« Back Julie Frederick Vaucresson told us about her journey in the culinary world re-opening Vaucresson’s Creole Cafe & Deli and writing 'Creole Made Easy.' Julie Frederick Vaucresson and her husband Vance Vaucresson run the restaurant and sausage-making business Vaucresson’s Creole Cafe & Deli on St Vaucresson’s family has been in the culinary business for 125 years from relatives originally opening a butcher stand at the St Bernard Market to his father running Vaucresson’s Cafe Creole the first Black-owned restaurant in the French Quarter since Reconstruction a successful surgeon and businessman who also founded Louisiana Life Insurance Company which became the largest Black-owned insurance company in the South Julie Vaucresson drew on her family heritage and the sausage business to compile her cookbook “Creole Made Easy.” It also features their sausages and her line of mustards. For information about the Vaucressons and their restaurant, visit @vaucressonsausage on Instagram Julie Frederick Vaucresson: I married into the sausage business I always said that my marriage vows were to “love honor and work the Jazz Fest,” because it’s such a big part of our life I went to the booth and he started talking to me and the Monday after the festival he called me I remember working the festival and thinking “Oh The Vaucresson family is the only original vendor (still) at Jazz Fest Vance went to his first festival in a playpen He’s probably the only one besides Quint Davis who has been to every single one The whole concept of having a jazz festival started at his daddy’s restaurant Vaucresson’s Cafe Creole on Bourbon Street One of them had done the Newport Jazz Festival They cooked at the restaurant and took it over to the festival at Congo Square We always have three items for sale (at Jazz Fest) crawfish sausage and the third item changes or rotates We’re always thinking of new sausage flavors The most recent one we did is the jerk chicken sausage and we have a mango mustard that goes with that We’re thinking of doing Buffalo chicken sausage Vaucresson: It was really important to us to go back to that corner The Vaucresson family has been operating in that community We weren’t going to be able to go back with a full processing facility We decided to go back with a different concept: a retail space where people can come in and watch the sausage being made and buy sausage You can come in on any given day and see us making sausage he gives a history lesson about the neighborhood and all these different things Locals can get back to the regular grind with some French flair We were selling to restaurants and different entities We lost that business during the pandemic because everything was closed we need to show them what to do with it.” So I started doing these recipes It’s “Creole Made Easy.” If you use the sausage I started doing a cooking segment on Fox 8 It was also really important to put family recipes in there and talk about Creole culture and history The one recipe that was really important to me is crawfish bisque That was important to me because we have a crawfish boil on Good Friday and we have crawfish bisque on Easter Sunday I made it with my 84-year-old mother so that I could quantify it This is what’s important about this sort of thing it’s a family recipe.” But if you don’t tell anybody Some of the recipes are things I have tweaked I add a little hot sausage because it gives it a little kick I did some recipes that were featured on the menu at the Bourbon Street restaurant So there’s throwback recipes like pain perdu Family recipes that were important to me help me tell the story The best part of the book for me was being able to share this experience with my mother and my daughter people need to get sausage at the restaurant It’s a beautiful thing because when people come in they tell us how they grew up on the sausage They would talk about my father-in-law and my mother-in-law It’s nice to be part of so many traditions Email Will Coviello at wcoviello@gambitweekly.com Email notifications are only sent once a day Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Already a member? 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Sign up Explore our Food Tours → The blistering April – yes April – sun in New Orleans is an indicator of two things: climate change and the start of festival season warm days and cool nights and the gradual bloom of trees and flowers define spring spring seems to supernova into summer overnight despite what the calendar claims; nothing is subtle here sells its hot sausage po’ boy to legions of adoring fans Vaucresson’s has been at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for fifty years and is the only original vendor still there It is also a favorite at French Quarter Festival where its Jackson Square booth has long lines and bags of Leidenheimer French bread piled high the crisp yet yielding bread the perfect delivery system for the spicy sausage its simplicity belies the rich tradition of 7th ward Creole families and their influence on the cuisine and culture of the city And with a rebuilt brick-and-mortar about to open on the corner of N is set to carry the Creole torch for another 