Councilwoman hails planning cash

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Rockefeller group set to give $3.5 million
Thursday, April 20, 2006
By Coleman Warner
Staff writer

The Rockefeller Foundation has given tentative approval to providing a large dose of financial help to New Orleans officials who are trying to get a post-Katrina neighborhood planning effort moving, City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell said Wednesday.

Representatives of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, the City Council and Mayor Ray Nagin's Bring New Orleans Back Commission were told at a Tuesday meeting in New Orleans that the New York foundation is expected to provide $3.5 million, perhaps more, to the citywide program, said Hedge-Morrell, who attended the meeting."