one of the first construction projects in the upper ninth ward after katrina. it was just complete devastation. it was the strangest, most surreal experience i had. i first visited the village when it was just a concept. it is a planned community the size of five city blocks, a musicians village, where right now, there s nothing. today, more than 80 houses have been built by habitat for humanity and have been sold to musicians through interest-free mortgages. heart to heart and soul to soul we ll get through it jesse moore and chip wilson are two local musicians who became neighbors in the village and then decided to work together. i m not sure there was a design in terms of how this was supposed to work. but it worked. but bringing life back to the streets of abandoned neighborhoods would require a lot more from a city government already broken before the storm hit. coming up, the issues laid bare by hurricane katrina.
jahan is now a healthy, lively 5-year-old who seems to have no memory of those dark days at the convention center. go ahead. leeann hasn t returned to new orleans since the storm. she can t afford it, but she s eager to go back. it s a voice in my head with a little birdie saying do you want to go back and check it out to give you either closure to not go back, or to go back. and i m not saying everything was so great before. it s just it was my home. coming up heart to heart and soul to soul we ll get through it coming back from disaster. these homes have exceeded my expectations. it s illogical to build it any other way. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless too?
ellis marsellis, started the mur zigss village. one of the first construction projects in the ninth ward after katrina. it was the strangest more surreal experience i had. i first visited the village when it was just a concept. it is a planned community, the size of five city blocks. a musicians village where right now, there s nothing. today more than 80 houses have been built by habitat for humanity and have been sold to musicians through interest-free mortgages. heart to heart and soul to soul we ll get through it jessie and chip are two musicianes who became neighbors in the village and decided to work together. i m not sure there was a design? terms of how this was supposed to work, but it worked. but bringing life back to the streets of abandoned neighborhoods would require a lot more from a city government
surreal experience i had. i first visited the village when it was just a concept. it is a planned community the size of five city blocks, a musicians village, where right now, there s nothing. today, more than 80 houses have been built by habitat for humanity, and have been sold to musicians through interest-free mortgages. heart to heart and soul to soul we ll get through it jesse moore and chip wilson are two local musicians who became neighbors in the villaged and then decided to work together. i m not sure there was a design in terms of how this wasd supposed to work, but it worked. but bringing life back to the streets of abandoned neighborhoods would requira lot more from a city government already broken before the storm hit. coming up, the issues laid bare by hurricane katrina up close. eveone was angry but african-americans saw this as a
days at the convention center. go ahead. leeann hasn t returned to new orleans since the storm. she can t afford it. but she s eager to go back. it s a voice in my head with a little birdie saying do you want to go back and check it out to give you either closure to not go back, or to go back. and i m not saying everything was so great before. it s just it was my home. coming up heart to heart and soul to soul we ll get through it coming back from disaster. these homes have exceeded my expectations. it s illogical to build any other way. i do a lot of different kinds of exercise,