New Orleans As hard as it is to imagine Drew, Mississippi, in the heart of the River delta at the core of Sunflower County only eight miles away from the notorious Parchman Prison, has had its moments in the sun recently. A couple of years ago there was a story about dying small …
Author: wade
Privatize What?
New Orleans I had a “from the mouths of babes” experience this week. I was eating lunch with a couple of big non-profit housing developers and a senior community development banker with Bank of America who has $200 Million invested in New Orleans now. As they got in the car to drop me …
Schooling Subprime Servicers
New Orleans ACORN has been heavily engaged in discussions for months with various servicers of subprime mortgages in order to develop the ways and means to prevent foreclosures. There have been negotiations, meetings, actions, and everything else as we try to herd all of major companies into agreements, many of which are close to …