Over 21 years of projects and civic improvements have yielded a tremendous number of articles about the YLC. A few of these articles are listed below.

One Book, One New Orleans pick's Louis Armstrong's 1954 memoir
www.nola.com, August 7, 2010
ONE book. ONE New Orleans. What a ONEderful world is the theme of the sixth annual One Book One New Orleans community-wide reading project, whose 2010 title will be announced...(read more).

Sips In The City
noladefender.com, July 30, 2010
Chef Anthony Spizale grabs a tray of orange cocktails off the bar and begins serving it to the 100 people crowding in the Rib Room Bar. He easily swings the tray...(read more)

Young professionals demand a true leader in New Orleans' next Mayor
wwltv.com, November 12, 2009
Young professional groups that have thrived in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina are hoping to have a big impact on not only the outcome of the mayoral election, but on setting the agenda for the city over the next four years... (read more)
Mayor's Job Description

One Book, One New Orleans, Two Events
NewOrleans.Com, October 12, 2009
Hopefully you've been reading Gumbo Tales for a few weeks now, savoring it chapter by chapter, little by little, like a really great meal...(read more)

One Book One New Orleans Keeps Giving Even After the Reading is Done
NewOrleans.Com, September, 2009
The official fall reading period for this year's One Book One New Orleans program began on September 1 - have you gotten started yet?...(read more)

Gambit lists YLC Wednesday at the Square as best place for free live music
Gambit, August, 2009
The decade-old Wednesday at the Square spring concert series turned Lafayette Square into one of our readers' favorite music spots...(read more)

One Book One New Orleans gets underway with gumbo tasting Wednesday
The Times-Picayune, August, 2009
One Book One New Orleans, the citywide reading initiative sponsored by the Young Leadership Council and the Literacy Alliance, gets underway with a gumbo tasting...(read more)

Business Council Leaders Honored by YLC
Business Council of New Orleans, August, 2009
Board members, John Georges and Merritt Lane, will be honored at the Young Leadership Council's 2009 Role Model Awards Gala...(read more)

Take a ride on 'A Streetcar Named Inspire'
The Times-Picayune, June, 2009
You've probably noticed those mini-streetcars around town; unlike their RTA counterparts, they go everywhere in
New Orleans...(read more)

One Book One New Orleans chooses Sara Roahen's "Gumbo Tales"
The Times-Picayune, June, 2009
The Young Leadership Council, celebrating the fifth year of its One Book One New Orleans reading initiative, announced Monday...(read more)  

College application process daunting without guidance
New Orleans CityBusiness, March, 2009
Amanda Smithson thought her days of filling out college application forms were over until she met a high school senior...(read more)

Fixing the drain
1012 Corridor Weekly, February, 2009
A BRIGHT, ENERGETIC and a self-admittedly, idealistic force is set to combat the ever frustrating brain drain...(read more)

Blake Pontchartrain: New Orleans Know-It-All
The Gambit, February, 2009
Little painted streetcars have cropped up all over town...(read more)

KABOOM playground build a blast in Central City
New Orleans CityBusiness, November, 2008
It was a crisp Saturday morning, probably the coolest yet in New Orleans this autumn. Ordinarily, I would have joined most of the city in staying...(read more)

Endowed foundations in the New Orleans area are seeing their investments erode because of the meltdown on Wall Street
The Times-Picayune, November, 2008
Individual investors aren't the only ones watching their holdings erode as Wall Street melts down...(read more)

Public Works director seeks $50.7M for streets
New Orleans CityBusiness, October, 2008
Virtually everyone living in New Orleans would agree its suffering streets are a major detriment to a first-rate quality of life in the city...(read more)

Brain Retain
New Orleans CityBusiness, September, 2008
It's no secret New Orleans has attracted young professionals since Hurricane Katrina. A Tulane University study last year pegged their total near 3,000, but the number did not...(read more)

The New Orleans 100
alldaybuffet, August, 2008
A look at the good that's happened since Katrina...(read more)

Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding General Doug O'Dell Speaks at Young Leadership Council Luncheon
Office of the Press Secretary, May, 2008
New Orleans, LA - General Doug O'Dell, federal coordinator of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding (OFC), today spoke to members of the Young Leadership Council...(read more)

Young Leadership Council rolls out N.O. streetcar art initiative
The Times-Picayune, November 2007
A fiberglass streetcar sculpture unveiled Sunday is the latest fundraising creation of the Young Leadership Council...(read more)

Come on down, YLC urges professionals
The Times-Picayune, May, 2007
In its continued effort to stem the tide of out-migration, the Young Leadership Council has embarked on an ambassadorial mission to let young professionals know that, despite the challenges of living in post-Katrina New Orleans...(read more)

Young Leadership Council volunteer hours add up
New Orleans CityBusiness, January, 2006
The Young Leadership Council today released its year-end impact figures for 2005 showing 381 YLC volunteers gave 10,103 hours to community service in the New Orleans area...(read more)

Young Leadership cleanup project targets Central City
New Orleans CityBusiness, April, 2006
Young Leadership Council volunteers cleaned up a Central City neighborhood this past weekend and will continue its Neighborhood Renaissance Project in Central City...(read more)

Next Generation Civic Groups: Community Involvement in a Post-Rotary Club Era
The Next American City, January, 2005
In 1999, a twenty-something engineer named Bill Carson faced an increasingly common decision: to stay or go...(read more)