Hollygrove Greenline Shade-Water Pavilion

Small Center Engagement

The Hollygrove Greenline project sought to make a neighborhood amenity out of a divisive infrastructural corridor. Small Center’s involvement with the project began with research and documentation of the area’s historical, physical, and social contexts. This work was presented at community meetings, shaped by a need for water management, and developed into designs that would serve the community.

Partner Organization

The Carrollton-Hollygrove Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is the development of affordable housing to low- and moderate-income households, and, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, to promote neighborhood revitalization and recovery.

Outcome

Several phases of development have been achieved over five years, including site access, walking paths, shade trees, seating, and a shade pavilion with unique water collection devices used to demonstrate four ways of reducing stormwater runoff and local flooding by managing water on-site. Through continued engagement with neighborhood stakeholders, the Greenline project transformed these otherwise derelict lots into active and healthy community spaces. To view the completed booklet of the Hollygrove Greenline Pavilion, please click here.

Collaborators

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

Appropriate Technologies

C Bel Awnings

Carrollton-Hollygrove Community Development Corporation (CHCDC)

Dana Brown & Associates

DesignCorps

Engineers Without Borders

Hollygrove Market & Farm

The New Orleans Food & Farm Network

Trinity Christian Community

Twin Shores Landscape