Green Options » Kellogg Park http://greenoptions.com/tag/kellogg-park Posts tagged 'Kellogg Park' Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Lower Ninth Ward New Orleans gets $500,000 Eco-Friendly Playground http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/03/lower-ninth-ward-eco-friendly-playground/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/03/lower-ninth-ward-eco-friendly-playground/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:12:15 +0000 Derek Markham http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/03/lower-ninth-ward-eco-friendly-playground/ Eco-Friendly Playground

The most technologically advanced, eco-friendly, solar powered playground, the first of its kind in North America, is being dedicated in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward today.

The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans suffered catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans on August 29, 2005, and many of the residents lost their homes.

They also lost something else.

Playgrounds.

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