IHF parties, they learn of Louisiana, how to dine like locals, including peeling and eat- the b-52s Covalent ing crawfish. Each week, a couple of students attend MAVIS STAPLES Logic, Cox Rotary. Perhaps most important, they are adopted by a host family. With a hand from hosts, foreign students learn about negotiating the U.S., giving them better odds baton rougefoundation area . braf.org suzanne vegasponsored by: at excelling back home or if they remain in America. Baton Rouge Capitol Center

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With a hand from the lakes were deepened in the 1980s to improve wa- ter quality and fish habitats. But nutrients wash- ing into the water have made them shallow again. In hosts, foreign some spots, even a flat-footed toddler could stand tall in the lakes. students learn about What the Corps wants to do is predicted to cost $21 million, dredging included. The lakes would be deep- negotiating the U.S., ened to an average of five feet, up from just two feet in some areas. Dredging would relocate 650,000 cubic giving them better yards of material from University Lake and 175,000 cubic yards from City Park Lake, an amount that odds at excelling would include ripping out 130 acres of hidden stumps. The material would become the foundation for an back home or if they 8- to 10-foot path around the lakes, providing a con- tinuous loop and enhancing safety for runners, jog- remain in America. gers and bicyclists. Some of the material would create an unseen “aquatic bench”—a vegetative ledge—ex- Sanjay Varshney is among them. Grenier consid- tending about 20 feet from the shore to foster marine ers him among her own. He earned a doctorate in fi- life. nance from LSU and now is dean of the business Some lakes residents wanted the dredged material school at University of California-Sacramento. to be removed, but Sims says that option would tri- ple the cost of dredging alone to $20 million from $7 million. The Corps has assured lakeside residents that Corps lakes plan the paths would not obstruct views. The key for sustainability, says Sims, is a proposed People who enjoy the lakes should brace for that trickle-tube system. Phosphorus runoff, which causes awful stench. Warm weather feeds nutrient blooms, the blooms, would be funneled via tubes to Bayou which steal precious oxygen from the fish, causing Duplantier. “We are hopeful that we will not have to them to go belly up in numbers. dredge it again.” With the lakes expected to continue deteriorat- The two-year project would require draining the ing, the fish kills will become more frequent in com- lakes. ing years. A small lake on the LSU campus has The Corps’ original estimate was $12 million. already shrunk in size because of nutrient takeover. Predictions are that the other water bodies, all vital recreation areas lined with expensive homes, will re- vert over decades to swamp. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a solution, and Project Manager Nick Sims is hopeful that the initiative can be federally funded in coming years. Local government­—BREC, LSU, the city-parish— would have to pay a share of the project cost. Sims is optimistic about the Corps strategy. “The overall health of the lakes would increase ten-fold,” he says. tim muelle currents . third quarter twenty-ten quarter third . currents Dug out from swamp after the Great Depression, r

10 Building of the Howell Place YMCA is partly underwritten by New Markets Tax Credits.

Out of caution, a second review produced an estimate turned to commerce. of $21 million. The project would require a 35% local For instance, 14 parcels have been targeted for match, or about $7.5 million. homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater The Corps wants to shift the project into the Baton Rouge. Other properties will be redeveloped General Investigative Program, where funds are according to input from the communities. available for creating recreation areas as well. The A considerable boost for the inner-city areas is $60 dredging could begin in 2013 but only if the Corps million in New Markets Tax Credits, which the au- gets quick federal approval for funding. Otherwise, it thority received from the federal government last likely would go in as a low priority item in the 2013 year. The first project partly funded by the cred- budget cycle for water projects. its is a YMCA at Howell Place, which is off Harding Boulevard near the airport. The YMCA will open in fall. Call it a comeback By selling the credits to people who want to re- It’s time for a renaissance in a place where the city duce their taxes, the authority receives a stream of once was alive. money for bridge financing of endeavors in blighted The East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority is communities. set to put some abandoned properties in blighted ar- At least nine other projects are seeking tax credit eas back into commerce. Created by the city-parish financing from the authority. They are the Helix and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, the authority Mentorship Academy, a downtown charter school also has $60 million in federal tax credits to provide opened in July at the corner of Florida and Fourth bridge financing for projects that otherwise might not streets; new city-parish garages in downtown near be built in those areas. the River Center; Knock Knock Children’s Museum In June, the city-parish turned over 188 adjudicated at City Park, which also has a $3 million commit- properties to the authority, which is becoming the ment from the parks system; and BREC’s renovation main reclamation arm of local government. To clear of Memorial Stadium that includes a sports academy titles on the properties, the city-parish authorized and a track. $603,000 in federal grant money to the authority. Also, the rehabilitation of the Lincoln Theater in The properties are in Capital City South (east of the Old South Baton Rouge; Hooper Point mixed-use de- North Boulevard overpass near 17th and 18th streets), velopment; Scotland Avenue mixed-use development; Choctaw Corridor, Melrose East, Scotlandville and and River House, which is the mixed-use redevelop- Zion City, and around the Lincoln Theater in Old ment of the former Prince Murat hotel. • South Baton Rouge. The authority does not expect to take control of all 188 parcels. Some owners will pay back taxes and liens to reclaim the real estate. But what remains will be maintained, packaged with other parcels and re- baton rougefoundation area . braf.org 11 Lead InUPDATES

Housing for homeless Louisiana Community Development Authority to fi- nancing districts in each parish. The former Scott Elementary School on North 19th Because bonds issued by the LCDA would be tax- Street will become an affordable housing development exempt and the cost of issuance would be shared with a space to provide services that will help people across the state, the financing costs will be lower, says get back on their feet. Chevalier. The Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless and New Orleans has created an energy financing dis- the Gulf Coast Housing Partnership began rebuild- trict and there are movements to do the same in other ing the shuttered school in May. The $8.4 million cities as well. construction costs will produce 60 affordable units. Experts tell Chevalier there should be consider- The apartments are scheduled to open in spring 2011. able demand because energy improvements produce Funding is from tax credits and public and private a return. He expects the program to begin early next sources. year.