100 years “What I wanted to do was take two of our historical concepts and merge them into one,” Vaucresson recently told us my dad opened up a restaurant on Bourbon Street – at 624 Bourbon St – called Vaucresson’s Café Creole We were there about ten years and eventually moved on But it was the first restaurant on Bourbon Street owned by a person of color post-reconstruction.” We were standing in the kitchen of his soon-to-open café in the same spot that his family’s sausage production facility stood pre-Katrina we’ve been in the 7th ward neighborhood on St and then my dad took over the meat market with his brothers-in-law we’ve always had a retail presence in the 7th ward.” This retail presence dates to the turn of the 20th century when a system of open-air markets dominated the New Orleans landscape The market system began with the French Market in the French Quarter and spread throughout the city vendors would typically sell their wares anywhere and everywhere The Vaucresson family got its start in the St Bernard Avenue before finally settling in the current location just prior to Hurricane Katrina “My Dad opened up on the corner of Roman and St but he wanted to elevate and have an inspector processing facility,” says Vaucresson “He wanted the sausages to go into the grocery stores that was the last business entity we had at this location.” Bernard corridor during and after Hurricane Katrina with the water engulfing The Circle Food Store are shocking to this day the bright murals on the side of its distinctive gold clapboard fading and the maroon awning of the store moldering and torn Like Bachemin’s Meat Market and The Circle Food Store it seemed like a part of New Orleans history never to be reclaimed and eventually looked for an opportunity to come back in some way that would be relevant,” says Vaucresson which is a staple of the Black Creole community in New Orleans is one of the more popular sausages in the city,” says Vaucresson “Traditionally chaurice is made with pork.” Unlike the Patton’s beef patties that dominate the realm of corner store po’ boys Vaucresson’s hot pork link sausage is far juicer and appealing red hue from the paprika and cayenne Vaucresson likens it to its Spanish cousin chorizo This may seem like an ambitious concept for a corner deli in a building that was formerly an Italian grocery understanding this cultural tapestry is essential to understanding the city Vaucresson has planned a menu of New Orleans classics built around quality ingredients as well as some of the traditional po’boys people are used to – shrimp roast beef – things that people have come to expect,” says Vaucresson “But we’ll also have some other traditional dishes that are specific to our culture and an expert in the traditional foodways of the New Orleans Creole community “Our main mission is when we roll out these culturally significant foods we’re also going to educate people as to their origin story their contributions from the various ethnicities that have come through this port and influenced our culture,” says Vaucresson we’ll let you know that okra is an African staple that made its way to Spain “If we’re talking about doing a panéed meat we’re going to talk about how the breaded influence is part of the Italian tradition You had white French Creoles living next door to Irish so you had influences of all of our cultures that made its way into our food.” The Creolization of New Orleans foodways is a rich and complex subject and Vaucresson is intent on setting the record straight “One of the biggest questions I get at festivals,” says Vaucresson is ‘What is the difference between Cajun and Creole,’ and I tell them ‘None.’ Cajun is a subset of Creole who extrapolated their culture out of Creole culture so they could singularly promote it without any of the other peoples who were a part of it Then you also have the Irish and the Italian Creoles More recently we look at the Vietnamese community which is the 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a sausage factory in the 1980s Thanks to the Crescent City Community Land Trust and some creative financing the building will once again produce Vaucresson's famous sausage This is your first of three free stories this month Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles If you’ve been one of 300,000 annual attendees at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival over the past decade or so chances are you’ve heard Vance Vaucresson “barking,” — hawking his wares You may have been lucky enough to catch Vaucresson Vaucresson knows the product seals the deal just about every time “For that little piece of sausage that might cost me ten cents The founders of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival knew from the very beginning that food vendors had to be a part of the experience The first vendor they invited was Vance’s father the first Black-owned business on the city’s famous Bourbon Street They were meeting at Vaucresson’s to brainstorm about the first festival Sonny Vaucresson sold the restaurant after nearly a decade and in 1983 he converted it into a sausage factory even before he had any clients He did have a name to build from