Our Water problem:
New Orleans is commonly described as a “bowl” because of how heavily the city floods.
Rain falls onto concrete and slips right off into the drains. The overwhelming amount of water thats runs off of the concrete fills the pumps. Once the pumps are full, the city floods. Flooding threatens everyone who lives in the city.
Our system pumps water out as fast as it can into the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. While this gets a lot of the water out of the city, the city slowly sinks as the river and lake waters rise. This makes the problem worse each time it floods.
Thrive’s Solution
Training Business Owners to lead Green Infrastructure projects
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Teaching dedicated workers to install the green designs
*Green Infrastructure is a term that describes many different ways to construct buildings, homes, and spaces while maintaining the natural environment and eco-systems and reducing flooding and water run-off.
Our Completed Green Infrastructure Sites Across the City
Ms. Yolanda's Gentilly Home
Completed June of 2021
Ms. Peggy's Gentilly Home
Ms. Karen's Gentilly Home
Completed August 2021
Ms. Denise's Gentilly Home
Completed June 2021
The Wilsons' Gentilly Home
Completed August 2021
Stronger Hope Baptist Church Outdoor Spaces Installation
Completed April 2021
Jerusalem Baptist Church Permeable Lot Installation
Completed June 2021
How can we live in harmony with our environment?
We – in the South and in Louisiana – have water as a valuable resource.
Instead of looking at it as “get the water out.. get it away,” we need to learn how to co-exist with that water.
We can do that through good management and proper, functional designs.
The impact of the [green infrastructure] work that we’re doing here is huge.
I think it’s going to help pretty much the whole city.
– Greg Nixon, One of our Thrive Launch Business Green Program Graduates, Ubuntu Construction
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1433 North Claiborne Ave.
New Orleans, LA. 70116
Phone: 504.564.7739