The Katrina Index: Making a living
From the Institute's report, Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action, released this week.
Economy and Jobs
Number of jobs lost in the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina: 118,000
Percent of stores, malls and restaurants that remain closed in New Orleans: 25
Value of Gulf Opportunity Zone projects approved to date in Louisiana to stimulate business recovery: $4.5 billion
Number of GO Zone projects located in New Orleans: 1
Number of luxury condos a developer plans to build with GO Zone tax breaks near the University of Alabama, four hours from the coast: 10
Months after Katrina struck that the Small Business Administration finished processing loan applications submitted for the storms: 21
Percent of Katrina contracts that went to Louisiana small businesses as of April 2007, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to pledge an increase in contract awards: 12.5
Percent that went to Louisiana small businesses four months later: 7.4
Number of Katrina contracts that federal agencies claimed had gone to Louisiana small businesses, but were later revealed to have gone to big companies or ineligible recipients: 259
Value of wages the U.S. Labor Department has recovered from contractors that failed to pay their employees: $5.4 million
Rank of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” Casino and Resort among largest private development projects proposed on the Mississippi coast: 1
Rank of “can’t pay for move” among reasons those displaced by Katrina say they aren’t coming back to Louisiana: 1
Economy and Jobs
Number of jobs lost in the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina: 118,000
Percent of stores, malls and restaurants that remain closed in New Orleans: 25
Value of Gulf Opportunity Zone projects approved to date in Louisiana to stimulate business recovery: $4.5 billion
Number of GO Zone projects located in New Orleans: 1
Number of luxury condos a developer plans to build with GO Zone tax breaks near the University of Alabama, four hours from the coast: 10
Months after Katrina struck that the Small Business Administration finished processing loan applications submitted for the storms: 21
Percent of Katrina contracts that went to Louisiana small businesses as of April 2007, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to pledge an increase in contract awards: 12.5
Percent that went to Louisiana small businesses four months later: 7.4
Number of Katrina contracts that federal agencies claimed had gone to Louisiana small businesses, but were later revealed to have gone to big companies or ineligible recipients: 259
Value of wages the U.S. Labor Department has recovered from contractors that failed to pay their employees: $5.4 million
Rank of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” Casino and Resort among largest private development projects proposed on the Mississippi coast: 1
Rank of “can’t pay for move” among reasons those displaced by Katrina say they aren’t coming back to Louisiana: 1
Labels: Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, katrina two year anniversary
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