because his father had been a butcher serving the 7th Ward since 1899 getting his start as a vendor at what was then the St Vaucresson Sausage would eventually come to be sold widely in local grocery stores and even served in the local public school system The day before the business made its first direct delivery to public schools After Katrina wiped out the Vaucresson Sausage factory the younger Vaucresson lost his primary source of income he brokered a partnership with a local competitor to use their facility to produce his family’s famous sausage Vaucresson has since expanded to other festivals keeping the product name and reputation alive Vaucresson has also been trying to revive the former sausage factory site Vaucresson has had one potential development partner unexpectedly die and another broke a handshake promise to work with him on his site after working with him to advance a major affordable housing project across the street It took another child of the 7th Ward to finally make it happen Vaucresson broke ground on the revitalization of the former Vaucresson Sausage Factory with a plan to convert it into a sausage market and sit-down restaurant with a bar on the first floor and two permanently affordable apartments above It won’t be a full factory because the building is too small to qualify under today’s USDA guidelines but the current plan is to build the restaurant space around a central butcher station where Vaucresson can make sausage while he sings and talks about the history of the neighborhood The co-developer on the project is Crescent City Community Land Trust led by executive director Julius Kimbrough “I’ve been walking through this neighborhood my whole life he’s been walking through this neighborhood his whole life My father used to operate a pharmacy six blocks from where Vance’s father operated his meat production facility,” says Kimbrough I knew his family name and he knew my family.” a community land trust buys land while selling or renting the homes above to residents Separating the land ownership from the structure on top reduces the amount of financing needed to buy a home while also pulling the land itself out of the market where it can fuel dangerous speculation — like what happened in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2007-2009 There are an estimated 225 community land trusts active around the U.S., representing some 20,000 rental units and 15,000 homeownership units, according to Fannie Mae which does finance mortgages for homeowners on community land trusts In addition to their real estate mechanics community land trusts are also seen as vehicles for community power in real estate and development It’s a standard practice for community land trust board members to include representatives of residents on the land trust and trusted professionals with relevant backgrounds real estate lawyers Some believe this governance structure can make community land trusts too slow to be successful in real estate or challenging to work with as business partners There is commercial space among some other community land trusts but it’s mostly been accidental or peripheral to the focus on housing Cooper Square Community Land Trust was until recently the only operating land trust in New York City The land trust’s roots and focus have always been in residential tenant organizing and resistance to bulldozing the neighborhood in favor of Robert Moses-led Urban Renewal plans It has 21 buildings with 328 residential units scattered across a few blocks of Manhattan’s East Village But Manhattan is covered in mixed-use buildings so Cooper Square Community Land Trust also happens to include 24 storefronts whose rents generate more than a quarter of the land trust’s income In Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, commercial community land trusts are emerging as part of broader efforts to revitalize historically Black commercial corridors. Crescent City Community Land Trust has some typical residential properties in its portfolio but its pipeline of nine projects also includes The Pythian a historic building in downtown New Orleans with 69 apartments (25 of which are permanently affordable) above a ground-floor food hall and more commercial space “When we talk about the CLT model to African Americans we have to be cognizant of the history of African Americans in this country,” says Kimbrough they’re thinking about situations where African Americans have historically been deprived of the opportunity to gather capital And that’s a very reasonable question So we have come up with answers to those questions about why the model is applicable to African Americans and valuable to African Americans why it’s important to create commercial spaces serving low- and moderate-income people for perpetuity in these gentrifying neighborhoods beyond affordable homeownership.” today there’s an offramp from the highway convenient to this location “We have this vision in our head of like a Coldstone Creamery for sausage where you get the story behind the food and a little show with a little butcher station in the center of the restaurant area,” says Kimbrough “He will be able to tout our culture while he’s talking about