# @nolanews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxiUg6BtXl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32921060-nolanews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6ec4a714cb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-31T13:36:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) — https://gondola.cc/NOLAnews

## Caption

A barber from Honduras who settled in Kenner. The owner of a construction company who came from New York City via Teach for America. A teacher-turned-founder of an early childhood education center.⁠
Their arrival led to tensions. Among them: Gentrification became a buzzword. The Bywater became a battleground.⁠
But those who have remained are respectful, even reverent, of the New Orleanians who grew up here, whose schools and homes and families were devastated by Katrina.⁠
They stayed because the city took hold of them, as it has so many before them. It shaped them. Then, over the past two decades, they shaped the city.⁠
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Read more by clicking the link in our bio. ⁠
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Story by Jenna Ross ⁠
Photos by @sophiagermer⁠
Video by @justin_the_journalist⁠
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#neworleans #katrina #hurricanekatrina #nola #habitatforhumanity #home #nolalove

## Stats

- **Views:** 10,197
- **Likes:** 616
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 13

## Tags

nola, neworleans, katrina, habitatforhumanity, nolalove, home, hurricanekatrina

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