Green for green Spurred by Councilman Chandler Loupe, the Metro Council in June created the Sustainable Energy Financing District to lend money to homeowners and businesses for all types of energy improvements with the loans paid back over years through a tax levy. A law passed last year allowed the creation of such districts across the state. People borrowing from the district would pay for improvements over 20 years as a tack-on to their property taxes. Lower energy costs would cover the higher property tax assessments in many cases. Loans could be used for solar, insulated windows, insulation and even white roofs that reflect sunlight, says Fred Chevalier of Jones Walker. He’s working

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Thurs. OCT. 28, 2010 Thurs. NOV. 18, 2010 7 & 9pm 7 & 9pm With three Grammys and seven gold records to The vibraphonist is heralded as “one of the most his credit, Lewis has earned his nickname “the important young artists in jazz” (LA Times). A great performer.” His style mixes early gospel three-time Grammy nominee, his passionate and classical training with his love of jazz and artistry and energetic stage presence have other musical forms. 2010-2011 SEASON propelled him to the forefront of the Jazz scene.

Clayton Brothers Dianne Reeves Quintet Eliane Elias

Thurs. MARCH 31, 2011 Thurs. FEB. 10, 2011 Thurs. MAY 5, 2011 7 & 9pm 7 & 9pm 7 & 9pm Reeves has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Led by bassist John Clayton and alto Pianist, singer and songwriter Eliane Elias is Performance for three consecutive recordings—a saxophonist Jeff Clayton, the group is among known for her distinctive and immediately first in any vocal category.When You Know is the hardest swinging ensembles in Jazz. They recognizable musical style which blends her her first recording since 2006’s award-winning are joined by trumpeter Terell Stafford, pianist Brazilian roots and her sensuous voice with soundtrack to George Clooney's filmGood Night Gerald Clayton and drummer Obed Calvaire. her impressive instrumental jazz, classical and and Good Luck. composition skills. MANSHIP THEATRE | Downtown Baton Rouge | 225.344.0334 | manshiptheatre.org

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Before the bowlers arrive for a national competition in 2012, the downtown area around North Boulevard and the River Center will be transformed. North Boulevard already was getting a $4.5 million town square. More downtown projects were funded in a mid- New courthouse year budget supplement for the entire parish. T he new District Courthouse will open in August. A glimpse of the future is below. When the courts relocate across the street, the city-parish will have space in the governmental building to consolidate operations, adding more Extremeworkers to downtown. makeover

Downtown library T he library board chose to keep the downtown library on North Boulevard and has $19 million available for a renovation, expansion or new library. Trahan Architects provided a working design last year. No construction date has been chosen.

Parking garage T he court system wants to build a parking garage with first-floor retail in the former Pelican Manship Theatre Homestead building, which once was a charter school on North Boulevard. The garage would be Among proposed upgrades to the theater is a across from the courthouse at the corner of St. welcoming entrance on North Boulevard for a flexible Ferdinand Street. space that can be used for drama, music and more. Town Square (left) The parish has added $2 million to the town Repentance Park square’s $4.5 million budget. (below) The city-parish approved From the river to Fifth Street $3 million to renovate the space along North Boulevard, the between the River Center and space will include fountains, Old State Capitol. No final seating areas, lawns, a designs yet, but Davis Rhorer, media area, wider walkways DDD executive director, wants and improved pedestrian the renovations to include a circulation. Construction to pedestrian connection from the begin within 60 days. North Boulevard area through the Old State Capitol grounds, which now are mostly closed by a fence.

Florida Street and North Boulevard improvements at River Road With $1.2 million in federal funds, Florida and North at River Road will become pedestrian gateways to the Mississippi. The improvements call for brick pavers and steps to the riverfront at Florida, and Galvez Plaza stage slowing down the traffic at North and River Road, The plaza is a gathering place year- which includes shade trees and pedestrian zones. round for concerts, such as Live After Five, festivals and holiday gatherings. Two million dollars is available to build a stage at the plaza.

