St. John the Baptist Parish council members and housing authority members gathered in front of an abandoned housing unit ready to be demolished to make way for green space. Pictured from left to right are council members Larry Snyder and Jaclyn Hotard, Housing Authority Executive Director Trina Henderson, Housing Commissioners Mercadel Cosey, Jo Maxent and Iona Holloway, Parish President Natalie Robottom, Councilman Lucien Gauff and Eliza Eugene. (Staff photo by Robin Shannon)