In celebration of its centennial year, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) has announced Pontchartrain Conservancy, in partnership with the YMCA of Greater New Orleans, as awardees of $100,000. Our mission: resilient wastewater systems for Plaquemines parish. This award is a part of GNOF's Next 100 Years Challenge, launched in March of this year, investing a total of $1.2 million in the region.
The million-dollar Next 100 Years Challenge is a regional competition designed to inspire and attract plans for community-centered and cost-effective infrastructure improvements, including nature-based solutions, in 13 parishes of Southeast Louisiana that will reduce the threat from storms and other disasters.
The million-dollar Next 100 Years Challenge is a regional competition designed to inspire and attract plans for community-centered and cost-effective infrastructure improvements, including nature-based solutions, in 13 parishes of Southeast Louisiana that will reduce the threat from storms and other disasters.