Rain, rain, won’t go away; let’s manage storm water a better way.
Slow your Flow! Green landscapes help to: 1) Slow the flow of rain drainage; 2) Curb street flooding; and 3) Restore our water table
When it rains, it pours in New Orleans. Did you know Louisiana is one of the rainiest states in the country? And climate change means more rain is coming.
Our beautiful, bowl-shaped city needs better practices to manage all the water that inundates our city in a storm.
We believe the answer lies in training up indigenous leaders to find and build solutions.
New Orleans is at the forefront of climate change. When we get a major rain event, our streets flood and our property is damaged. We are working to alleviate the impact of stormwater by teaching Black, Indigenous, and people of color to install better, green infrastructure.
At this NOEW in your Neighborhood event, Thrive New Orleans will share (1) how we train up a local workforce to install green landscaping and (2) how we develop small business’ capacity to win contracts in green infrastructure.
Watch how we roll. We’re going to walk the walk while we talk the talk. We’ll be doing a live demo of a green landscape installation — all at our training center in the 9th Ward’s Desire neighborhood.
Stories of a Thriving New Orleans
Thrive New Orleans at NOEW 2024
Co-hosted by Thrive New Orleans as part of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) A special Climate Resilience: Our Future Depends On It panel will take place where a panel of local and national leaders convene to speak on successfully coping with and managing the...
Thrive New Orleans receives $750,000 grant from The United States Economic Development Administration
Thrive New Orleans is happy to announce its $750,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to support expansion of the green industry sector through workforce training, infrastructure solution development, and minority-owned business growth. The...
Living With Water: How Thrive New Orleans is working to make residents safer and prosperous (Kresge Foundation)
The Kresge Foundation just published a special two-part series, With Water, highlighting the impact and importance of Thrive New Orleans. These print and audio interviews go in-depth to show how our organization is creating a pipeline of economic opportunity with our...