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Parish President Craig Taffaro's Current Report

The Saints are going to the Super Bowl, St. Bernard still has some of the best fishing in the world, Chalmette High School is again listed as a national best, Charlie's Diner bests the city restaurants in gumbo competition two years running, there are record numbers of children participating in recreational sports, St. Bernard still has the lowest crime rates in the metropolitan area, and we are still a community where God is invited to bless our work, our play, and our community. This is the real State of Our Parish. What follows is important information, but what continues to make St. Bernard- St. Bernard and what continues to have people fall in love with our community with even one short visit are the people. Our old friends and neighbors who returned have led us back to the "your mom and ‘dem" hospitality and deep rooted and genuine care about each other. While we modernize and rebuild to a better-than-ever state of being, it has been crucial that we have maintained our soul of a community. And we have. Different? Yes, in many ways. Tough decisions? Yes, every day. But in the midst of all that is going on and the multitude of challenges, we are St. Bernard and there is no other place that can be.

In just two short years, the pace and progress of the Recovery and Growth of St. Bernard Parish has made landmark impressions in the Gulf Coast region. Leading Recovery related activities in the region for two years in a row comes as a result of a vision and attitude that is based on partnering the resources of the local, state, and federal levels. It is now clear that as St. Bernard Parish Government enters its final leg of Recovery and remains in the midst of its Growth, the almost $1,000,000,000.00 of federal funding will be the foundation of a legacy for generations to come.

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