Designer Marianne Cusato is working with home centers and manufacturers to bring the cottage to market. To learn more and see expanded design options visit cusatocottages.com.

Panelized construction by Home Front Homes; 941/475-6090 or homefronthomes.com.

Building materials, lighting and ceiling fans: donated by Lowe's; lowes.com for stores.

Designed by Eric Moser of Moser Design Group; 843/379-5630 or www.moserdesigngroup.com.

Volunteer building crew: Mennonite Disaster Service; mds.mennonite.net. Building materials: donated by Rotary International; rotary.org.

Katrina Cottage plans: Gulf Coast Emergency House Plans (17 plans, including those for Katrina Cottage 1), from the New Urban Guild; 786/276-6000 or janna@newurbanguild.com.

The long-term vision for the cottage includes incorporating it into an existing neighborhood or building a new traditional community one cottage at a time.

The New Urban Guild
To order a plan book of Katrina cottages, call 786/276-6000; newurbanguild.com

Congress for New Urbanism
Resources for implementing New Urbanism; cnu.org

Louisiana Speaks
Local and statewide planning; louisianaspeaks.org

Louisiana Recovery Authority
Planning and recovery resources; lra.louisiana.gov