the product and produce sausage the way it was historically produced at a very small scale.” With its Black leadership and its focus beyond housing, Crescent City actually reflects the roots of the community land trust movement. The first community land trust in the country was New Communities Inc., organized by Black farmers to acquire and cultivate land near Albany It was about permanent economic self-determination in addition to permanent ownership of the land “The community land trust model is again showing up the same way it showed up in Albany to provide Black people the opportunity to become self-sufficient and to retain ownership of land,” says Nathaniel Smith founder and chief equity officer of the Partnership for Southern Equity Smith also serves on the board of Grounded Solutions a national network of community land trusts and inclusionary housing advocates “We’re valuable regardless of what we own but it is true that America was built on the idea of ownership so to change that relationship for those same people who worked on that land to share ownership in that land in a way that is affordable and also protected and maintained regardless of what happens to the market Even for those relatively rare cases where Black families like Vaucresson’s have managed to hold onto land and buildings the relative lack of liquid wealth among Black communities — meaning cash or stocks and other investments that can be sold off easily — means that they have less “friends and family” wealth to call upon leaving them more dependent than others on external debt to fund new businesses or major projects like revamping a 3,000-square foot former sausage factory into a restaurant with two permanently affordable apartments above It was the land trust that finally took the time to partner with Vaucresson and put in the resources to help put a plan together that made sense to larger funders Vaucresson had previously come up with two possible scenarios for the former sausage factory and pitched them to the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority and the Louisiana Office of Community Development Although both were open to funding something for the site “[The redevelopment authority] was sold on it from the beginning they were just like you gotta get your numbers right,” Vaucresson says “The state said it fit their mission at the time The land trust has invested $150,000 so far to buy a share of ownership in the property and those funds have ended up paying for architectural and other preliminary work to come up with a proposal that would pass muster — sausage-making to protect a former sausage factory the project finally got a collection of long-term the City of New Orleans and the state’s Office of Community Development which the project is combining with Historic Preservation Tax Credits for a total of $2.1 million in development costs “Julius [Kimbrough] was the conduit,” says Vaucresson the ‘Merlin the magician’ in making this all happen.” There was one more piece of funding needed and state loans don’t give the money up front Borrowers have to spend the money and submit invoices receipts and other documentation to verify the money was spent on work that actually happened So some banks and other construction lenders have come to specialize in financing the up-front costs for projects like these Against the advice of many others around them Vaucresson and Crescent City Community Land Trust insisted on getting their upfront financing from Liberty Bank and Trust Liberty used to have a branch a few blocks from the site “My dad had done business with them since 1974 he was one of the earliest business depositors,” says Vaucresson Everybody was like don’t do it with them Because that’s just the perception of doing business with a Black bank But I said if I’m going to have a Black business how hypocritical would I be to not give that opportunity to a Black bank.” even community banks and even Black-owned banks have a tendency to be conservative by default — there’s always a lingering fear that bank regulators will view certain investments as riskier than they really might be leading to negative consequences for the bank down the line “But I knew what I needed to do with them having done business with them for so long,” Vaucresson continues “I said let’s go get some other term sheets from other people from a bank and a [community development financial institution] I said look this is what’s on the table If you want the business you can match it or I’ma go elsewhere EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve corrected Nathaniel Smith’s title This article is part of The Bottom Line, a series exploring scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. Click here to subscribe to our Bottom Line newsletter Get reports from Next City’s senior economics correspondent Abello will send original reporting that helps you keep up with the latest solutions for leveling the playing field in cities The Bottom Line covers financial topics including cooperatives and more. Subscribe now and never miss a story '&#'));while (--j >= 0)if (el[j].getAttribute('data-eeEncEmail_QjOcnGkiah'))el[j].innerHTML = out;/*]]>*/ Tags: small 