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Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Throughout the month of February, Crescent City Farmers Market has a ton of fun programming lined up—both digital and in-person—that celebrates Black History Month with the contribution, skill, and passion of Black vendors, chefs, and community members.
Each week we're sharing our favorite books related to race, food, and agriculture! This week's installment of our Black History Month book list focuses on food history and how our nation's culinary legacy has been shaped by Black people and culture.
Stay tuned to the Market Morsels newsletter, Instagram or Facebook to see how you can join in on our Black History Month celebrations! Read more.
Sanitation Update
Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Mardi Gras Day Holiday Collection Schedule:
Trash and recycling collection will run a day behind schedule for the remainder of then Mardi Gras week.
Trash and recycling collection
for Tuesday locations will occur on Wednesday
for Wednesday locations will occur on Thursday
for Thursday locations will occur on Friday
for Friday locations will occur on Saturday
for Saturday locations will occur on Sunday.
Neighbors by RING Program
Celebrate with Crescent City Farmers Market
Neighbors by RING Program
MARDI GRAS 2023 PARADE SCHEDULE
This year during Mardi Gras Glass Half Full & Glassroots will be partnering with the City and a number of local non-profits to make Mardi Gras more eco-friendly. During the first and second weekend of Mardi Gras (February 11th & 12th and February 18th & 19th), we will be providing recycling for glass, beads, and aluminum cans at 4 locations Uptown!
Sacred Heart Academy – St. Charles Ave & Napoleon Ave
New Orleans & Company – St. Charles Ave & Josephine St
Greater New Orleans Foundation – St. Charles Ave & Harmony Circle
Gallier Hall – St. Charles Ave & Lafayette St
You’re welcome to come recycle your glass, beads, and cans at these hubs from 10 am to 4 pm.
RoadWork NOLA
Garden Tips by Ariel Wallick, Carrollon Gardener
Neighbors by RING Program
On Friday, January 27, East Carrollton residents met with representatives from the city of New Orleans Department of Public Works, Roadwork Nola, Hard Rock Construction, the Mayor's office, Councilman Giarrusso's office, Sewerage and Water Board, and Fema to receive an update on the Neron Place street repair project and other Marlyville-Fountainebleau Group C projects. The meeting took place on the corner of Neron and Short St. and was requested by the Central Carrollton Residents Association (CCA). DPW and Hard Rock offered to keep residents infomed of the project progress through emails to CCA and to meet again in two weeks for further updates.
Garden Tips by Ariel Wallick, Carrollon Gardener
Garden Tips by Ariel Wallick, Carrollon Gardener
Garden Tips by Ariel Wallick, Carrollon Gardener
Happy Carnival! I always love this time of year when the Japanese magnolias begin to bloom, ushering in Mardi Gras celebrations. Despite the freeze in December, we’ve had a pretty mild winter. Really, it has felt like spring for weeks now. It’s time to get the gardens ready for spring planting. There are plenty of cold crops you can continue to grow while the mild winter temperatures sustain. Download the January NOLA planting guide from Anna Timmerman at LSU AG. I’ve recently sewn lettuce, nasturtiums, arugula, radish, and sunflowers. Read more.
NOPL
Garden Tips by Ariel Wallick, Carrollon Gardener
Garden Tips by Ariel Wallick, Carrollon Gardener
Summer Hours: Nix Library
Beginning Monday March 6th, updated times will be:
10AM-7:00 PM Monday through Thursday.
10AM-5PM Friday and Saturday.
For detailed information: nolalibrary.org and choose the Nix location or call Nix.
Special Feature for teens: Main Library, 219 Loyola Ave, 2nd Floor, Teen Zone.
Best Buy Teen Tech Center - made possible by Best Buy grant funds and The Clubhouse, a collaboration with the MIT Media Lab. The center is equipped with technology and multimedia tools used for music and video production, interactive programming, graphic design and more.
*Membership limited to youth 13-18. Afternoon hours Tuesday - Saturday.
Note: The 1rst Tuesday of each month the center is open to all ages.
