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Who has a specific reputation, that will help launch your career, which makes sense, right? i think that s part of it. i also think that if you are looking at if you are going to be a chef, looking at who is out there, you can aspire to, who are you hearing about mostly? you are hearing about the fine dining chefs. even those who checked out of fine dining, that s kind of where they started. that s a lot of why people will opt to do that. there s also just the idea of maybe i m going to go get that education first and i can always mess it up later, but at least i had it. you know. i ve got that on my wall. interesting interest john belch s foundation, the chef s move. i want to take a look at their mission statement, right? part of what he is suggesting, we need to take the serena johnsons of the word. the mission of chefs move is to give new orleanians with the drive and ability the opportunity to train in a world ....
Sponsors the event. post-katrina, it was clear new orleans needed to remake itself in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy and ultimately to remake it had had to lean on not only government but business. quite frankly it was to become a entrepreneurial center. reporter: according to a recent report activity in new orleans is 40% above the national average, and forbes last year named the big easy as the number one brain magnet in the country. the entrepreneurial buzz also plays out on the national stage. a new jobs act signed by the president this month eases regulation on start-up companies so they can move more quickly to get to the next level. this is a country that s always been on the cutting edge, and the reason is that america has always had the most daring entrepreneurs in the world. reporter: and that group includes these young new orleanians looking to make it big from the bayou. oh, i wanted to thank the idea village. they are doing such great work in the city. w ....
Imported from detroit with eternal base, rhythm guitar and gospel choir. i live in another musical city that s been emptied out, new orleans. also very great, and also very american with its own american way. even before hurricane katrina, new orleans had begun to lose new orleanians. after katrina whole neighborhoods were empty and ruined and not all of them were brought back. many of the neighborhoods, like the lower ninth ward have lost way more than half their people. new orleans has been going through its own triage, a painful process of trying to decide which neighborhoods to support and which will simply fade away. these are two american cities. each confronting a smaller future. and we talk as a nation about doing big things. in detroit s case, the mayor has come right out and said what s very difficult to admit. that detroit has to get smaller. that he can t continue to support every neighborhood at the same level, because the city can t raise enough revenue. ....
Imported from detroit with eternal base, rhythm guitar and gospel choir. i live in another musical city that s been emptied out, new orleans. also very great, and also very american with its own american way. even before hurricane katrina, new orleans had begun to lose new orleanians. after katrina whole neighborhoods were empty and ruined and not all of them were brought back. many of the neighborhoods, like the lower ninth ward have lost way more than half their people. new orleans has been going through its own triage, a painful process of trying to decide which neighborhoods to support and which will simply fade away. these are two american cities. each confronting a smaller future. and we talk as a nation about doing big things. in detroit s case, the mayor has come right out and said what s very difficult to admit. that detroit has to get smaller. that he can t continue to support every neighborhood at the same level, because the city can t raise enough revenue. ....
The living room, the dining room, the kitchen. now five years later, albert has reunited with his wife and returned to texas permanently. he s among the 20% of former new orleanians who after katrina no longer call that city home. but he makes frequent trips back to the city he loves and that s where i had the pleasure of catching up with my friend once again. this katrina thing is still going on. albert is a professional substance abuse counselor, but the clinic he helped start in new orleans doesn t pay him a salary, and he s currently unemployed. when people ask you how you re doing today, how do you answer that q uestion? partly cloudy, like the weather. sometimes i feel good about what s going on and sometimes i don t. for those who have returned to live in the city, t struggle to rebuild their lives has been monumental. houses have been abandoned in ....