Street alignments St. Ferdinand and St. Louis streets, which run in front of the governmental building and behind the city courthouse, will become two-way streets from North Boulevard to South Boulevard, and get synchronized traffic signals. The changes are expected to improve traffic flow and are in line with revived beliefs that two-way streets are preferred to one-way streets. 16 currents . third quarter twenty-ten Rouge. Rouge. 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LslLsoriori WWaa eelchchuukk Plant it Forward, staffed by clients. Within the first six months, the venture had already earned enough revenue to clear its start-up costs. Executive Director Katherine Martin says O’Brien House had been interested in forming a social enter- prise for some time, and finally took the plunge in lawn care. It started with the purchase of a few pieces of equipment, and as spring progressed, demand grew. She said the objective in a competitive field like How can we lawn care has been to provide excellent customer ser- vice and a willingness to fill niches other companies might pass up, like the removal of trash and debris. link hands “We know we need to do a good job in order to get referrals and to have repeat business, and we’ve done where it. We’ve had incredible feedback from our custom- ers,” she says. O’Brien House has also moved into the business blight once of providing DWI classes. Two years ago, penalties were tightened for first-time local offenders. They are now required to attend six hours of classes. The non- claimed profit earns a fee from each DWI offender, and can offer services to class members who believe they may victory? have a serious problem with alcohol. Hymel says that one of the most important resid- ual effects of social enterprise is collaboration among nonprofits. The Arc of Baton Rouge, which has a history of entrepreneurial employment programs for adults with disabilities, recently formed a part- nership to grow produce at United Methodist Hope Ministries, a local food pantry site. Arc Executive Director Barry Meyer worked with students from LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business to develop a plan for the enterprise. Arc clients built and filled raised beds, and throughout the summer, fall and fol- lowing spring, they will cultivate produce for the ben- efit of the food pantry and, eventually, to sell at the Red Stick Farmers Market. “The business plan really allowed us to give it the right structure,” says Meyer. “We want to do this at multiple food pantry locations throughout Greater Baton Rouge.” Social entrepreneurs say this is one of the most promising areas of nonprofit management they’ve experienced. “It’s incredibly hard work,” says Martin. “But the possibilities are endless.” • 24 currents . third quarter twenty-ten that allows for compact, urban planting. planting. urban for compact, allows that bricks and of soil coil elevated attractive an spiral, herb an and vines muscadine native with along soon, coming are trees peach and fig Apple, beds. of raised edges over the drape pumpkins “jack-o-lantern” and squash winter watermelon, beans, long Chinese peas, green of Southern Seedlings feet. six reach eventually will sunflowers of mammoth Hundreds root. taken N Carter has long envisioned a community garden garden acommunity envisioned long has Carter Carter can taste and smell the possibilities. possibilities. the smell and taste can Carter Melvin Pastor Church Baptist Ark ew Community garden takes root Old in South BR The grass is greener is The grass Behind the sanctuary, a new garden has has garden anew sanctuary, the Behind By Maggie Heyn Richardson | Illustration by Chris Ede |Photo Ede Mueller by Tim by Chris |Illustration Richardson Heyn Maggie By OnSite fresh fruits and vegetables get into the inner city,” says inner the into get vegetables and fruits fresh foods. cessed pro- and liquor in specializing stores convenience only vicinity— immediate the in stores nor grocery stands farm neither are There produce. of healthy sources on and outdoor gardening on both short is Rouge Today, residents. for area however, Baton Old South of life part aregular were when gardens remembers He legacy. sturdy of its because Rouge Baton South it “Original” call to prefers and neighborhood the in up He grew Rouge. Baton Old South in here this like “For many years now, I have wanted to see more see now, to wanted Ihave years “For many Carter. “Why not go back to an original concept? Everyone used to have gardens. It was a common thing, and people ate from them.” They will again if Carter and a handful of like- minded compatriots have their way. Facilitated by the Center for Planning Excellence, the new OSBR Community Garden Initiative combines the wherewithal of New Ark Baptist Church, LSU’s Community University Partnership, and horticul- ture students, neighborhood residents and the South Garden Project, a grassroots organization created by Stephanie Elwood and Marguerite Green. The two How can we are managing the garden’s startup. “We want to build community gardens wherever stand between they’re wanted,” says Elwood, 24, who launched a children’s community garden last year in OSBR at the corner of East Washington Street and Thomas children and Delpit Drive. A resident of the neighborhood herself, she says the youth project has exceeded expectations. violence? “I’ve watched 5-year-olds picking and eating raw turnips. If that’s not successful, I don’t know what is,” she laughs. Today, there is renewed enthusiasm across the country about how a simple patch of earth can trans- form the relationship between neighbors. More than half a million residents nationwide currently par- ticipate in community greening projects, accord- ing to the nonprofit American Community Garden Association. From plot to plot, they’ve helped reduce crime, increase property values and provide what’s known as food security, or the supply of indigenous healthy food options in a given location. The tradition has picked up steam in the last few years as concern grows over the source and quality of food. The new enthusiasm is evidenced in the rise of public farmers markets, in the alarm over adult and childhood obesity and the attention given to events like First Lady Michelle Obama’s organic