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Learn more about our membership options Free gifts cannot be shipped to locations outside of the United States All members are automatically signed-up to our email newsletter You can unsubscribe with one-click at any time Marielle Songy - Contributing Writer Vaucresson's Sausage Company has been a seventh-ward tradition since 1899 Vance and Julie Vaucresson have opened a brick-and-mortar where they keep a cultural tradition alive The café is currently enjoying its soft opening and its grand opening is scheduled for November 25th Vance Vaucresson is a 3rd generation sausage maker who has been making sausage since he was eight years old Vaucresson's Creole Café and Deli is a combination of two historical businesses The café is a nod to Vance Vaucresson's father the first business owned by a Black man on Bourbon St The deli is an homage to Vaucresson meat markets which have been a staple in the neighborhoods of the seventh ward for 122 years Julie Frederick Vaucresson had no previous experience with sausage-making until she married into it She formerly worked in specialty and senior housing and is now in the process of writing a cookbook and developing her own condiment line which will be sold at the café and deli after its grand opening Vaucresson’s was a sausage-processing facility at the exact location on the corner of N Bernard where Vaucresson's Creole Café and Deli is located today Robert Vaucresson wanted to open up a sausage plant rather than a meat market Vance worked with his father at the plant and When Hurricane Katrina flooded the seventh ward that was the end of Vaucresson's sausage plant Vaucresson's continued to supply local businesses with sausage and operate a booth at Jazz Fest the only vendor to do so steadily since the fest's inception in 1970 They were also one of the original food vendors at the French Quarter Festival and their business is not only about serving delicious food but preserving Creole culture through food and education "Creole by its simplest definition is native-indigenous," Vance Vaucresson explained you are considered to be of the Creole culture We have these different ethnicities in our family and they have helped to contribute to our culture." Vaucresson’s Creole sausages are made from family recipes handed down for over 122 years and boudin balls have been added to the menu "A lot of what we do is to maintain what has been traditionally our food ways we want to educate those about our cultural food identity and the history and socialization of our community," Vance Vaucresson said Classic sausage selections at Vaucresson's include Creole Hot Sausage customers can enjoy sausage sandwiches and sausage platters at the new location The most popular sausage at Vaucresson’s is the Creole Hot Sausage or Creole Chaurice Vance explained that “chaurice” isn’t a term often used to describe the Creole pork sausage but that’s something he hopes to change "We're going to be using that term more and centering it," Vance said "It's similar to chorizo in the Spanish culture even though there are different ingredients in it." the Vaucressons plan to offer foods in their deli such as hogs head cheese and other traditional New Orleans foods that one would expect to find in a meat market "Even though my grandfather was a butcher by trade We're going to add items that are in our wheelhouse." Vaucresson's Sausage Company returning to this area was a long-time coming who was recently featured on Netflix's Street Food: USA and is a Creole Historian explained that the return is important for the neighborhood and Creole culture "After Katrina there were a lot of businesses that didn't come back One of the most important things about coming back was to come back to this neighborhood and put roots back where we A lot of what we stand for culturally is misunderstood; part of my social mission is to engage in conversation with people who come in and teach them about what our culture is about and what being Creole means." one of the most important aspects of the café and deli business has been her children's involvement They are working here and they see the vision They understand it and they want to be a part of it This fourth generation sees what the business is about and wants to see it continue." Vaucresson said Creole education is important and he wants to spread a bit of history when he serves his food to customers "We want people to understand exactly what Creole is and we want people to be familiar with and participate in their culture," he said Vaucresson's Creole Café and Deli is open Tuesday through Saturday Covid-19 is challenging the way we conduct business As small businesses suffer economic losses they aren’t able to spend money advertising Please donate today to help us sustain local independent journalism and allow us to continue to offer subscription-free coverage of progressive issues Thank you,Scott PloofPublisherBig Easy Magazine and website in this browser for the next time I comment Copyright © 2024 Big Easy Magazine - Voice of New Orleans Report unveils new statistics regarding survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in France who have