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Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Summary: 
Follow along live as President Obama travels to New Orleans to meet with the Mayor and residents who have rebuilt their lives since the storm.

This blog post will be updated throughout as the President travels to New Orleans to meet with the Mayor and residents who have rebuilt their lives since the storm.

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Trip Schedule:

EDT

10:45AM        The President departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
11:00AM        The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to New Orleans, Louisiana

CDT

12:20PM         The President arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana
12:45PM         The President meets with residents and youth, New Orleans, Louisiana
2:55PM           The President participates in a resilience roundtable, Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center, New Orleans, LA
3:55PM           The President delivers remarks, Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center, New Orleans, LA
5:00PM           The President departs New Orleans en route to Washington, DC

 


 

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98% of families displaced by Katrina are back in their homes.

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We've provided more than $5.2 billion since 2009 for rebuilding schools, hospitals, roads, police and fire stations, and historic museums and buildings.

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We’re supporting high-growth, high-wage industries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

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Get the Facts

Since taking office, President Obama has made it a key priority to continue and expedite the recovery and rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, by:

  • Supporting the needs of survivors
  • Bolstering the recovery efforts already underway by state, local, and federal officials by cutting red tape to deploy important resources quickly
  • Investing in hard-hit communities
  • Ensuring that affected communities build back stronger and more resilient
  • The President has directed his Administration to take an all-of-nation approach — to work closely with and support the work of all of our partners, including state and local governments, tribal and volunteer organizations, the private sector, and families

10 years after Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast is building back stronger and more resilient:

98% of families displaced by Katrina are back in their homes.
We've provided more than $5.2 billion since 2009 for rebuilding schools, hospitals, roads, police and fire stations, and historic museums and buildings.

Read more on the Administration's post-Katrina recovery efforts.

See what community-building programs are already at work in your area with this interactive map.

Share how you’ve seen these programs at work in your community. If you’ve got a photo, share that with us, too.

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