White House vegetable garden. It’s not a new movement. During World Wars I and II, “Victory Gardens” provided food and boosted morale, and during the ecology movement of the early ’70s, urban gardening was a central emblem, according to the ACGA. Now, projects take on a va- riety of forms and serve many purposes, from Edible Schoolyards that confront the industrial school lunch regime, to neighborhood gardens that restore pride 26 currents . third quarter twenty-ten pearance, character and economic viability of the of the viability economic and character pearance, ap- the enliven and resources, land use conditions, housing improve to goal its particularly Strategy, Revitalization Economic and Neighborhood OSBR time.” same atthe production food fresh in community the engaging while production it to return and land vacant reclaim to potential the has “It Foundation. Area Rouge Baton of the apartner CPEX, for manager opment program economicBoudreaux, devel Marcelle says community,” sound economically come an be- to it works as Rouge Baton options. healthy provide and R Denee ouge. 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Boudreaux growing,” says. CPEX’s Director of Director CPEX’s things to drawn are “People U anddowntown. “I’ve watched How can we 5-year-olds picking and eating raw make a turnips. If that’s not rollicking successful, I don’t downtown? know what is.” —Stephanie Elwood, South Garden Project With our members… The garden sits on an approximately 50-by-100- foot parcel of church-owned land. Early soil testing They make it revealed the presence of lead, which sometimes oc- curs on properties that have hosted older structures containing lead-based paint. Elwood, Green and the happen. neighbors who joined them planted sunflowers as a means of phytoremediation. They will continue to do so during the first few growing seasons since the plants will absorb the lead over time naturally. For vegetables and other edibles, the garden will rely on Join them newly constructed raised beds filled solely with rich, fertile compost donated by LSU. Elwood and Green are supplementing their gar- today. dening with occasional classes for the community on organic growing. Residents from the neighborhood gather at New Ark’s fellowship hall, where they dis- cuss everything from compost to earthworms to har- vesting seeds from homegrown fruits and veggies. braf.org There’s a lot of dynamism between the teachers and their students, who laugh mutually about the trial- and-errors aspect of coaxing fresh produce from the earth. Elwood makes them feel confident, cheerfully offer- ing, “You’re doing great. There are no mistakes in na- ture.” • 28 currents . third quarter twenty-ten BRCityStats.org. • BRCityStats.org. government. eral fed- the forfrom $4 leveraged be will says, CATS dollar, new Each budget. 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Man the footlights; become a member today at ManshipTheatre.org (225) 389-7222 40 currents . third quarter twenty-ten strained when it comes to “us” and unleashed against against unleashed and “us” when it to comes strained re- is violence species, social most In communities. of other members to opposed as communities, own of their members killing against inhibitions built in- have animals social and animals, social we are us? to easy come doesn’t killing or violence that reason evolutionary or abiological there Is human. uniquely That’s relationships. of cooperative network ramifying of avast, part is of us Each on. so and paper computers, cameras, the producing people of network immense the mention to distribution—not and photography, production writing, editing, in involved people the of all Think possible. magazine this makes that of coordination amount extraordinary of the think Just action. collective and cooperation of degree of ahigh capable creatures group-living we were beginning, From the communities. complex large, form to capacity our in largely lies aspecies as success of our secret The Smith: so? How Earth. on creatures sociable most the are humans You that said have work. idea of his underlying an is which on dehumanization, expands book next his 2007. fall, in Press out Due this Martin’s by St. published was other. each kill why humans to examine led him That nature. human standing of evolutionary biology Universityunder- where offor London, introduced to he significance was the O Yes. There are two factors involved. First of all, of all, First involved. factors two Yes. are There Animal: Dangerous Most The Human recent of most was War, Nature book His and the Origins which of psychotherapy,Skeptical a fromdoctoratethe field from switched that in philosophy earn to Smith Livingstone Smith why people kill. people why Smith Livingstone country, the in we asked David highest capita Batonthe murder rate Rouge among East in were there summer, nearly Batonver adozen per- murders in With twothe this Rouge. weeks Why people kill And what done be can to stop them By Mukul Verma | Illustration by Chris Ede by Chris Verma |Illustration Mukul By SPECIAL REPORT supremely cooperative activity, as was the slave trade, trade, slave the was as activity, cooperative supremely War a is groups. human other or oppress enslave kill, to together band to us it enables because dangerous, it. to attracted fatally are it and abhor We about violence. simultaneously ambivalent tempting. is violence and Yet side adark we have beings. human fellow our kill to us for difficult cally it psychologi- makes which violence, intra-community against inhibitions based biologically deep, our vates acti- humanity of acommon awareness munity.” This “com- human of one broad species—members single of a members as of ourselves conceive we can animals, other Unlike communities. more abstract larger, build to ability this we use and thought, pable of abstract ca- us make that brains powerful uniquely have mans We hu- beings. human Notwith so groups. breeding impossible. be would living social inhibitions, these have didn’t animals cial so- If outsiders. and aliens strangers, “them”—the Our highly cooperative nature makes us especially especially us makes nature cooperative highly Our We are nature. of human side Yes, other the that’s local more than nothing are communities Animal SPECIAL REPORT

