Showing posts with label neighborhoods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neighborhoods. Show all posts
It Takes a Neighborhood
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Community,
neighborhoods,
Recovery
Five years ago the media was full of articles about the death of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina, the pundits declared, had proved that the city was unnatural and unsustainable. The mass exodus after the flooding would leave it hobbled at a fraction of its former size, and some even advocated government policies to keep it that way.It was a tempting idea, and one that is in vogue among beleaguered cities, which have let themselves shrink, demolishing damaged houses and abandoning entire neighborhoods. God knows the political and real estate establishment of New Orleans tried to follow the lead of already shrinking cities like Detroit, Buffalo and Youngstown, Ohio.
Renewal is sweet in Gentilly's Sugar Hill neighborhood
Labels:
Community,
neighborhoods
THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Gentilly Sugar Hill, near Dillard University and bounded by Gentilly Boulevard on the north, Florida Avenue on the south, Elysian Fields Avenue on the east and A.P. Tureaud Avenue on the west.
Its name is on a handsome wrought-iron sign on the St. Anthony Avenue neutral ground south of Gentilly Boulevard.
It's hard to come by information on the history of Sugar Hill. Neighborhood leader Barbara Blackwell and Sugar Hill association president Debra Joseph say most of the relevant research and historical materials washed away in Hurricane Katrina when the home of the former association president, Annie Avery, filled with water.
Its name is on a handsome wrought-iron sign on the St. Anthony Avenue neutral ground south of Gentilly Boulevard.
It's hard to come by information on the history of Sugar Hill. Neighborhood leader Barbara Blackwell and Sugar Hill association president Debra Joseph say most of the relevant research and historical materials washed away in Hurricane Katrina when the home of the former association president, Annie Avery, filled with water.
Rails to Bike Trails
Labels:
Community,
neighborhoods,
Transportation
City-planning professionals are hoping to find out what it takes to turn a former waterway and rail line into a neighborhood destination, and how to bring a community to it. Professionals in transportation, public health and urban planning will convene Feb. 25-26 to find out how to engage communities and get them on trails, or more specifically, the Laffitte Corridor, a planned three-mile linear path linking Treme to Lakeview with a bike- and pedestrian-friendly path and urban greenspace.
The greenway is a project of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that helps transform former rail lines in urban neighborhoods into accessible community spaces, with the goal of making communities more "livable." RTC has completed about 1,500 miles since its founding in 1986, and is looking to develop approximately 15,000 miles of rail-trails throughout the country. The RTC's Urban Pathways Initiative includes the greenway project underway in the Lafitte Corridor. Other cities with Urban Pathways projects include Cleveland, Ohio, Springfield, Mass., Camden, N.J., Jacksonville, Fla., and Compton, Calif.
"New Orleans definitely has a lot of potential in a city for trails, walking and biking," says the RTC's Stephen Miller. "It's compact, it's flat, it's temperate; there are a lot of built in advantages other cities don't have. It'll be exciting to get all the folks from around the country to really see the potential there."
Trumpet Magazine Release Party
Labels:
Community,
Events,
neighborhoods,
trumpet
You won’t want to miss this extra special Trumpet Release Party!
New Orleans Mayoral Candidates will be helping us celebrate – by serving as celebrity bartenders for the event. So come out and chat it up – one of them will be your next mayor!
The Trumpet Release Party welcomes people from neighborhoods throughout New Orleans, non-profits, young professionals and local businesses. Feel free to bring your kids.
The dress code is casual to business casual and all are welcome to attend.
Location
Hollygrove Market and Farm
Time(s)
Jan 20th 5:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Cost
FREE! (but bring cash for drinks – there will not be a card machine)
Two nonprofits team up to help New Orleans rebuild
Labels:
neighborhoods,
non profits,
rebuild,
Recovery,
Volunteer
There are no boundaries when it comes to lending a helping hand.
That was the philosophy of two non-profit group leaders whose organizations have worked in tandem over the years in the Milwaukee area to rebuild and transform some of the city's most underserved neighborhoods.
New Orleans area gears up for Night Out Against Crime tonight
Labels:
Crime Prevention,
neighborhoods
Residents across the metro New Orleans area will gather at block parties tonight to mark the 26th annual National Night Out Against Crime.
From Chalmette to Metairie and New Orleans and Abita Springs, neighborhood celebrations are planned for residents to team up with each other and law enforcement authorities to make their communities safer. The annual event is designed to heighten crime awareness and strenghthen neighborhood bonds.
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