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Waiting For Recovery, Eager To Plan

Posted by: Christian Peralta Madera
Thanks to: Jennifer Cowley
21 September 2006 - 10:00am

More than half of the residents in the small unincorporated community of Henderson Point, Mississippi, turned out to help begin planning for the rebuilding of their completely devastated community.

Only 20 homes were left standing after Hurricane Katrina decimated this small seaside community. Despite the total destruction, the citizens of Henderson Point have united together to work on a rebuilding plan.

"During part of [a recent community] meeting audience members eagerly took live votes via an electronic voting system (the same kind used in New York City to vote on how to rebuild Ground Zero) on what kind of dwellings and development they wanted to see in town. Every time residents were asked to vote on anything that even resembled a condominium development, more than three-quarters rejected it."

Full Story: Residents patient, willing to plan
Source: Biloxi Sun-Herald, September 17, 2006
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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