JPMorgan Chase Community Development Competition
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2009 Chase Award Winners. Photo: Andreanecia Morris.

The 2009 JPMorgan Chase Community Development Competition was held in New Orleans once again. This real world learning experience gives a team of students an opportunity to partner with a New Orleans nonprofit organization to develop a real estate project that is feasible, sustainable, and helps to build and strengthen the local community.

Congratulations to the Chase Community Development Competition Winners

First Place - 5523 St. Claude Avenue: Bringing Fresh Food to the Lower Ninth Ward (PDF, 7MB)

• Submitted by: University of New Orleans, DePaul University and Louisiana State University
• Nonprofit Partner: Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development

Second Place - Broad Street reFresh: A Fresh Food Hub for Community, Health & Economic Development (PDF, 6MB)

• Submitted by : Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis
• Nonprofit Partner: Broad Community Connections

Third Place - The NENA Housing & Economic Development Resource Center (PDF, 11MB)

• Submitted by: The New School
• Nonprofit Partner: The Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association (NENA)

New Release: College Students Earn $25,000 in Chase Competition (PDF, 26K, November 18)

2009 Jury Panel

Lizette Terral, Chase Bank

Ron Blitch, Blitch-Knevel Architects

Allen Eskew, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

Michael Hecht, Greater New Orleans, Inc.

Wil J. Jacobs, Louisiana Recovery Authority

Kathy Laborde, Gulf Coast Housing Partnership

Ellen M. Lee, Greater New Orleans Foundation

Kelly Longwell, COATS | ROSE

Veronica Reed, City of New Orleans

Stephen Villavaso, Villavaso & Associates, LLC

Michelle Whetten, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.