Make It Right Completes the First of 150 Homes

Make It Right is working hard to build safe and healthy homes for the citizens of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Cherokee Gives Back is a principal partner in the Make It Right Project with the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, Graft and William McDonough. The project is catalyzing redevelopment in New Orleans by building a neighborhood of sustainably built homes with an emphasis on high quality design, while preserving the spirit and culture of the community.

Mission: To be a catalyst for redevelopment of the Lower 9th Ward by building a neighborhood of sustainable construction, with an emphasis on high quality design, while preserving the spirit and culture of the community.

The neglected community and Cherokee’s commitment to advance sustainability in underserved areas, the Make It Right project is working with a group of renowned architects to design sustainable, affordable homes for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Cherokee Gives Back has provided project management expertise and organizational support necessary to ensure the long-term success of the project.  “It is a privilege to work on this rebuilding effort, and we are inspired by the collaboration of a dedicated visionary, an international group of volunteers, and a community with an irrepressible spirit,” said Tom Darden, CEO of Cherokee.