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 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 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
By admin on July 9, 2010
District meetings for our City’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance start on Monday, July 12. This will affect all our neighborhoods. We need you there! We need your input!
Posted in Featured, General, News | Tagged Master Plan with the Force of Law
By admin on November 18, 2009
“The Council is the financial custodian of the City,” Clarkson said. “We have a responsibility to check and balance the City’s financial processes – including RFPs, especially those involving significant amounts of taxpayer dollars and those that have the potential to be renewed.”
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