baton rouge area foundation . braf.org 41 42 currents . third quarter twenty-ten ors of mass violence are madmen, but this isn’t gen- but this madmen, are violence of mass ors do? can men ordinary violence the show that examples you give Could them. killing to aversion an duces pro- this and community human broader of the bers mem- are people other that We recognize able to are earlier. mentioned inhibitions the with blessed we are But more importantly, erupt. to tends violence ters), disas of natural aftermath the (for example, scarce become resources and down break infrastructures cial one whywhen another.so- That’s atpolicing good combined. homicide and war by than suicide by lost are more lives year each fact, In uncommon. is killing rates, cide homi- high very with Jamaica, like countries the Even in one another. kill beings man the world? the in violence more there isn’t why pull, dark this With technology. military 21stwith century mixed mentality of stone-age cocktail adeadly is result The weapons. nuclear and bombs ter M-16s, clus- with equipped are we whereas stones, and sticks with one another killed cestors an- prehistoric But our us. to down passed been fortunately, un- has, and generations many over ancestors our into bred was violence for group penchant the aresult, As thrive. able to were sources, re- their or monopolize steal thereby and neighbors, their or enslave destroy could that groups ancestral violence. group-on-group blooded, cold- deliberate, in engage that mammals only the are we sociability, extreme our to thanks that, a paradox It is of Auschwitz. operation and construction the and SPECIAL REPORT People have a tendency to imagine that the purvey the that imagine to People atendency have are humans that is for this one reason course, Of It’s surprising how rarely hu- how rarely It’s surprising isn’t Those pretty. answer The this? we do do Why David Livingstone Smith - - Palestinians as subhuman animals. animals. subhuman as Palestinians describe Israelis while dogs, as Israelis describe Palestinians today and donkeys, and monkeys as Darfurians black to referred militias Janjaweed the Darfur, in genocide the During lice. and rats keys, mon- as Japanese the represented Americans II, World War During snakes. and Tutsi cockroaches as described Hutus of vermin; sorts other and rats as of them conceived and (subhumans) Untermenschen as Jews described Nazis The “inside.” human ally not re- are they beings, human like look they though others? we dehumanize do How between contending these two forces. deadlock the breaks Dehumanization beings. human ma- rusty with Tutsideath to neighbors their chopped who Hutus the Likewise, meeting). ataPTA into run you might that of people sort the were put they it, gist (as one psycholo camps death the women who ran men and the as well as Europe, eastern in of Jews tion execu- mass for the responsible squads killing mobile the were as beings, human ordinary respects, most in were, command high Nazi The genocide. violence: of form horrific most the Let’s consider true. erally When we dehumanize others, we imagine that al- that we imagine others, we dehumanize When the visceral horror of killing other other of killing horror visceral the to acquire their resources and and resources their acquire to others kill to tendency the cies: tenden- two between torn are beings human it, described I’ve one another. As dehumanize to ability our is factors powerful brutality possible? such make to mind human the in on goes What of acts. sorts these of performing capable all we are circumstance, right Under the nature. of human parcel and part are acts wicked terrible, these that recognize to portant im- It’s men. extremely ordinary were 1994 in Rwanda in chetes I think that one of the most most one of the that I think - titudes toward Native Americans and Chinese settlers settlers Chinese and Americans Native toward titudes at- similar were There pedigree. ahuman have didn’t therefore and souls, have didn’t they that believed Many subhuman. considered were descent African of people For history, much of U.S. hand. in hand go dehumanization and racism So human. than less are race of the members that imagine to is step next The others. from apart them sets that essence racial cial aspe- with “race” aseparate is some population that imagine to is step first the unfolds, process manizing dehu- athow we look the If book. my forthcoming abit about it in quite saying be I’ll and research rent racism? as such intolerance, in arole play also dehumanization Doesn’t respect. and sideration of con- worthy beings man hu- as than rather refuse, of as thought often are poor The have-nots. the wards to- haves of the attitude cal atypi- is sadly, that, And of violence. aform also is die and suffer to people allowing Callously shed. blood- involves violence all poor? the as such people, dehumanize other commonly us of many don’t violence, Besides purposes. farious ne- own for their tendency dehumanizing ploit the ex- others and groups gious reli- organizations, terrorist Governments, others. dehumanize to propaganda by persuaded often are remorse. people? other why we dehumanize do important, As I’m devoting a lot of attention to racism in mycur- in racism to alot of attention I’m devoting Yes, but remember, not people that mind in bear to important But it’s also or guilt feeling without them harm we can So human “inside.” they are not really like human beings, although they look we imaginethat dehumanize others, When we of race. • of race. idea very the combat to is racism combat to way best the and racism, combat to is dehumanization prevent to way best The reality. its affirm to them couraging en- than rather of race, illusion oppressive the from people We problem. liberate to the need exacerbating are They mistake. agrave making are diversity cial ra- celebrate we should that idea ple who promote the assumptions. assumptions. people’s of many grain the against goes obviously tion today. immigrants Mexican towards attitudes the much like U.S., the entering from races” “inferior these prevent to for regulations calls panicky were there and races, as seen were others many and Irish Russians, Italians, Jews, ago acentury For arace. example, as imagined be can population human any fact, In California. in Although their hearts are in the right place, peo- place, right the in are hearts their Although the tooth fairy. This posi- This fairy. tooth the and unicorns to we give that status same it the give We should real. something is race though as speaking stop we should basis—so no scientific it has because It’sfiction a fiction. pelling com- and dangerous narily ing dehumanization. dehumanization. ing prevent- towards way long a gone have we will racism, prevent we can If racism. is factors important most the dehumanization? work to can stop and organizations how individuals on ideas some you offer Could SPECIAL REPORT Race is an extraordi- an is Race one of that Ithink Sure.

