CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person: Moses J. Williams,
President and CEO
Address: 400 East Craig Street
P.O. Box 1149
Tallulah, LA 71284
Phone: (318) 574-0995
Fax: (318) 574-3132
Email: neladeltacdc@aol.com
Website: www.deltacompact.org/network/partners/ne_louisiana.asp
Parishes Served: East Carroll, Madison
Congressional Representatives / Began Service:
5th District: John Cooksey (R) / 1997
Senators / Began Service:
John B. Breaux (D) / 1987
Mary L. Landrieu (D) / 1997
Incorporation Date: 1995
The
mission of Northeast Louisiana Delta Community Development Corporation (NELDCDC)
is to alleviate poverty and revitalize distressed communities in the
region (with particular emphasis on Madison and East Carroll Parishes).
The CDC endeavors to create economic opportunities and sustainable
community development through education, entrepreneurial initiatives,
small business expansion and job training. NELDCDC hopes to create
livable and vibrant communities where human initiative, work and stable
families can flourish. The organization works to advance physical
development --including the rehabilitation and provision of affordable
homes--, to make infrastructure improvements and to address civic needs
such as environmental safety and law enforcement. 
To
carry out its work, NELDCDC partners with an array of government and state
agencies, as well as foundations and banks. Its partners include:
USDA, the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund at the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Louisiana Department of Social
Services, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Hibernia National Bank Deposit,
Guaranty Bank, Cross Keys Bank and the Southern EZ/EC Forum.
NELDCDC
has also attracted business to the area in order to create employment
opportunities. During the 1990s, Avondale Industries (the sixth
largest shipbuilding firm in the country) opened a plant in Tallulah at
the invitation of NELDCDC and Tallulah Mayor, Theodore Lindsey.
As a result of this development and other efforts, Madison Parish has seen
its unemployment rate drop by nearly half and is currently the lowest it
has been in 20 years. 
Education
and Recreation: The Delta Learning and Resource
Center offers tutorial assistance to students in Kindergarten through 12th
grade who fall below state averages on standardized testing and their
schools' academic criteria. The Summer Enrichment Day Camp Program
is a state approved program. It enrolled 84 students in June 2000.
The Center has also tutored 9 students since February 1999 to help them
receive their high school equivalency diploma (GED). In addition to
these education initiatives, the Recreation Division of NELDCDC provides
youth sport leagues in baseball, basketball and football and builds
playgrounds in depressed neighborhoods. In 1999, seven hundred and
eighty youth participated in the Tallulah Youth Recreation League.