The Nola Files

Doing Good - Featuring the great organizations we have had the pleasure to work with, those of us helping New Orleans tackle it's many issues / Curious Tourist - Some common questions about the city we hear from visitors / Interviews - Our chance to talk to interesting follks in hte community / The Index - This is a rolling A-Z of topics that have shaped the city / The Dirt - Our own ramblings, experiences and opinions

The Dirt

Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition Contest

Submit your slogan ideas for our restore the coast contest. The 3 best ideas will be chosen in 2 weeks.

The Debris Ep. 7: "Nueva Orleans"

According to a study by the Data Center, the Hispanic population of the New Orleans metro area has nearly doubled since the year 2000.

The Debris Ep. 6: "Houston"

Nearly a quarter of a million people evacuated to Houston from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and in 2006 there were still about 150,000 Katrina evacuees in the Bayou City.

The Debris Ep. 5: "On The Road" Feat. David Byrne

You don't realize how much you appreciate traffic lights until you have to drive around a city without any. 

The Debris Ep. 4: "Generations"

Episode four of our ongoing podcast series with WWNO.org. This episode focuses on the storm's impact across the generations of New Orleanians that weathered the years together - young and old.

The Debris Ep. 3: "Ingredients"

Katrina: The Debris, Ep. 3 "Ingredients" explores bringing back New Orleans dining and service industry after the flood.

The Design Timeline - 2006

Coming up on 10 years in business we looked back at our records and put this list of our designs together. We will post them year by year.

The Design Timeline - 2005

All of our designs since our founding, starting with year one: 2005.

The Debris Ep. 2: "Green Dot"

Episode two of our ongoing podcast series with WWNO.org. This episode's focus is on the Green Dots, places where homes and businesses would give way to green space, shrinking the city..

The Debris Ep. 1: "Weather"

Episode one of our ongoing podcast series with WWNO.org. This episode's focus is on weather forecasting.

A Ship of Fools: Capt. Jindal and the S.S. LFF

Jindal may have just solidified himself as Wallace 2.0 in the civil rights battle of our age: equality for the LGBT community. Fifty years from now, probably five years from now, you can bet Bobby...

When I moved my family out of the French Quarter

By Chris Rose When I moved my family out of the French Quarter this spring, I joked to friends that the population of children in the Vieux Carre had just decreased by 40 percent. And that’s prob...

The Journal

Here we share things we find interesting about New Orleans and the Gulf South, organizations and people that deserve more attention and answer some questions about the area.

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