baton rouge area foundation . braf.org 43 44 currents . third quarter twenty-ten tional source of financial stress for his family, Harry Harry family, his for stress of financial source tional addi- an of college cost the made had industry oil offshore the father’s work in his sidelined that betes munications sciences. sciences. munications com- in 2011in adegree with graduate to hewhere expects Hammond, in University Louisiana atSoutheastern nior se- incoming an He is college. of dream his achieve native, Angie an Harry, helped Fund Scholarship Barker Bringier Harry. 21-year-old the on in lives Parish Washington in people for young education to votion boy. Yeta small Barker’s de- was when Harry 1996 in denly humor, sud- died enduring and strength physical telligence, University. Stanford elite of campus the to Louisiana small-town from stretch cation edu in achievements pioneering whose family Parish J A sister’s earlier battle with cancer and the dia- the and cancer with battle earlier A sister’s and Twiley,The Marie of in- Barker, aman Bringier school board president from a Washington aWashington from president board school and counselor Barker, ateacher, guidance Hudson met never Bringier Harry arvis Learning Devotion to education continues continues education to Devotion in Barker scholarship spirit 387-6126 [email protected]. or (225) at Lowery Helen contacting by available is fund the on information More of recommendation. letters several and essay in-depth an ofscholarship, evidence significant includes process application The awarded. is scholarship the which for semester fall the for student afull-time as college or auniversity to acceptance and need financial demonstrated 2.7 higher, or of average point agrade include criteria The criteria. academic specific meet who schools, city Bogalusa including Parish, Washington in schools high public at students to available are scholarships Barker By Sara Bongiorni Sara By Legacy - three sons went on to teach in public schools or at the or atthe schools public in went teach on to sons three teacher. school elementary and apiano Barker, was Hudson Marie wife, His School. High Colored Franklinton the called later School, Hudson Marie wife, Sr. his Twiley Barker and ents, scholarship. of the said Harry ablessing,” as it is describe Ican way only “The said. All but one of the couple’s three daughters and and daughters butcouple’s one of the three All par- his and Barker for Bringier named is fund The Washington Parish Training Training Parish Washington then-segregated in pervisor su- and aprincipal as worked parents. and brother younger his to atribute as friends and family and Maude, wife, his of support special the with 1996 in scholarship the gan Barker, be- Lucius lings, U.S. of the that at24.1%,rate, twice nearly is poverty the where Parish, Washington rural in of race, regardless people, for young opportunities provide to tinues con- devotion That children. six of their each in education to adevotion instilled ple that cou- Barker, aFranklinton Twiley Barker Sr. Twiley Barker had sib- Barker of the One (Lucius Barker was at work on three other books, in books, other atwork on three was Barker (Lucius summer. this edition ninth its into going was that Constitution the and liberties on civil textbook a seminal of co-authors other Jr., Twiley Barker several late and the brother, another with co-author He is at Stanford. science of political emeritus Barker, aprofessor Lucius it,” said achieve possible as people young many as help to want nurse. aregistered was Calif., Leandro, of San Finch Partridge Marie late daughter, the third The Francisco. San in schools public the in taught Henry, Olevia late daughter, the Asecond University. atSouthern Deaf for the School for the teacher music and language sign a Rouge), Baton was in living and Felder (now retired Barker daughter, oldest Blanche The level. university him briefly back to Baton Baton to back briefly him brought academia in ney Illinois-Chicago. of University atthe faculty ence sci- political on the years many after year last died and of Illinois University at the degree doctorate his Jr., completed Barker who also Twiley of brother Barker Lucius said 1954. in degree doctorate his received Barker Lucius where atUrbana-Champaign, Illinois of Jr. University Twiley Barker the to brother followed then and Rouge, Baton in Southern from laude cum magna uated He grad- students. for black opportunities curtailed that racism the overcome lings sib- his and Barker Lucius helping in crucial history. tional na- and local in chapter of apainful lines front on the put them education work in family’s the when era, Rights Civil of the peril of the face the in of courage triumph the to alegacy It’s also lives. transform to of power education of the tapestry Currents to whentobiography, he spoke au- an and Marshall of Thurgood a biography cluding “Education is the key to life—it’s everything—and we everything—and life—it’s to key the is “Education Lucius Barker’s own jour- Barker’s own Lucius for way me there,” the paved “He was for education reverence parents’ His amultigenerational is story family’s Barker The .) - family. 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IBM is another knowledge knowledge another is IBM revolution. data celerating ac an center theof at working firms consulting and 70% for to competitors. 60% just to compared time, real in holdings worldwide in $27company’s billion of the 98% values reportedly that tem asys- created team engine. search unparalleled its through flowing data proprietary of volumes to cess ac- and engineers software top-notch had already Google that consider you until It extraordinary doesn’t seem ments. invest- short-term and cash its manage to shooters E Google is among a handful of software companies companies of software ahandful among is Google Google The software firm had hired investment sharp investment hired had firm software the learned Street The managers. vestment in unflappable shook year, Google this arlier Dig that data that Dig Networked cities are working smarter, better program will be a keynote speaker at the the at speaker a keynote be will program Excellence, the fifth annual summit will will summit annual fifth the Excellence, Smart Growth Summit in Baton Rouge. Rouge. Baton in Summit Growth Smart John B. Gordon of IBM’s Smarter Cities Cities Smarter IBM’s of Gordon B. John be held August 18-20, 2010. For a full For 2010. 18-20, afull August held be Created by the Center for Planning Planning for Center the by Created schedule, visit summit.cpex.org. By Mukul Verma - - - live in cities. The question: How will we manage this this we manage How will question: The cities. in live to expected world—are a more populous people—in of 70% 2050, By 2009. in time first for the population globe’s the half more than accommodated which eas, ar- urban into of people migration the is One venture. York New fewer in with even crime violent reduce works. planet how the improve to knowledge smart into data incomprehensible turning around tice prac- entire an built has company The behemoth. The IBM Smarter Planet initiative has helped to to helped has initiative Planet Smarter IBM The trends underlie the the underlie trends three says project, Cities Smarter IBM’s in a director table. ket to mar- to farm from chips radio with meat tracked even and smartcards with bottlenecks traffic dissolved street, on the cops John B. Gordon, Gordon, B. John to make the roads more congested. roads the make to projected was growth clogged—and become zone had trade economic the to leading bridge and roadway done But so. a had state Australian the in growth for targeted area An aproblem. had Queensland software. Maximo IBM’s after Steve Maximo is Twitter name his that enthusiast an why.” met and not being are He’slevels such become service where understand really to us it enables time, first city. “For for the the asuperintendent Klepper, said. Gordon connected,” was it realize didn’t they for them; insight adramatic was “That expenses. reduced when solved problem that real the to city the other, alerting each near who lived of residents percentage asmall by reported being were 33% of problems that revealed software the stance, one in- In employees. city to information spatial vides better and fix things before they break,” said Gordon. Gordon. said break,” they before things fix and better operate cities help and other each to relate trends the how predict we can before; ever than it faster analyze project. Cities Smarter IBM an in don’t sewers overflow ensuring are Ind., Bend, South in covers on manhole sensors real-time For world works. how instance, the improve to edge knowl- usable into turned be can data sources, of new types all from created being and pace mind-boggling do,” to he says. thing easy not an is changes these “And making updated. be must capacity, portation trans- and water energy, as such infrastructure, city of yesteryear, populations for smaller Built ond trend. Gordon. asks services?” straining over- without grows of life quality the so of services level “right the providing population, urban swelling while also managing daily operations. operations. daily managing also while residents, to back report and problems to quickly respond city the lets system The roadways. and network water sewers, infrastructure—the its together tie to software deployed Texas, Christi, Corpus In spending nearly $2 billion on an upgrade, upgrade, on an billion $2 nearly spending In Stephen says exciting,” very is analysis spatial “The Here are examples of Smarter Cities projects. Cities of Smarter examples Here are it and capture we can more we have data, “Because ata Growing third: the is two first the Offsetting sec- the illuminates areas urban in residing Billions The software integrates a mapping system that pro- that system amapping integrates software The time in the past 24 years. • 24 past years. the in time atany Yorkthan New day in up given locked on any offenders. nab quickly to cops send dispatchers letting whereabouts, known recent to related are names Criminal victim. a by described tattoo acriminal’s as such data, scene crime scantest the from perpetrators potential identify can cops Center. 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Five metro trends The U.S. faces five new realities that are redefining growing more rapidly as well, especially in suburban who we are, where and with whom we live and how communities that were not designed with these we provide for our own welfare, says the Brookings populations in mind. Institution in its comprehensive review of the state of metro areas. Uneven higher educational attainment: More than For the report, Brookings looked at the top 100 metro one-third of U.S. adults held a post-secondary degree areas, including Baton Rouge, which it ranked at No. in 2008, up from one-quarter in 1990. But there has 67 in population with 774,327 residents in 2009. been a falloff among younger adults with college Brooking said the five realities are: degrees, particularly in large metro areas. And African Americans and Hispanics in metros are 20% behind The growth and spread of metro areas. More whites and Asians in obtaining college degrees. people are living in cities, with the top metro areas Income polarization: Not only is the income growing by 10.5% from 2000 to 2009, compared to gap widening, but typical American households are 5.8% for outlying areas. Less-developed, outer rings earning less money. Inflation-adjusted income for of metro areas grew more than three times the rate of American households declined by more than $2,000 cities and inner suburbs. between 1999 and 2008. Large metro areas stood at Population diversification. The current one- the vanguard of these troubling trends. By 2008, high- third non-white population accounted for 83% of wage workers in metro areas out-earned their low- national population growth from 2000 to 2008. One- wage counterparts by a ratio of more than five to one, fourth of U.S. children have at least one immigrant and the number of their residents living in poverty had parent. Brookings says this coming-of-age generation risen 15% since 2000. will stand at the precipice of a transition to a non-white majority in three decades. Large metro areas will reach that milestone first.

