1/12/10:
Build Now Executive Director promotes financing seminar on WDSU’s morning show. Come to the model house on Thursday, January 21st, to learn how to get the money you need to build a new home on your property. To see the TV clip, click here.
12/17/09:
FEMA authorizes reimbursement for losses to contractor fraud through the HMGP. The HMGP pilot reconstruction program provides additional funding to homeowners who did not receive enough money to build a new home from Road Home and their insurance companies. Recent changes allow this program to compensate homeowners for money they lost to contractor fraud. Click here to read the article.
12/3/09:
Build Now and Executive Director Tess Monaghan featured in Daily Journal of Commerce. Click here to read the article
11/14/09:
Build Now’s ArtHouse draws over 200 visitors to support the local art community. For one day only, local artists transformed Build Now’s homes under construction into temporary art galleries. More than twenty artists displayed work in five homes that spanned New Orleans, from Lakeview to the Lower Ninth Ward. We concluded the day with a reception at the model home, where guests chatted about their favorite pieces from the day. The event was a big success, and we plan to repeat it in 2010!
10/13/09:
Build Now architect William Monaghan recognized as a leading figure in post-storm architecture. Atlantic Monthly writer Wayne Curtis features Build Now’s shotgun-style Napoleon home on Law Street in the Upper Ninth Ward, designed by Monaghan, as one of New Orleans’ five “coolest new houses” built since the storm. Click here to read the article.
8/31/09:
Build Now’s Tess Monaghan named one of CityBusiness’ 2009 Women of the Year. Click here for the full list of honorees.
8/21/09:
Check out David Hammer's article in today’s Times-Picayune on changes to the Road Home program. The Road Home covenant originally specified that rebuilding must be complete within 3 years of a recipient’s closing. Recipients who have not yet finished rebuilding and who are approaching the end of this 3 year period can now apply for a 2-year extension. The article also includes a discussion of various plans to provide some extra funding to low- and moderate-income homeowners.
8/17/09:
Build Now is featured on the Live Green Orleans blog. Check it out!
8/3/09:
Click here to take a look at this week's City Business “Off the Clock” profile featuring Build Now Executive Director Tess Monaghan.
7/24/09:
We are proud to announce that our fifteenth client has joined the Build Now family! We’ll be breaking ground on her new home in Gentilly Woods this fall.
5/22/09:
HMGP program offers reimbursement of up to $100,000 for Road Home recipients who plan to build a new home on their property. If you are a Road Home recipient and have already built a new home on your property, or are considering building a new home on your property, you may be eligible for a grant of up to $100,000 through the HMGP program to cover your rebuilding expenses. Call (877) 744-7235 for more details, to determine your eligibility, and to ask for an application.
5/2/09:
Build Now home featured in the Times Picayune. The newspaper’s InsideOut section included an article on Build Now homeowner Mingko Aba and his new home on Law Street in the Upper Ninth Ward. The piece focused on the home’s environmentally-friendly features. Click here to read the article.
2/8/09:
Build Now’s Executive Director interviewed by ABC 26 news reporter Glynn Boyd. Tess Monaghan, the Executive Director of Build Now, was recently a guest on Glynn Boyd’s weekly public affairs show, “The 411.” Click here to see the interview.
1/24/09:
Build Now announces completion of home at 2324 Gordon Street. Please take a look at our Photos page to see how the home looks – it’s the Prytania floorplan – or feel free to drive by the home if you happen to find yourself in the Lower 9th Ward!
11/20/08:
Build Now breaks ground on three homes. As construction at 2324 Gordon Street nears completion, we broke ground this week on three new projects: one in Ponchartrain Park (5543 Press Drive), and two in the Upper Ninth Ward (3105 and 3111 Law Street). Visit our Photos page for pictures of the homes under construction.
10/16/08:
Build Now featured in the Daily Journal of Commerce. Read the article here.
10/13/08:
Build Now's Tess Monaghan discusses the issues facing homeowners
as they try to find gap financing to help them rebuild.
Read the article
in CityBusiness here.
10/11/08:
Build Now featured in the InsideOut section of the Times-Picayune. Read the article here.
08/21/08:
Build Now kicks off our new speaker series, Build Now TALKS. Join Build Now on the third Thursday of every month for a chance to engage with local experts on the topics that are important to you and your community. Light refreshments will be served!
06/28/08:
Build Now featured at Dillard University Housing Fair.
More than 50 exhibitors were on hand at the Dillard University
campus for the free Housing Fair. Sponsored by the Dillard University
Community Development Corporation, the fair featured exhibitors from various
sectors of the housing world, as well as seminars on obtaining construction
financing, selecting contractors, and how to understand your credit report.
06/11/08:
Build Now’s info session on the LRA Road Home Elevation Grants
at Dillard University a success.
Over 150 people came out to Dillard University to learn about the different sources
of elevation funding that are available. KC King from the Citizens Road Home
Action Team spoke, as did a representative from the LRA. For information on elevation
options and logistics, courtesy of CHART at UNO, please click here.
05/17/08:
Thanks to everyone for coming out and making our Open House Crawfish Boil on Saturday, May 17th a huge success!
05/17/08:
Build Now is featured on Community Gumbo, Brian Denzer’s weekly radio show on 91.5 WTUL. Click here to hear the interview as well as to learn more about Brian’s show.
05/16/08:
In an interview with WWL TV’s Sally Ann Roberts, Build Now’s
William and Tess Monaghan discussed the organization’s mission in
New Orleans. Tess took the opportunity to elaborate on Build Now’s
coordinated buyers program, while William emphasized the importance of home
elevation and explained how his research of regional architecture impacted
the design process.
05/12/08:
Click here to read about Build Now in CityBusiness. Build Now is featured in a story on building environmentally responsible homes for a reasonable price.
05/4/08:
Click here to read Build Now’s feature story in the Times Picayune.
04/20/08:
Build Now welcomes Nikki Najiola to the team as our Sales Director. She has years of experience in real estate sales and mortgage origination, and has been one of the major advocates for the Gentilly community in the time since Hurricane Katrina.
03/28/08:
Our model house at 5713 Elysian Fields Avenue in Gentilly is almost complete! Regularly scheduled open hours will start Thursday, April 10th, and we'll be having a Crawfish Boil Open House on Saturday, April 19th. In the meantime, call (504) 715-2651 to make an appointment to tour the house, or just swing by and take a look at the charming exterior.
03/19/08:
Build Now welcomes George Ross to the team. Mr. Ross joins us as our Director
of Communications.
