Construction & Deveopment

Lincoln Beach abuts  Lake Pontchartrain in the Little Woods neighborhood of eastern New  Orleans. Started as a segregated Black swimming area in the late 1930’s,  the site underwent a major renovation in 1954. Thereafter, until its  closing in 1964, Lincoln Beach provided a summer long festival of water  sports, carnival rides, music and food.

Construction Cost: $450M+

ONE + ACRE of land can be configured in various ways to accommodate as few as 25 or as many as 100 veterans. We propose 50 as the ‘Best’ number due to the functionality; production and support teams that can be structured with 50 individuals and lower impact on the surrounding community. The facility will provide housing, centralized food preparation, work out and office and learning facilities, vegetable and fish production along with job training and manufacturing facilities and support personnel allowing the facility to produce more sophisticated affordable housing alternatives for the masses, which can be shipped or deployed to other facilities.
Combined with water production and catchment, solar and wind energy production and roof side gardens and patios the community will function as an attractive contained facility capable of supporting many temporary individuals and even some permanent families (with increased density).   

NOLATOWN  with its engineering and concept partner plans to study a new rail system that will connect East and West New Orleans, Louisiana, provide a direct link to Lincoln Beach from downtown New Orleans, while extending to Slidell.

One light rail line - Big Easy - with modern technology and a dedicated transit lane. A new light rail vehicle will operate free from traffic improving travel times for everyone on the road  and will serve destinations including:

• University of New Orleans (UNO)/Lakefront
• Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO)/Gentilly Community
• Downman Road
• Lincoln Beach/Little Woods
• Slidell