For further info - NOPL Best Buy Teen Center or email: bbttc@nolalibrary.org
For adult mentor membership inquiries contact via email - bbttc@nolalibrary.com
Guest Blogs
Housing Developments in Carrollton, by Keith Hardie, Vice President, Maple Area Residents Inc. (MARI)
Doubles 2 Dorms
Councilmember Giarrusson’s proposed University Area Off-street Parking Interim Zoning District (IZD), which will require additional parking spaces when developers seek to increase the density of residential structures, was approved by the City Planning Commission. The purpose of Giarrusso’s proposal was to slow the growth of developments known as D2Ds (Doubles to Dormitories), which are replacing housing occupied by long term residents with student rentals going for as much as $ 1750 per month for a single bedroom. The Planning Commission made one change to Giarrusso’s proposal: that the area of the IZD be reduced by moving the borders on the west to Carrollton Avenue and on the north to Claiborne, excluding all neighborhoods on the upriver side of Carrollton, and north of Claiborne, including Riverbend, Hollygrove, Northwest Carrollton, Fountainbleau, Gert Town, and Broadmoor, from the IZD. The proposal now goes back to the Council. Residents of the excluded neighborhoods should contact the Council if they wish to be included in the IZD.
D2D Signs
If you would like a “Stop D2Ds” yard sign, send an email to maplearearesidentsinc@gmail.com, give us your address, and we will drop a sign off. The signs are free, but if you want to help us buy more signs, you can make a donation by going to https://www.maplearearesidents.com/join/ and clicking on the “Join” button.
Tulane Proposes Extending Campus
Other proposed land use legislation includes changes to the Future Land Use Map (FLUM). The proposed changes include Tulane’s request to convert several residential properties near the campus to “Institutional” use. See link below. One proposal, for properties on the block bounded by Broadway, Willow, Audubon, and Plum, is reportedly intended for a parking structure and housing for juniors and seniors. (Tulane has declined to confirm or deny that, meaning that they want the City to allow them to change the land use, but won’t reveal exactly what they are thinking about doing with the properties.) Tulane will be required to hold a neighborhood meeting concerning their request.
Housing Opportunities Study
Finally, the Planning Commission staff is proposing another “Housing Opportunities” study, which will include public meetings. Pay attention to these meetings, as changes to the zoning rules often begin in the Housing Opportunities meetings. One example of a significant change is the “Established Multi-Family” rule [https://czo.nola.gov/article/#20-3-W] that allows a developer to convert a property on a lot zoned single or double family to a four-plex if he can show that the property had four units at any time in the past. As the legislation includes no limitation on the number of bedrooms, an existing single-family property that was a four-plex consisting of four one-bedroom apartments in 1920 could be converted to four four-bedroom apartments today. There are restrictions preventing expansion of the footprint and floor area, but in one case, the rule resulted in a structure on a two family lot with 11 bedrooms expanding to fourteen bedrooms in four units. Click here for a map pf the proposed PLUM changes.
Contact Keith at: keithhardie@yahoo.com
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Health And Public Safety
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USEFUL LINKS
Health And Public Safety
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New Orleans Police Department Website
View UCR Crime Stats, 911 Calls for Service Reports, and Citizen Satisfaction Surveys.
View reported criminal activity in Orleans Parish.
Get cash rewards of up to $2500 for anonymous tips.
NOPD Online, Non-emgency Crime Reporting
Report incidents such as: Property damage, Lost property, Thefts, Auto theft
Tulane University Police Department (TUPD), 504-865-5200
Police Community Advisory Board
Mission and members
NOPD Hot Sheet - crime/nuisance reporting (see downloads below)
2nd District Community meetings calendar: MAX ( Management Analytics for eXcellence weekly meetings); NONPAC ( New Orleans Neighborhood Police Anti-Crime Council monthly meetings)
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
USEFUL LINKS
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
Department of Public Works, City of New Orleans
- RoadWork NOLA (street repair)
- Potholes
- Street Lights
- Sidewalks
- Catch Basins
- Traffic Signs and Signals
Sewerage and Water Board
- Report a Leak or Field Problem
- Frequently Asked Questions
- RoadWork Mapping Application Overview
- Green Infrastructure
Resilience & Sustainability , City of New Orleans
- Resilient NOLA
- Climate Action for a Resilient New Orleans
- Taking Steps Together on Equity & Climate Change:A Report for and by New Orleanians
- Gentilly Resilience District - Creative Engagement & Communications Plan
Entergy
Greening Carrollton
Carrollton Real Estate Report
Food & Garden Center
Greener, healthier, more earth-friendly Carrollton.
Food & Garden Center
Carrollton Real Estate Report
Food & Garden Center
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Carrollton Real Estate Report
Carrollton Real Estate Report
Carrollton Real Estate Report
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Pet Corner
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
Carrollton Real Estate Report
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
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Senior Center
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
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Carrollton Neighborhood Organizations
Carrollton Neighborhood Organizations
Carrollton Neighborhood Organizations
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