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
By admin on September 14, 2009
Times Picayune – Others, including City Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson, criticized what they said has been a lack of public input in the decision to install statues in the park and in the selection of the honorees and the sculptors.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Good Government, News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged Armstrong Park, Treme, Visual Arts, Youth and Recreation
By admin on September 3, 2009
Times Piacyune – Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson shared her enthusiasm for the project, noting that next month the city council will pay tribute to Herbert Simpson, a New Orleanian who played in the Negro League.
Posted in Economic Development, News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged N.O. East, Six Flags Site, Youth and Recreation
By admin on February 16, 2009
“I hope our remembrance of this landmark civil rights case, which originated in New Orleans, will foster a renewed commitment to equal rights and opportunity for all people in our City,” comments Council President Clarkson, who since 1992 has been involved in the effort to have the site of Homer Plessy’s planned arrest on a New Orleans railcar commemorated.
Posted in Community, News, News Articles | Tagged Youth and Recreation
By admin on June 15, 2008
During a recent City Council committee meeting, Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson was told that the parks would be redone by mid-summer. “Mid-summer? We have to do better than that,” Clarkson said. “The kids have no place to play.”
Posted in News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged FEMA, Youth and Recreation
