New Orleans churches struggling on hope, prayer - ContraCostaTimes.com: "Economists say the billions of dollars pouring into the hurricane recovery could ease the slowdown here. With some neighborhoods ruined by the Aug. 29, 2005, storm, construction jobs should be plentiful. Tax collections from purchases of building materials and furniture should keep coming. In March, city sales tax collections, which have fluctuated since the storm, hit $11.3 million; that compares with the $12.7 million collected the month before the storm.
Still, the specter of tough times is worrisome in an area with an economy that's still recovering from massive devastation — and churches feel particularly vulnerable.
Some charitable and faith-based groups fear that local residents, worried about their job security and faced with higher prices"
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