New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Neighborhoods Served:
• Lower Ninth Ward

Planning District:
8

Ward:
9

Zip Codes:
70117

Boundaries:
Lower Ninth Ward

Council Representative:
Cynthia Willard-Lewis

Police Precinct:
5

President / Director:
Patricia Jones

Mission:

The Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association (NENA) was established in the aftermath of Katrina to play a lead role in rebuilding New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward.

Organized and controlled by residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, NENA addresses not only the immediate recovery needs created by the storm’s destruction, but also the institutional neglect and disinvestment that plagued the neighborhood long before Katrina. NENA works with current Lower Ninth Ward residents, displaced residents living in other parts of New Orleans, and the broader diaspora who want to return to the neighborhood.

Go To: www.9thwardnena.org for more information.