Course is key to New Orleans park redevelopment

The Joe Bartholomew Golf Course, slated to reopen next year, is the key element in the redevelopment of the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina four years ago.

The Joe Bartholomew Golf Course, once devastated by Hurricane Katrina came and saltwater from Lake Pontchartrain, now is teeming with life as a group of workers, architects, consultants and city officials all push toward a reopening of the historic course in 2010, nola.com reports.

The course, the first in the country designed by an African-American architect, is the key element in the re-development of the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood.

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