Update on Holly Beach. La.

Holly Beach, LA 8/07 (Fujichrome) copyright,  Matthew White

“They want to make this rich and famous. We just want to build the poor people’s deal.”

J.C. Broussard (Cameron Parish Local)

The New York Times covered his year's Fourth of July celebrations at Holly Beach, La. (see article here) Although Hurricane Rita decimated Holly Beach, the NYT reports crowds were at their highest on the fourth of July post Rita--- and even though there is bacteria in the water, swimmers didn't seem to mind.  (Yikes) Cameron Parish Recovery, which is overseeing the planning and re-development of Holly Beach, La. has  big plans to make the once primitive Louisiana coastal village a thriving resort. It's their "signature project", according to director Ernest Broussard - although some of the locals aren't happy about that. I say thumbs up to Smart Growth. Although one person interviewed in the article said a truck stop with a casino had been proposed - that's not quite what I have in mind for  Smart Growth. Louisiana coastal photographer (and BK contributor) Matthew White has extensively photographed Holly Beach, and other Cameron Parish locales. You can view those images here.

Comments

[michael turano]

its good that you follow up on hurricane rita....any news on how bad it was there for huricane ike......