Six Years After Hurricane Katrina, Grassroots Organizations Lead Gulf Recovery
Community Leaders Across the Gulf Coast Call for National Support
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29, 2011 — Six years after Hurricane Katrina, poor and low-income residents, African-Americans, immigrants, indigenous populations, and other at-risk communities living along the Gulf Coast report that the…
50,000 Facebook Fans Toast Gulf Coast with New Song
SOUTH WALTON, Fla., May 4, 2011 — One year ago, there wasn’t much cause for celebration or song along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A, a 20-mile stretch of pristine white-sand beaches tucked quietly between Destin and Panama City. But these days, the only talk of oil here is for sunbathi…
100 Small Town Mobile App Entrepreneurs Join Forces
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla., March 15, 2011 — A simple concept that began as an iPhone guide for a small beach town on Florida’s Gulf Coast has sparked an entrepreneurial trend that’s quickly spread to 110 towns in 28 states and 3 countries.
“I never expected this,” said Mike Ra…
Small Town Entrepreneurs Race to Establish Mobile Brands
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 21, 2010 — While mobile app developers such as Yelp and Urbanspoon cater to large metropolitan cities, small town entrepreneurs are racing to establish dominant mobile brands in their local neighborhoods. In fact, so strong is the demand that some communities are eve…
Report Finds Nation Has Yet to Address Key Failures Exposed by Katrina
Study Identifies Key Tasks Ahead for Gulf Coast Recovery; Community Leadership Key to Success
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 31, 2010 — According to a new report by the non-profit Institute for Southern Studies, many of the problems exposed in the botched federal response to Katrina — from breakdowns…
Gulf Coast Fund Reports 53 Million Gallons of Oil Remain in Gulf, Disaster Not Over
Mental Health Crisis Looms as Jobs Disappear; Toxic Dispersant Still Being Used; Unsafe Seafood Threatens Commercial Fishing and Human Health; Dead Wildlife Washing Ashore
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18, 2010 — Nearly 4 months after the explosion that caused the BP oil disaster, the Gulf Coast Fund (http…
Breitling Oil and Gas Corp. Readies 2010 Re-Entry Plan for BREITLING-BURR #1 Prospect
IRVING, Texas, March 11, 2010 — Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent producer based in Irving, Texas, plans to begin re-entry of the BREITLING-BURR #1, the first well prospect in its newly formed “Gulf Coast On-Shore Expansion” initiative.
Breitling presently owns a…
All Proceeds Earmarked for Two Volunteer Service Organizations in New Orleans and Coastal Mississippi
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2009 — Top artists from the worlds of country, folk, blues, gospel and Cajun music have put their talents where their hearts are in “Forgotten but Not Gone̶…
Provocative New Collection of Testimonies on Hurricane Katrina
Gavin Richard Challenges Readers to Question Events Surrounding Katrina in New Nonfiction
BATON ROUGE, La., May 22, 2009 — Almost four years after Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans in August of 2005, and forever transformed the makeup, culture and history of the “City that Care…