Aging population. Large metro areas are in some ways aging faster, with their 55-to-64-year-old population increasing 45% from 2000 to 2008. As a result, their single-person households are

Where Baton Rouge metro ranks for people driving alone to work. Eighty-four percent of residents commuted alone to work in 2008, says Brookings Institution in its State of the Metropolitan America report, which reviewed the top 100 metro areas. currents . third quarter twenty-ten quarter third . currents

52 Let potholes be A new shock absorber by Levant Pop-up video Power of Cambridge, Mass., converts the everyday jolts of Your cell phone rings; an image of the caller pops up in three driving into energy, reducing dimensions. That strange future is already at hand in South energy use in vehicles from 1.5% Korea, where Samsung has included the software to turn 2D to 6%. images into 3D ones­—no embarrassing glasses required.

With each jar, the shock The software was created by Dynamic Digital Depth’s Julien absorber pumps oil inside it over Flack. It estimates the depth of different images­—a mountain, for a tiny transformer to convert instance, is computed in the background—to create two distinct mechanical energy into electrical images that trick the mind into sensing depth, says Technology energy. The absorber looks Review, an MIT publication that included the software in its no different than those on the annual list of Top 10 transformative inventions. market, except for the wire that hooks up to a vehicle’s central Dynamic Digital’s software works best on cell phones, where one electrical system. Levant says person is viewing images at a specific angle. But it can be used the absorbers provide a return for larger displays, including 3D TV sets. Consumers can expect on investment in 18 months. We more 3D cell phones in coming years. And that may lead to novel suspect the payback is quicker new touch interfaces and smarter phones. when riding on Louisiana streets.

