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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) has been closely involved with the efforts of New Orleans residents to incorporate rail-trail projects into the rebuilding of their city in the years after Hurricane Katrina. The latest initiative is a "Greenway Ambassadors" program for the Lafitte Corridor , a 3.1-mile section of inactive railroad line and former portage canal that will soon be rejuvenated as a commuter and recreational rail-trail and linear park. Greenway Ambassadors work to engage interested citizens...

Join Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) for Walk & Roll Louisiana 2010, a free, one-day summit on walking and biking sponsored by the KidsWalk Coalition . REGISTER TODAY - IT'S FREE! The summit-the first of its kind in Louisiana-will feature free helmets and bicycle safety trainings for kids, keynote speakers, workshops on ways to improve community streets, and panels on recent progress at the local and state levels on making our streets safer for all users. In addition, RTC staff will be presenting...

As part of the Urban Pathways to Livable Communities conference in New Orleans, a walk of the Lafitte Corridor introduced attendees to the Crescent City's own urban pathway project. The first stop on the walk was hosted by Bart Everson of Friends of Lafitte Corridor and Daniel Samuels of the Lafitte Greenway Steering Advisory Committee. In this audio slideshow, they provide some background on the history of the corridor itself and the effort to convert it to a multi-use greenway.

By Ethan Ellestad Located at 2401 St. Ann Street, just two blocks off the path of the Lafitte Greenway , Willie Mae's Scotch House has been a culinary institution for more than 50 years. Willie Mae Seaton, the restaurant's namesake and proprietress for most of its long history, originally opened the famous business in 1956. By 2005, Willie Mae's was locally and nationally famous for its exquisite fried chicken, smothered pork chops, butter beans and other southern specialties. In May of the same...

While trails bring many benefits to the neighborhoods they traverse, they do not act in isolation. Neighborhood revitalization requires allied groups working on a variety of different projects. RTC partner Friends of Lafitte Corridor (FOLC) understands this connection. It recently issued two letters of support for redevelopment projects adjacent to the Lafitte Corridor , a three-mile project rail-trail through the Mid-City, Treme and Lafitte neighborhoods of New Orleans. Local nonprofit St. Margaret...

The Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans is one of the trails receiving in-depth assistance from RTC as part of the Urban Pathways Initiative. Progress on the trail continues apace - after hosting a successful corridor hike on National Trails Day , more recent advances are summed up in a recent article from the Greater New Orleans Foundation: The city has selected Design Workshop of Austin, Texas, to plan and design the project, which will—everyone hopes—break ground next year, and the state...