come forward to share their stories and ask for reparations An independent body that the Catholic bishops of France set up over two years ago to grant reparations to victims of clergy sexual abuse says 1,396 people have now came forward to share their stories and seek reparations The Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation (INIRR) which the French Bishops' Conference (CEF) established in November 2021 issued its annual report on Thursday in Paris said there has been significant decrease in requests for compensation over the last several months and an increased capacity to process cases Individuals who were sexually abused by clergy while they were minors did not hide the fact that it took them time to come forward Some of them said going to the INIRR marked the first time they ever dared to speak of sometimes very old facts But while the work of the INIRR is important its figures pale in comparison to those put forth by France's Independent Commission for Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (CIASE) which estimated that some 330,000 people were sexually abused by clergy and other Church personnel between 1950 and 2020 there were younger victims who contacted us while their abuser is still alive," said Derain de Vaucresson "The first testimony reawakens the pain," said Lorraine Angeneau a clinical psychologist who teaches at the Institut Catholique in Paris (ICP) The INIRR annual report details that the sexual abuse took place over long periods of time it occurred over the course of one to five years and in 20 percent of the case five years or more Half of the victims who came forward were aged 11-15 at the time of their abuse The INIRR also notes that nearly a third of the cases were referred to it by women which empowers others to join them," noted Derain de Vaucresson The independent authority's beginnings in 2022 were difficult and nearly 100-250 requests came in each month while the team of advisors was barely formed But now there are around thirty counselors on staff to support victims while the organization supported 315 people in December 2022 had made 142 decisions by the end of 2022; fifteen months later 45 percent of individuals received financial compensation between 20,000 and 39,000 euros and 42 percent of them received between 40,000 and 60,000 euros But reparation does not stop at the financial aspect Individuals can also undertake other restorative measures as varied as engaging in a memorial process This increase in activity is coinciding with a significant slowdown in requests There remains a third of individuals who will need to be supported in the coming months But the mandate of Derain de Vaucresson and her team is supposed to end in November the CEF is expected to extend it when it meets next week in Lourdes for its spring general assembly "We certainly won't abandon people midway through their journey," said the INIRR president While admitting that reparations cannot make up for the trauma of abuse she pointed out that the INIRR's work nonetheless contributes to the growing discussion in French society about sexual violence "There is an irreparable aspect to sexual violence even if reparations cannot fix everything," she said During the presentation of the annual report several victims were able to express how valuable time was for restoring individuals with an indelible mark," said 64-year-old Damien Maes "The body does not forget," added another victim It may come as a surprise, but about thirty minutes east of Paris and five miles from Versailles sits an exact replica of Mount Vernon, the colonial home of George Washington How and why it got to the village of Vaucresson on the edge of the famous golf club of Saint-Cloud is a story of Franco-American friendship that goes back several centuries The democratic republican principles of France were much admired by America’s founding fathers, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and George Washington. Following the Marquis de Lafayette‘s military support of the nascent rebellion in America Lafayette and Washington became lifelong friends So much so that Lafayette named one of his sons George Washington de La Fayette Washington welcomed the young Lafayette named after him on breaks from Harvard at the Presidential home in Philadelphia and in Mount Vernon George Washington de La Fayette would also return to Mount Vernon on his father’s tour through America from 1824 to 1825 Postcard of Mount Vernon from 1931 Colonial Exposition in Paris The Mount Vernon outside Paris was built as the American pavilion for the 1931 Colonial Exposition in Paris that took place in the Bois de Vincennes. It was one of six Mount Vernons that were created for various world’s fairs between 1893 and 1934 certified as an exact replica by the American government and is the only one built for a world’s fair that still remains The grounds for the exposition were designed by landscape architect Jacques Greber born and trained in Paris but created many gardens in the United States for both private and public clients The Replica of Mount Vernon in Prospect Park Image from Brooklyn Historical Society via Prospect Park Alliance New Yorkers may