Oily response

Using open source software, Tulane University Louisiana to other parts of students partnered with designers to create Oil the coast. Spill Crisis Map, a means to track what was The open source software happening on the ground and the water. was created by Ushahidi, Online submissions, Tweets, texts and emails which means “testimony” from people experiencing the spill’s effects in Swahili. The software were mapped on the site. People visiting the and site were initially developed to map site, particularly over time, could see the reports of violence in Kenya after the post- creeping devastation as the number of reported election fallout at the beginning of 2008. The incidents—oil in marshes, oystermen out of site was used to track devastation after Haiti, business and so on—grew and spread from allowing quicker relief to victims. baton rougefoundation area . braf.org

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Off the grid Flower bomb When given the chance, the Village of Downers Grove Germinating in California, where crazy pitched toward a hopeful notions often are put to the test, here comes the future. A neighborhood in the seedbomb. Illinois hamlet is the first to Put some coins in a vending machine to get reportedly have street lights your seedbomb, a ball of clay, compost and powered only by renewable seeds. You now are a terrorist for beauty. Just energy. toss the seedbomb into a blighted space—a A turbine and solar panel vacant lot, median, cracked sidewalk—give it charge batteries hidden within some time and watch plants and flowers bloom. the light poles. The poles use Seedbomb is the happy brainchild of energy-sipping LED lights. Commonstudio, a design studio that focuses on The batteries store three days worth of backup power. urban ecology, social enterprise and adaptive Manufactured by King Luminaire, bulbs in the hybrid reuse. street light last up to 100,000 hours, compared to 10,000 There are only a handful for a conventional streetlight. Over 30 years, the 25 of seedbomb vending streetlights will save more than 500,000 kilowatts of machines in the country, electricity and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by almost but you can buy 350 tons. Cost of the project, installation included, was seedbombs online at $282,500. TheCommonStudio. com. At the site, seedbombers can post bombed locations on a map as well. Here comes the sun Because a genius was among the founders of Semprius, you would expect something extraordinary from the Durham, N.C., tech startup. Joe Carr, CEO, who was awarded a genius grant from the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation, has created a solar cell printing press that uses gallium arsenide to produce twice the energy from the same amount of sunlight than conventional solar cells. The modules produce power at $2 to $3 per watt, which makes them competitive in the market. The company is expected to begin producing cells in larger quantities by the 26 hours end of 2010. Funding has come from the Amount of time the Solar Impulse, a solar federal government and engineering giant plane, spent aloft in a trial run. To conserve Siemens. energy, the plane flies at 28 miles per hour when the sun isn’t shining. currents . third quarter twenty-ten quarter third . currents

54 Healthy food for inner city Inner city residents have a hard time making groceries. Stores are far away and mass transit often is difficult to use. Just try to lug armloads of groceries on a bus.

Baltimore may have an answer.

The city has partnered with the local library and a local grocer to offer deliveries. Residents order food online, using library computers if they lack the Internet at home. The supermarket delivers the groceries at a designated time to library branches. Baltimore is expanding delivery points to some parks.

By pooling deliveries, customers can avoid a delivery fee and a minimum spending requirement.

Baltimore has partnered with a design firm to brand, advertise and market the online supermarket. Says the city’s website, “The virtual supermarket will transform urban food deserts into neighborhoods that enjoy convenient, rapid access to less expensive, healthy food.”

Cleaning up

In Washington, D.C., residents would park in the streets, requiring street sweepers to circumvent them. For each car parked in the street, the sweeper would miss the equivalent of three parking spaces. The trash left behind would be swept away by rain, fouling the Potomac River.

To solve the problem, the D.C. Department of Welcome alert Public Works created the Sweepercam, which is used by drivers to take pictures on-the-fly Soon, victims of domestic violence will be able to sleep a of license plates on illegally parked cars and bit easier. to pinpoint the vehicles’ locations with GPS. The images are used to send tickets to the Connecticut is trying a pilot program that is likely to miscreants. catch on across the country. There, 21 high-risk violent offenders are wearing GPS monitors. GPS receivers Other jurisdictions, including Pittsburgh, are carried by the victims and the police are alerted when looking to implement the solution. offenders tamper with monitors or break a court- established buffer zone.

The project was funded with $140,000 in stimulus funds, and the governor has pledged to expand it. baton rougefoundation area . braf.org

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Apply for the OldOld South South Baton Baton Rouge Rouge andand ScotlandvilleScotlandville HomeownerHomeowner Occupied Occupied What is it? The Center for Planning Excellence is offering a Homeowner Occupied Rehabilitation Grant Program to Home Fix-Up assist in the repair, rehabilitation, or Home Fix-Up reconstruction of homes to bring them Program up to the property standards defined by HOME, up to physical codes, and to improve efficiency and handicapped accessibility. The program offers funding between $5,000 and $25,000 per home.

Requirements Eligible low-income homeowners must reside in single-family homes located in the communities of Scotlandville and Old South Baton Rouge (see program requirements and map in the application). Applications due by July 26th! Download an application at www.cpex.org or call 225-267-6300 for more information.

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What is it? Application Pickup Locations: The Center for Planning Excellence (C-PEX) is offering a Homeowner Occupied Rehabilitation Grant Program to assist in the repair, rehabilitation, or reconstruction 1 of homes to bring them up to the property standards Mini-Dome defined by HOME, up to physical codes, and to improve 1 Jesse Stone Ave

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