Source: NOLA.com
…Broadmoor had remained diverse — many say it is a microcosm of New Orleans’ broader social, economic and racial makeup. But it also had its ills. Between the 1980s and the early 2000s, many of the people who could afford to leave did.
That exodus turned the Church of the Annunciation on South Claiborne Avenue into a community of outsiders. Many parishioners trekked in from Metairie for services out of familial tradition, not necessarily loyalty to the neighborhood, said the Rev. Duane Nettles, the church’s rector.
Nettles said when his predecessor, the Rev. Jerry Kramer, took over leadership of the church before Hurricane Katrina, he set out to replug the congregation back into the community […]
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