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President's Message
 
Parish President Craig P. Taffaro, Jr. would like to welcome you to St. Bernard Parish

St. Bernard Parish is located just five miles from downtown New Orleans with easy access to all that the city offers. St. Bernard has much to offer on its own as a place to live or visit. St. Bernard has a rich history with its most famous occurrence being the site of the Battle of New Orleans which effectively ended the War of 1812.
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Parish President Craig Taffaro's Current Report

June 16, 2009

Council Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today marked an important step in reaching another milestone in the Recovery and Growth of our parish. With the groundbreaking of The Islenos Complex and Violet Park #2, two eastern parish projects are officially underway. With the partnership with FEMA, GOHSEP, CDM, Trapolin Architects, and The Islenos Society, the 1.7 million dollar project is expected to be complete in January 2010. The same partnerships are in place for Violet #2 and with the addition of a partnership with the late Gatien Livaudais and the Borgnemouth Realty Group the improved park will be a reality in July of this year. Tomorrow's groundbreaking at the Fred Sigur Civic Center will start the clock in the anticipation of the final repairs and improvements to the auditorium. Simultaneous activity for roof replacement, selected demolition, store front replacement, and the final asbestos removal process are underway and the bid for the final construction phase will begin July 1, 2009. Next week we anticipate continuing to celebrate more ground breaking activity with fire stations #6 and #8 as well as groundbreaking for the animal control shelter. We are quickly zeroing in on the goal of having all recovery related projects bid and underway by the end of this year. Our local Recovery Team and the spirit of the residents and local business owners continue to lead the way to a successful recovery.


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