"You have to be inclusive in the way that you do your work... inclusive in how you figure out how these project are going to happen and how is going to affect the neighbors." -Jon Leit & Michael Grote

"You have to be optimistic, you have to continue to push on, you can’t just let a situation happen. It’s not the end." -Arthur Brocato

“Often people think about resilience as a feature that shows up once when something presses against you. I think resilience is an ongoing commitment to do what our name is about: Ashé- make things happen.” -Carol Babelle

"...At the end of the day, we are so strong and we really make a way out of no way. That’s the story that is told here with the store, with this city and with every single person who has come back.” -Brooke Boudreaux

"There is an African Proverb that all of us worked around and it was: "when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion." -Vera Williams

"I felt an obligation to my community to be open every day, all day just to give people some sense of normalcy." -Hillary Guttman

"The major motivation is going to be that you want to provide for your family and that your employees want to do the same." -Mark Tullis

"You need to be resilient. You have to be strong. You have to be patient and think in the long term." -Juan Barreto

"It’s all about the people. Products can´t communicate, but people can." -Jay Nix

"The combination of the city’s music, food, and love of life are incomparable. The amazing people here are what make New Orleans the incredible place we are blessed to call home." -Lillie Rea (Her mother Shirani Rea pictured above)