Now obviously football camps aren’t the end all be all in reforming juvenile justice, but on Saturday, June 26th, Superbowl Champion and former LSU Tiger, Leonard Fournette took a step in the right direction by hosting his third annual football camp at Joe Brown Park in the once affluent New Orleans East Area of New Orleans. The East was once a section of New Orleans booming with commerce, middle-class homes, and the very attractive Plaza Shopping Center. In the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina, as crime began to pick up, residents began to move out, and businesses began to flee. Then in 2005, Katrina’s wrath put the final nail in The East’s proverbial coffin.
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Now obviously football camps aren’t the end all be all in reforming juvenile justice, but on Saturday, June 26th, Superbowl Champion and former LSU Tiger, Leonard Fournette took a step in the right direction by hosting his third annual football camp at Joe Brown Park in the once affluent New Orleans East Area of New Orleans. The East was once a section of New Orleans booming with commerce, middle-class homes, and the very attractive Plaza Shopping Center. In the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina, as crime began to pick up, residents began to move out, and businesses began to flee. Then in 2005, Katrina’s wrath put the final nail in The East’s proverbial coffin.