In June 2013, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) broke ground on the new $17 million Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center and the new $4.1 million New Orleans Fire Department Engine 22 and 39 Fire Station which are both located at the intersection of North Claiborne Avenue and Caffin Street in the Lower Ninth Ward. These new facilities will replace the previous community center and fire station that were both destroyed when levees failed during Hurricane Katrina. Both of these new buildings will be symbols of this community’s rebirth following the devastation left by the hurricane.
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