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2024 Hurricane Season Response
We are extremely proud of the response efforts of our Legacy Team members and partners during the 2024 Hurricane season. We played a very small role in a monumental effort by many. Thank you to all team members and our continued partnerships with Lemoine, Grannys Alliance, BluSky Restoration, TriCat Restoration, and others.
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Legacy's Roland Orgeron Jr. featured in Construction Executive CE Magazine
Since Roland Orgeron, Jr. and business partner Blake Couch founded Legacy Industries in 2016, the company has been part of the response to every major hurricane that has hit the continental U.S. including Hurricane Harvey in the Houston area, Hurricane Ian in southwest Florida, Hurricane Florence on the North Carolina coast and others. In plenty of cases, though, he doesn’t need to arrange for anyone to travel anywhere. Based in New Orleans, much of Orgeron, Jr.’s work has involved cleaning up major storms in Louisiana and helping clients in the area prepare for the next disaster that will inevitably arrive on shore.
“We do a lot of consulting to identify vulnerabilities, and we offer action plans for companies based on potential storm scenarios,” Orgeron, Jr. told Construction Executive
Legacy Environmental partners with Jefferson Parish hosting a hazardous materials collection event.
June 2024
It's an opportunity for people to safely dispose of things with corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive ingredients, or those that would be hazardous to the environment if they were washed down the drain or put in the trash. Examples include common household cleaners, oils and pesticides. The event is hosted by the Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs, in partnership with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office LASER Division and Legacy Environmental.
News Source - NOLA.COM
Legacy Construction joined SBP and New Orleans City leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of St. Claude Gardens II
April 2024
Legacy Construction joined New Orleans City leaders and project partners to celebrate the groundbreaking of St. Claude Gardens II, a 39-unit affordable rental housing development in the Lower Ninth Ward Community of New Orleans. SBP is leading the development and construction for these energy-efficient, resilient, equitable rental housing developments. This is the second phase of a series of scattered site developments we have worked on with SBP.
News Source - https://bizneworleans.com/affordable-housing.../
Louisiana Governor Visits Lacassine
October 2023
We take pride in our collaboration with Lemoine for the Louisiana Orphan Well Program, and it was an honor to have Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards visit one of our active project sites.
News Source - Environmental Defense Fund - https://vitalsigns.edf.org/story/us-passed-two-huge-climate-laws-past-four-years-and-theyre-already-changing-lives#closing
Habana Outpost Restaurant Open
April 2023
After long journey to open, Habana Outpost shows new path for a restaurant. Legacy worked on this historic renovation at the corner of N. Rampart Street and Esplanade Ave.
News Source - Nola.com
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/habana-outpost-restaurant-opens-in-french-quarter/article_5efd5808-d4ac-11ed-bcb6-8faf629186a0.html
Containing the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history - 60 Minutes
June 2022
In 2004, Hurricane Ivan brought down a massive oil platform operated by Taylor Energy, in the Gulf of Mexico. For years, oil has been seeping into the Gulf. Jon Wertheim reports on the efforts of a Coast Guard captain and a Cajun engineer to find a solution.
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SBP to begin work on rental homes in Lower Ninth Ward
January 2020
Legacy Construction working with SBP, a local nonprofit on construction of 60 rental units for lower-income veterans and families in the Lower Ninth Ward.
News Source - https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2020/01/24/sbp-to-begin-work-on-rental-homes-in-lower-ninth-ward/
