By admin on September 1, 2010
The New Orleans City Council will meet tomorrow for a regularly scheduled Council meeting. Among the agenda items to be addressed are:
* Ordinance to establish the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, to provide for membership composition and length of terms of members to the Commission (scheduled to be addressed at 1 p.m.)
Posted in City Government, Featured, Good Government, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 30, 2010
Get your tickets now! The Le Petit Annual Encore! Gala is Saturday, Sept. 11, at Le Petit Theatre in the French Quarter. Bryan Batt and Patricia Clarkson will be emceeing the event.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Featured, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 30, 2010
Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson, with Council President Arnie Fielkow and the Council’s budget staff, appeared at WBOK this morning to discuss the City’s operating budget with Girod Stevens and WBOK listeners.
Posted in City Government, Featured, Good Government, News, Press Releases, Recovery | Tagged Budget
By admin on August 27, 2010
Times Picayune, August 26, 2010 – A flock of warbirds will be the stars of the latest expansion of the National World War II Museum.
Posted in Economic Development, Featured, Recovery | Tagged Military, National World War II Museum
By admin on August 26, 2010
At today’s City Council meeting, in commemoration of the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Council Vice President Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and the City Council payed tribute to several heroes of Hurricane Katrina.
Posted in City Government, Featured, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 26, 2010
The Council and neighborhood groups are hosting several meetings this week concerning a proposed charter change concerning the New Orleans Recreation Department. Find a meeting in your neighborhood.
Posted in Featured, General, Press Releases | Tagged NORD, Youth and Recreation
By admin on August 25, 2010
Jenny Hamilton, of the New Orleans Ballet Association, which funds ballet programming for New Orleans youth through NORD, appeared before the Council’s Youth and Recreation Committee to help get this message to the public: arts and culture need to be a vital piece of NORD reform.
Posted in Arts and Culture, City Government, Featured, Photo Galleries | Tagged Youth and Recreation
By admin on August 24, 2010
The New Orleans City Council tonight will launch a series of public meetings promoting a proposed City Charter amendment that would reorganize the way the city administers and operates recreation programs.
Posted in City Government, Community, Featured, News, News Articles | Tagged NORD, Youth and Recreation
By admin on July 12, 2010
For generations, Fleur de Lis Park in Lakeview has been a haven for the youth of the neighborhood. So when a for-sale sign appeared in the park late last month, the outcry from residents was loud and immediate. Now, it appears, City Hall, including Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the City Council, is on the neighbors’ side.
Posted in Featured, General, News, News Articles | Tagged Lakeview, Land Use and Zoning, Youth and Recreation
