Resources & Finances Update

May 24, 2006

 

• ICC update…The ICC component of flood policies is assignable to new buyers (Details on this will be included in recovery booklet soon to be released)
• The District 5 Recovery Guide to Post Katrina Resources booklet is nearing completion.  Copies will soon be available at Gulf Coast Bank and on the LCIA website
• Financial Recovery Workshop plans are underway.  Topics of discussion will include SBA, LRA, Insurance claim solutions, Insurance outlook in our area, Katrina Tax Relief Act, Home buying, and hopefully several more.
• Fundraising effort has begun.  Our goal for 2006 is $1,000,000
• Effort initiated to get the word out to residents as to how vital a role they can play in achieving our fundraising goal.  Encouraging individuals to donate as well as contact their employer to inquire about corporate philanthropy possibilities.  Companies want to help their employees get back into their communities.  It is a much more powerful request if we all call our corporate offices rather than have them solicited by the committee.
• Bookmobile has been set up at the library on Harrison
• Presently working to help both Lakeview Playground and the fire stations on Harrison and Robert E Lee
• We have formed a subcommittee specifically to address the LRA (Louisiana Recovery Authority) issues.  A representative from the LRA will be attending our next steering committee meeting to brief everyone
• Finally, our Group D Final Report has been submitted to UNO for drafting
• Progress is being made, and we look forward to accomplishing our mission of getting everyone home