recall that a Sears replica of Mount Vernon also appeared in Prospect Park in 1932 to mark the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth The architect for both Brooklyn and Paris’ Mount Vernons was Charles K who had first designed a replica of Washington’s home in 1915 for the San Francisco World’s Fair Although America was in the throes of the Great Depression Congress decided the United States would participate in the 1931 Colonial Exposition in Paris and put in $250,000 towards the construction of the U.S Sited in the Bois de Vincennes on Lake Daumesnil the Paris Mount Vernon was meant to evoke the landscape of the original along the Potomac River including a cane owned by Benjamin Franklin and a key of the Bastille that Lafayette presented to Washington the bedroom Lafayette stayed in when he returned to the United States was given special attention living in Mount Vernon became an affordable pre-fabricated option following the popularity of the pavilion at the 1931 Colonial Exposition numbered pieces and could be put together in two weeks Over time, the interior of the house has been altered to create larger bedrooms and living spaces. The exterior, listed as a historic landmark in France, cannot be changed. Since Dessault, it has had several owners including the screenwriter Catherine Tavernier who restored it in 2000 and redesigned the interior It was for up sale in 2013 for $20 million Euros and again in 2019 It has been maintained in impeccable condition and a visit today reveals well-manicured gardens and a pristinely painted exterior A cobblestone entranceway turns into a gravel driveway that pulls up in front of the house A very American-esque white picket fence separates the property from the road reminding any enterprising visitor that this Mount Vernon is very much private property despite its very public provenance the home will likely stay in relative obscurity Next, check out 10 lost or never built structures in Prospect Park, including Mount Vernon Michelle is the founder of Untapped New York and the author of The Art Spy (HarperOne Secret New York Hidden Bars & Restaurants You've successfully subscribed to Untapped New York Check your email for magic link to sign-in the goal of the series is to recognize the community as the expert and to create a community of learning and practice around transformative placemaking Bernard” took place last year on a chilly December day by New Orleans standards Attendees wore protective masks and socially distanced—a difficult feat with at least 100 people present That day represented more than a groundbreaking for residents of New Orleans’ Seventh Ward; it promised the revival of a community anchor in the majority-Black neighborhood that had been decimated by Hurricane Katrina more than 15 years prior It is with these challenges that the mission of the Crescent City Community Land Trust (CCCLT) intersects with Vance Vaucresson’s business goals and the Seventh Ward community We saw the redevelopment of the sausage factory as not just about brick and mortar redevelopment but as a pathway to restore Black businesses and provide permanently affordable housing Unlike the typical CLT, CCCLT recognizes the need not only for more affordable homeownership—but for subsidized apartments, incubator-like commercial spaces, community stewardship, and housing advocacy. For instance, our first major project was the co-development of the historic Pythian building in downtown New Orleans—which had been a mecca for Black-owned businesses and culture in the early part of the 20th century We worked with co-developers to revitalize the building—which had fallen into disrepair—into 69 apartments including 25 affordable workforce rate apartments Unlike many affordable apartment projects that use tax credits and go back to market rate once their compliance time frame has passed these 25 apartments are permanently affordable While the majority of CLTs are focused on single family housing, our equitable commercial developments give start-up entrepreneurs affordable leases, allowing the community to help preserve small family-owned businesses like Vaucresson. A recent Brookings report detailed the broad promise of commercial community ownership models citing their ability to support the growth of local businesses and distribute wealth intergenerationally For all the potential benefits, the redevelopment and co-ownership of brick and mortar buildings is inadequate without proactive community stewardship: intentional efforts to empower residents with information and tools to grow intergenerational wealth through higher incomes Stewardship is also at the heart of the 1800 St. Bernard project. Vaucresson Sausage had been a robust small business before Hurricane Katrina, but when the family tried to access capital and assistance to redevelop their property in the wake of devastation, they were shut out along with many other Black businesses in the post-Katrina world The Vaucresson’s do not need CCCLT’s help to run their sausage making business but what we bring to the table is pre-development capital; relationships with funders and the local real estate community; knowledge of real estate development; and