Wednesday Day 3

Today we had a chance to be a part of something exceptional. Corey, our Americorps worker received an urgent call from a women who was in danger of losing her property in the Lower 9th. The Center had renovated her home in a different location, but this property, where once sat a community center, would be taken over by the city because it was considered blighted. According to the notice she had until a hearing on Friday to show that the property was being tended to and not neglected. So Corey called John Paolini and his team and they headed over to the Lower 9th. According to Phuoc the weeds were over her head. With the combined efforts of our team and the New York team, and a bit of equipment, the lot was cleared, and photos were taken for the court. Corey said this was the best he'd felt since he bagan working here. He felt fortunate to be able to have the people power to remedy a difficult situation and save this women's property that has been in her family for years.