FEMA: Week in Review Louisiana Recovery Office New Orleans, LA   Calendar  
Dec. 19: Rev. Percy M. Griffin YMCA and Community Center Ribbon Cutting, Davant, La. Jan. 6: Colton School Groundbreaking, New Orleans, La. Jan. 6: Learning Center Ribbon Cutting, Port Sulphur, La. FEMA Blog  
December 11 to December 17, 2010  
Events  
 Aycock Barn  
A grand opening/ribbon cutting celebration was held for the Aycock Barn/Open Air Seafood Market in Old Arabi in St. Bernard Parish on Dec. 15.   FEMA is happy to be launching our first-ever blog, which will be another tool we use to communicate directly  
with you – our partners in  
The new, family friendly structure will  emergency management –  
have fountains for children as well as  and with our customers: the  
facilities for vendors, including those  American people. It will  
selling seafood and local produce.   feature daily posts from our Administrator, Craig Fugate and other senior leaders across our agency. Check out  
Fannie C. Williams K-8 School  his inaugural post at blog.fema.gov  
The Recovery School District held a  
 
groundbreaking on Dec. 14 for Fannie  Secondary Programmatic  
C. Williams School. This project is part  Agreement  
of RSD’s Master Plan and will be funded through the $1.216 billion grant written for RSD facility construction. The new K-8 facility will be an estimated 96,000  FEMA, the state, and consulting parties have been working towards completion of a state specific  
square feet, 2-story concrete masonry  Programmatic Agreement to  
and steel structure. It will be built on the  create streamlined historic  
pre-Katrina school site.  preservation compliance review procedures and address treatment of adverse  
Crocker Elementary School  affects from hazard mitigation activities funded  
A groundbreaking ceremony was held  Dec.  through FEMA’s 404 Hazard  
16 to celebrate the beginning of construction  Mitigation Grant Program. If  
on Crocker Elementary School. The  you would like to find out  
Recovery School District intends to build a  more about the Secondary  
new three-story pre-K through 8 grade  Programmatic Agreement,  
elementary school. Crocker Elementary is  please go to http://  
one of more than 80 projects that will be  www.fema.gov/hazard/  
constructed with funding from the recently  hurricane/2005katrina/  
approved $1.837 billion in grant funding for  index.shtm. You will find  
the Orleans Parish School Board and the  information under “Program  
Recovery School District.    Updates.”  
Housing Update: Katrina/Rita: 544 occupied units Gustav/Ike: 184 occupied units  
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first  responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.