help in growing their brand—with the ultimate end goal of growing intergenerational wealth Bernard will open in early 2022— featuring Vaucresson Café Creole and two permanently affordable apartments This idea of the “CLT 2.0”—including a focus on renters and commercial spaces not just single family homes—is gaining popularity throughout the nation Black communities and other marginalized groups are evolving CLTs and expanding community ownership in real estate to fight structural racism and produce opportunities for wealth generation CCCLT is proud to be part of the new movement You cannot pass a good time in New Orleans without serving good food—even during a pandemic There should be no surprise about what we served at the “Rebirth of 1800 of St Bernard”: Vaucresson hot sausage po-boys and their Creole jambalaya—the best New Orleans has to offer CCCLT wants New Orleans to be known for more than just food and good times We want to be known for how our city solves its affordable housing crisis often under-resourced entrepreneurs of color and how we help families and those entrepreneurs move toward generational solutions and generational wealth Editor’s Note: For more info on content related to Community Ownership of Real Estate, please visit our page here Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information An electric Bluebus at a charging station in Vaucresson “The RATP has launched an investigation into the reasons for the fire in which we will cooperate fully,” Bollore said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker An Autolib' electric Bluecar at a charging station in Vaucresson 2015 at 8:17 AM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.An electric car share called Autolib' has been a hit in Paris with more than 3,300 of its distinctive silver hatchbacks cruising the streets or recharging at curbside stands Users can pick up a car at any of nearly 1,000 stands then drop it off at a stand near their destination that London and other cities outside France have looked at replicating the four-year-old program What may be more surprising is that the first city to take the plunge is Indianapolis Advocate staff photo by Ian McNulty - Ribs at the Joint A mixed platter of barbecue includes brisket chicken and burnt ends at Central City BBQ Advocate staff photo by Ian McNulty - Creole sausage po-boy from Vaucresson Sausage Co when the Blues and BBQ Festival was launched barbecue was far less prominent on the New Orleans food scene and the city now boasts more than a few well-reviewed spots serving it up Twelve food vendors will be onsite hawking the classics (like the Joint’s smoky burnt brisket ends) as well as innovative variations on the theme (like Saucy’s brisket quesadilla with mozzarella and chipotle.) There are also items that aren’t barbecue at all like Bratz Y’all’s pork sausage with sauerkraut on fresh-baked pretzel buns and the spinach and artichoke-topped fried oysters from J’s Seafood Dock There are also options for vegetarians and vegans including a grilled sweet potato from Q’s Smokery Bittersweet Confections, Loretta’s, Crepes a la Cart and Quintin’s Ice Cream handle dessert. For a full list of festival vendors and menus, visit crescentcitybluesfest.com News Tips:newstips@theadvocate.com Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com The Olympic flame, which is currently criss-crossing France, will pass through Hauts-de-Seine on July 24 the Hauts-de-Seine department will welcome the Olympic flame a key event that will precede the official opening of the competitions by two days This festive relay is a unique opportunity to celebrate the Olympic spirit and showcase the department's emblematic towns and sites the Olympic flame will pass through 19 towns in the Hauts-de-Seine département Here is the full list of towns involved in this memorable event: These municipalities will play a central role in hosting this international event offering residents and visitors a series of activities and celebrations that underline their commitment as a Land of Games The route highlights key sites in the department highlighting their cultural and historical importance: Please note that the times shown are approximate and subject to change depending on the organization and the hazards of the route where a major party is planned to celebrate this historic moment The Gabriel Péri stadium and the area around the Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez will be the center of the festivities The flame will travel 3 km through the city passing through the Parc André Malraux and the Paris La Défense Arena which will host a temporary pool for aquatic competitions The highlight will undoubtedly be the lighting of the cauldron under the Arche de la Défense, a modern and powerful symbol of the metropolis. The festivities will run from 3.30pm to 7.45pm, offering a variety of entertainment for all ages, sports activities and shows, including a free concert by the group Cover's Garden at 9pm on the Garden Parvis In short, if you want to vibrate in unison for the passage of the historic flame that marks the arrival of the festivities of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here