 A private developer's vision for Ibreville off-sites saved 46 historic homes in New Orleans Treme neighborhood and showed how urban blight can turn into welcoming beauty for low-income residents. Treme is the cultural home of the city's famed social clubs, mutual aid societies, and great jazz families. But as New Orleans struggled post-Katrina, the idea of restoring private historic homes rather than investing in large-scale projects was a tough sell. At Red Mellon Restoration and Development, a mission-driven development company saw an opportunity and purchased blighted properties from owners and created architectural plans for each house. The contractor painstakingly restored and reconstructed walls, floors, and windows, all in line with the Secretary of the Interior's standards for historic rehabilitation. Using creative funding on a small scale and HUD neighborhood stabilization funds, Ibreville off-sites shows how rehabilitation can address a neighborhood's needs and connect new residents to their home's history. The result isn't adaptive reuse, it's continued use. And now Ibreville off-sites has provided a powerful and replicable model for other cities.