Would be great to incorporate multi-use community centers into the recovery of the impacted neighborhoods to create safe and well-designed spaces for a variety of activities -- everything from "town hall" community meetings to after-school programs (tutoring, arts education, mentorship, counseling, etc.), exhibitions (art and otherwise) and live performances (theatre, music, film, etc.).

Surely this is "pie-in-the-sky," to be dealt with after immediate needs are taken care of (housing and food for those in need) but if these spaces were well-designed and easily accessible, they could become important gathering spaces for neighborhoods to express and define themselves.

Another possible extension to this, piggybacking on the "arts colony" idea posted here, is to have a small apartment attached to the center for a rotating residency by an artist/caretaker, who could help maintain and manage the space and offer educational programming in exchange for free live/work space for a period of time.