AgCenter canvassing LaPlace neigborhoods

Published 4:30 pm Friday, October 12, 2012

The LSU AgCenter Disaster Recovery and Assistance program will distribute flyers and door hangers to residents of the flooded neighborhoods in LaPlace on Sat., Oct. 13. The flyers contain recommendations for home repair that will assist homeowners in a more rapid recovery in case there is another flood.

University of New Orleans graduate student volunteers affiliated with the University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, or UNO-CHART, will assist in distributing the flyers/door hangers to the individual houses.

The volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. in one of the following affected areas and continue to the other areas: LaPlace Park, River Forest, Riverland Heights, Belle Terre and Cambridge.