Mid-City Neighborhood Organization

Jennifer Ruley writes in with some exciting news for the Mid-City neighborhood!

The Lafitte Corridor Greenway (Broad St. to Jeff Davis Pkwy segment) was APPROVED for funding under the State Transportation Enhancement Program! Of the 26 statewide projects that were approved at a total of $6.1M, the Lafitte Corridor Greenway was the ONLY project selected for Orleans Parish this year. You can view the announcement and other awardees at the following link:

http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/planning/tep/selected_projects.asp

Special thanks goes to all the [Friends of Lafitte Corridor] who helped to pull together the application, the City of New Orleans Dept. of Public Works for sponsoring the project, the Regional Planning Commission for it’s help in establishing this project as a regional priority, and the numerous organizations and people who authored letters of suppport.

This will pay for a nice bike path and park stretching from Bayou St. John to Broad along the abandoned rail line. Hooray!

Conversation with City Government Leaders
to discuss progress on campaign commitments.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:30 PM

Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle-Haley Blvd.

The participants will include:
Councilman-at-Large  Arnie Fielkow
Councilwoman Stacy Head, City Council District B
Councilman-at Large Oliver Thomas

A question and answer opportunity will follow.

The goal for this event is to give attendees specifics on how city government leaders have acted on the various commitments they made during the campaign, what the priorities should be going forward from this date, and the next steps to get the commitments completed.  In essence, hold our elected officials accountable.

Goal:  cut the grass and return the fishing building back to it’s Pre-Katrina shape

Where:  the Fishing Island behind the old Casino

When:  the fourth Saturday of every month, 8 am til Noon (any help is appreciated if you can’t stay the full 4 hours)

What to bring:  rakes, weed eaters, gloves

Donations of rods and/or reels would be greatly appreciated!

City Park Mow-Rons is a volunteer maintenance crew that cuts grass, weeds flower beds, trims hedges and picks up trash. Please feel free to bring any yard equipment you have, although there is usually some extra gear on hand. The Mow-Rons meet in front of the art museum at City Park every Saturday from 9:00am - noon and can be contacted at info@mow-rons.org. Come on out and help the Mow-Rons “weed by example!”

Update: The Mow-Rons now have their own website at mow-rons.org! Please visit their website to contact them!

We’re working to revise the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization bylaws. Please check ‘em out and let us know what you think. The bylaws will be presented to the membership for ratification at the December general meeting. Stay tuned for details!