Rebuilding New Orleans' Keller Center and Library
Summary
The Rosa F. Keller Center and Library will serve New Orleans' Broadmoor community as an innovative community center and public library, providing information, literature, & knowledge to residents.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Rebuilding Keller to serve the needs of Broadmoor residents is an essential component of rebuilding the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Broadmoor residents will directly benefit from the available meeting and gathering space; from access to wireless internet and public computers; from access to office space, copy and fax machines; and from an innovative 21st century library and community center with strong technological capacity.
Activities
Rosa F. Keller Center and Library will provide meeting space for the community; will supply access to wireless internet and public computers; house a library and community café; and will serve core library and technological needs of the community.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $991
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $499,009
Total Funding Goal: $500,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The Rosa F. Keller Library was the central community building – serving as the social and cultural hub of the neighborhood. In post-Katrina New Orleans, it will serve as a community beacon, providing information, literature, and knowledge.
Project Message
“As a community, we have worked hard since the storm to improve our neighborhood. One of the most important projects is the renovation and improvement of the Rosa F. Keller Library."
- LaToya Cantrell, President, Broadmoor Improvement Association
Who is Running This Project
Contact
LaToya Cantrell,
President, Broadmoor Improvement Association
4514 South Derbigny Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125
United States
504.650.3278
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
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Broadmoor Improvement Association 4514 South Derbigny Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 United States 504.650.3278 http://broadmoorimprovement.com |
Learn more about Broadmoor Improvement Association and the project team.
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When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on December 21, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 03, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
AT&T Awards $50,000 Grant to Provide Rosa F. Keller Library and Center with 21st Century Technology
By KC Coffey - Community Development Officer, December 21, 2007 06:22 PM
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 11, 2007 AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today a $50,000 grant that will equip the Rosa F. Keller Library and Center with advanced telecommunications services and equipment to provide residents of the Broadmoor area with access to wireless Internet and public computers.
The grant from the AT&T Foundation, the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc., will assist the Broadmoor Improvement Association and Broadmoor Development Corp. in restoring the library and community center, which has been identified by the city of New Orleans as one of 17 Target Recovery Zones. Renovations of the facility, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, are expected to begin in January 2008.
“AT&T remains committed to the city of New Orleans and to the community’s ongoing recovery efforts,” said William A. Oliver, president, AT&T Louisiana. “Our company’s tradition of service to New Orleans dates back more than 100 years, and AT&T is committed to the city’s rebuilding efforts. We are pleased to award this grant to an organization as deserving as the Broadmoor Improvement Association.”
The facility serves as the historic Broadmoor neighborhood’s social and cultural hub. The reconstructed building, located in the heart of the historic Broadmoor neighborhood, will house a state-of-the-art library and a vibrant community center.
"When Broadmoor residents formulated their neighborhood rebuilding plan, they recognized the need to link the past with the future," said LaToya Cantrell, president of the
Broadmoor Improvement Association. "Our library symbolically represents that idea an architecturally significant neighborhood building transforming into a 21st century library with AT&T technology connecting Broadmoor to the rest of the world."
The library reconstruction project is the centerpiece of the Broadmoor Redevelopment Plan, a comprehensive rebuilding strategy inspired and shaped by the neighborhood residents themselves.
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