Lil Brooklyn Neighborhood held its fourth annual community celebration
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The Lil Brooklyn Neighborhood Initiative in New Iberia held their fourth annual community celebration tonight.
Volunteers from Buckingham Road Church of Christ in Texas offered a helping hand this week, they say, by painting two houses in the neighborhood.
Now, the Lil Brooklyn neighborhood has a total of 15 houses painted. Everybody in this community matters, and we want people to be known, seen, be verbal, and to have a voice. We going to work hard together and we re going to celebrate together. That s what this is about, said one event attendee.
Li l Brooklyn Neighborhood Initiative makes progress in bringing residents back to New Iberia
and last updated 2021-05-13 18:34:17-04
NEW IBERIA â The Li l Brooklyn Neighborhood Initiative is a project that was started by a retired graphics designer, Anne Darrah. She started this initiative to help beautify a small section of New Iberia in hopes to attract more people.
Alison Henry, a New Iberia native, recently moved back home from California after moving away when she was just fourteen years old. She decided to move back after seeing the improvements made in the community through the initiative.
Thirty years after she moved away, she came back to New Iberia to visit. Upon returning, she found what appeared to be a lifeless neighborhood compared to the one that she knew and loved.
New Iberia neighborhood gets makeover
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NEW IBERIA â Anne Darrah is a retired graphic designer who has decided to put all of her extra time into brightening her community with the Li l Brooklyn Neighborhood Initiative project.
Anne Darrah
Anne Darrah and Jackie Ray Bennet working on a home for Li l Brooklyn Neighborhood Initiative project I always pictured what these houses would look like with some color on them, says Anne Darrah, the spearhead for the project. I know that design can uplift people and change people s minds and make people happy.
The project was started last summer and has seen to be a huge success as community members have stepped up to donate money, paint and their time to help improve the neighborhood.