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Pitt backs New Orleans rebuilding contest
Published Saturday, Apr 22 2006, 16:59 BST | By Daniel Kilkelly
Brad Pitt is financially backing a design competition to rebuild areas of New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
The Mr. and Mrs. Smith star has joined forces with Global Green USA for the project, and will also be part of the competition's judging panel.
"Our goal is to kick off the rebuilding effort. It's certainly long overdue and I can only go from the reports that we get that it's behind, absolutely. People are frustrated," Pitt is quoted by eecho.ie as saying.
"We could possibly build something that was better and took into account the historical traditions of the city and the voices of the people and turn this into some kind of good."
The Mr. and Mrs. Smith star has joined forces with Global Green USA for the project, and will also be part of the competition's judging panel.
"Our goal is to kick off the rebuilding effort. It's certainly long overdue and I can only go from the reports that we get that it's behind, absolutely. People are frustrated," Pitt is quoted by eecho.ie as saying.
"We could possibly build something that was better and took into account the historical traditions of the city and the voices of the people and turn this into some kind of good."
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