Broad Green Futures celebrates the past, present and future of New Orleans’ Broad corridor neighborhoods of the Seventh Ward, Fairgrounds, Bayou St. John, Treme-Lafitte, Mid-City and Tulane-Gravier. Through our resource directory, public art and convenings, we are supporting a future where our people, businesses and culture are successfully adapting to storms, flooding, extreme heat and other challenges of a changing climate.

RESOURCE DIRECTORY

We live in a world of more severe storms, extreme heat waves and cold snaps. Preparing and recovering from these climate events is hard, but you don’t have to do it alone.

Take a moment to explore the Broad Green Futures Resource Directory. You'll find businesses and organizations in this Directory who can help you prepare, address, and adapt to changing climate conditions in New Orleans.

HOW TO USE THIS DIRECTORY:

Select one of 3 category to filter entries:

Preparation
Response & Recovery
Climate Adaptation

HOW WE GOT HERE

Developing Sustainable New Orleans Neighborhoods

Broad Street weaves together the Seventh Ward, Fairgrounds, Bayou St. John, Treme-Lafitte, Mid-City and Tulane-Gravier, seven neighborhoods at the heart of New Orleans. As we prepare our communities for the challenges of climate change, here are some questions we’re asking ourselves:

  • How did these neighborhoods get here?
  • How did they stay here, through centuries of political and environmental change? 
  • What can this story teach us as we adapt our neighborhoods to survive and thrive in an era of a changing climate?
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Dream the Futures

Celebrating the Past, Rooted for Tomorrow

Broad Community Connections worked with lead artist Mel Isidor with support from Wayne Jones to create a digital collage incorporating images of the Broad corridor neighborhoods past, present and future, inspired by the visionary work of our 2022 summer interns Chiara Vilna-Santos and Justin Zhang.

This image is designed to be read from top to bottom. At the top, images from our shared histories provide the context in which we find our present-day businesses and institutions, which are illustrated in the middle. At the bottom, despite the challenges of our changing climate, our people are hard at work planting seeds, building the necessary infrastructure for a sustainable future.

Check out our Resource Directory to learn more about the organizations doing this important work. In the spring of 2025, Broad Community Connections partnered with Broad Street businesses and organizations to host temporary banner installations of our Broad Green Vision along our street.

Where We’re Going

Climate Adaptation through Cultural Convening

In June 2025, amidst extreme climate and political change, Broad Community Connections gathered Broad Street neighbors, who offered hope and inspiration to each other through stories of their lives, work and interests. The Broad Green Futures Climate Organizing Dinner brought together civic leaders, artists, organizers, and culture bearers to imagine a climate-just future for Broad Street, and for New Orleans at large. These community leaders made critical connections with folks they had not known before, across generations, neighborhoods, and expertise. Through shared food and conversation, guests explored the possibilities of a more equitable, resilient city shaped by community power.

CONTACT US

Do you want to learn more about what climate change adaptation means for you? Connect with one of the organizations listed, but not sure how to get started? Reach out, and we can help! In a time of extreme climate and political change, Broad Community Connections convened an intimate group of civic leaders, organizers, artists, and power brokers shaping the Broad Street neighborhoods to gather, inspire, and instill hope.

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